Friday, May 30, 2014

8:45 to 9:45 — Conference Paper Breakout Sessions 1

  • A: Ajey Sangai (NALSAR University of Law)
    Social Construction of Choice and Sovereign Virtue
    Commentator: Michael Hemmingsen (McMaster University)
    Chair: Elisabeth Gedge (McMaster University)
  • B: Luis Duarte d’Almeida (Edinburgh Law School)
    The Grounds of Law
    Commentator: Katharina von Radziewsky (McMaster University)
    Chair: Stefan Sciaraffa (McMaster University)
  • C: Alexander Green (University College London)
    Legal Interpretivism beyond the Nation State
    Commentator: Jorge Fabra (McMaster University)
    Chair: Will Waluchow (McMaster University)
  • D: Bill Conklin (University of Windsor)
    Concepts without Meaning in Justice for Hedgehogs
    Commentator: Hillary Nye (New York University)
    Chair: Matt Grellette (York University/Wilfrid Laurier University)

10:00 to 11:30 — First Keynote and Introduction to the Conference

Introductory Remarks

  • Bonny Ibhawoh (Associate Dean, School of Graduate Studies, McMaster University)
  • Francois Tanguay-Renaud (Associate Dean, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University)
  • Thomas Christiano (University of Arizona)
    Dworkin on State Consent
  • Chair: Stefan Sciaraffa (McMaster University)

11:30 to 1:15 — Lunch

1:15 to 2:30 — Second Keynote

  • Richard Arneson (University of California-San Diego)
    Dworkin and Luck Egalitarianism: A Comparison
  • Chair: Violetta Igneski (McMaster University)

2:45 to 3:45 — Conference Paper Breakout Sessions 2

  • A: Roland Pierik (University of Amsterdam Law School)
    Improving Dworkin’s Theory of Improvement
    Commentator: Zoltan Miklosi (Central European University)
    Chair: Ajey Sangai (NALSAR University of Law)
  • B: Dan Priel (Osgoode Hall School of Law)
    Making Sense of Dworkin
    Commentator: Edgar Aguilera (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico)
    Chair: Stefan Sciaraffa (McMaster University)
  • C: Marcelo Rodriguez Ferrere (Faculty of Law, University of Otago)
    Dworkin and the Inherent Jurisdiction of the Court
    Commentator: Jeff Wyngaarden (McMaster University)
    Chair: Wil Waluchow (McMaster University)
  • D: Miodrag Jovanovic (Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade)
    Dworkin on International Law: Not Much of a Legacy
    Commentator: Max Leonov (McMaster University)
    Chair: Violetta Igneski (McMaster University)

4:00 to 5:00 — Conference Paper Breakout Sessions 3

  • A: Cynthia Stark (University of Utah)
    Dworkin and Rawls on the Benchmark of Equality
    Commentator: David Rondel (University of Nevada-Reno)
    Chair: Thomas Christiano (University of Arizona)
  • B: Larry Alexander (University of San Diego School of Law)
    Was Dworkin an Originalist?
    Commentator: Grant Huscroft (Western Law)
    Chair: Luis Duarte d’Almeida (Edinburgh Law School)
  • C: Michael Green (College of William & Mary, School of Law)
    Dworkin’s Legal Monism
    Commentator: Pritam Baruah (University College London)
    Chair: William E. Conklin (Windsor Law)
  • D: Bojan Spaic (Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade)
    The Unbearable Lightness of Adjudicating Hard Cases
    Commentator: Bernardo Andres Carvajal Sanchez (Universidad Externado de Colombia)
    Chair: Marcelo Rodriguez Ferrere (Faculty of Law, University of Otago)

5:15 to 6:30 — Third Keynote

  • Joseph Raz (Columbia University School of Law)
    A Hedgehog’s Unity of Value
  • Chair: Francois Tanguay-Renaud (Osgoode Hall School of Law)

Saturday, May 31, 2014

8:45 to 9:45 — Conference Paper Breakout Sessions 4

  • A: Candice Delmas (Clemson University)
    Political Resistance for Hedgehogs
    Commentator: Geoff Callaghan (McMaster University)
    Chair: Katharina von Radziewsky (McMaster University)
  • B: Tony Reeves (Binghamton University)
    Reasons of Law: Dworkin on the Legal Decision
    Commentator: Michael Giudice (York University)
    Chair: Matthew Grellette (York University/Wilfrid Laurier University)
  • C: Imer Flores (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico)
    Towards an Integrative Jurisprudence
    Commentator: Dan Priel (Osgoode Hall School of Law)
    Chair: Wil Waluchow (McMaster University)

