UCLA Law and Philosophy Graduate Conference

The School of Law and the Department of Philosophy at UCLA are holding a graduate student conference on law and philosophy on April 7, 2012. The aim of this conference is to bring together graduate students, law students, and UCLA faculty members to discuss issues that arise at the intersection of law and philosophy.  Lunch will be served.

Keynote Speaker: Mark Greenberg (UCLA), "Law as Morality"

UCLA Law School Room 1347

Schedule:

9:00-10:15       Alexis Dyschkant (University of Illinois), “Punishing Liars: Spatial Interaction and Kant’s Political Philosophy”

                        Commentator: C. Thi Nguyen (UCLA/Utah Valley University)

10:15-11:30     Boris Babic (Quinn Emanuel), “Non Execution The President's Dilemma and The Limits of Judicial Review”

                        Commentator: Jason Pang (UCLA)

11:30-12:00     Lunch

12:00-1:30       Keynote Address: Mark Greenberg (UCLA), "Law as Morality"

1:45-3:00         Olivia Bailey (Harvard University), “Control, Contempt, and Ignorance of the Law”

                        Commentator: Sabine Tsuruda (UCLA)

3:00-4:15         David Gottlieb (Sullivan & Cromwell), “Is Legal Realism a Distinctive Feature of Well-Functioning Legal Systems? Consequences of a Deflated Realism”

                        Commentator: Jonathan Gingerich (UCLA)

4:15                 Reception