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