10:00 to 11:30 — Fourth Keynote

  • David Brink (University of California-San Diego)
    Originalism and Constructive Interpretation
  • Chair: Stefan Sciaraffa (McMaster University)

11:30 to 1:15 — Lunch

1:15 to 2:30 — Fifth Keynote

  • Connie Rosati (University of Arizona)
    The “Moral Reading” of Constitutions
  • Chair: Wil Waluchow (McMaster University)

2:45 to 3:45 — Conference Paper Breakout Sessions 5

  • A: Natalie Stoljar (McGill University)
    Integrity and Regret
    Commentator: Maggie O'Brien (McMaster University)
    Chair: Violetta Igneski (McMaster University)
  • B: David Rondel (University of Nevada-Reno)
    Dworkin on the Currency of Egalitarian Justice?
    Commentator: Colin Farrely (Queen’s University)
    Chair: Candice Delmas (Clemson University)
  • C: Dimitrios Kyritsis (The University of Sheffield, School of Law)
    Legality, Integrity and Institutional Design
    Commentator: Erick Encarnacion (University of Southern California)
    Chair: Dan Priel (Osgoode Hall School of Law)
  • D: Aditi Bagchi (Fordham University, School of Law)
    Authority, Intention and Interpretation
    Commentator: Cosim Sayid (City University of New York – Graduate Center)
    Chair: Anthony Reeves (Binghamton University)

4:00 to 5:00 — Conference Paper Breakout Sessions 6

  • A: Nathan Brett (Dalhousie University)
    Envy, Equality and Distributive Justice: Rawls v. Dworkin
    Commentator: Daniel Halliday (The University of Melbourne)
    Chair: David Rondel (University of Nevada-Reno)
  • B: Veronica Rodriguez Blanco (University of Birminghan)
    Action in Law’s Empire
    Commentator: Raf Geenens (Catholic University of Leuven)
    Chair: Dimitrios Kyristis (The University of Reading, School of Law)
  • C: Michael Giudice (Osgoode Hall School of Law)
    Assessing Dworkin’s Legal Theory Along Two Dimensions
    Commentator: Stefan Sciaraffa (McMaster University)
    Chair: Cosim Sayid (City University of New York – Graduate Center)
  • D: Dragica Vujadinovic
    Achievements And Limits Of Dworkin`s Political Philosophy
    Commentator: Mohamad Al-Hakim (Florida Gulf Coast University)
    Chair: Maggie O’Brien (McMaster University)

5:15 to 6:30 — Sixth Keynote

  • Lawrence Sager (University of Texas School of Law)
    Law, Morality, and Judges
  • Chair: Wil Waluchow (McMaster University)

Sunday, June 1, 2014

8:45 to 9:45 — Conference Paper Breakout Sessions 7

  • A: Zoltan Miklosi (Central European University)
    Ambition-Sensitivity, Overall Equality, and Market Inequalities
    Commentator: Roland Pierik (University of Amsterdam Law School)
    Chair: Stefan Sciaraffa (McMaster University)
  • B: Ken Himma
    Dworkin’s “Third” Theory of Law
    Commentator: Gonzalo Ramirez (Universidad Externado de Colombia)
    Chair: Wil Waluchow (McMaster University)
  • C: Daniel Weinstock (McGill University, Faculty of Law)
    Religious Freedom without Religion
    Commentator: Brad Miller (Western Law)
    Chair: Violetta Igneski (McMaster University)

10:00 to 11:15 — Seventh Keynote

  • Leslie Green (University of Oxford)
    On the Moral Authority of International Law
  • Chair: Michael Giudice (York University)

11:30 to 12:30 — Conference Paper Breakout Sessions 8

  • A: Mohamad Al-Hakim (Florida Gulf Coast University)
    Dworkin’s Idea of Public Reason
    Commentator: Yuval Abrams (City University of New York – Graduate Center)
    Chair: Zoltan Miklosi (Central European University)
  • B: Sari Kisilevsky (Queen’s College, City University of New York)
    Dworkin and the Priority of The Moral
    Commentator: Juan Vega Gomez (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico)
  • C: Adam Tucker (University of York, York Law School)
    Revisiting the Judicial Review Question
    Commentator: Matthew Grellette (York University/Wilfrid Laurier University)
    Chair: Brad Miller (Western Law)
  • D: Hamish Stewart (University of Toronto, Faculty of Law)
    Concern and Respect in Procedural Law
    Commentator: Roger Shiner (The University of British Columbia-Okanagan)
    Chair: Chad McCracken (Lakeforest College)

12:30 to 1:30 — Lunch

1:30 to 2:45 — Eighth Keynote

  • David Dyzenhaus (University of Toronto, Faculty of Law)
    Unjust Law in Legal Theory
  • Chair: Violetta Igneski