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A. Section Profile
The Jurisprudence section aims to offer an opportunity for members interested in any aspect of the theory and philosophy of law to meet and discuss ideas. The section is open to all schools of thought and intellectual traditions. A meeting of the section is always held at the Annual Conference. In recent years, papers have been presented on various topics, ranging from analytical and normative jurisprudence to theoretical engagement with substantive law: the diversity of subject matter can be seen from the archive below. Contributions from established scholars are very welcome, and the section has a proud record of encouraging the involvement of early career academics and doctoral researchers.
The section is willing to lend its support to members in any way it can. A digest advertising events of potential interest to members can be circulated to the section: if you would like to publicise an event, or have any suggestions, please contact the Convenor."
B. Section Convenor
Mr James LeeBirmingham Law School
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham, B15 2TT Tel: 0121 414 3629
Email: j.s.f.lee@bham.ac.uk
C. Section News
- Call for Papers on Jurisprudence for the 2010 SLS Conference at Southampton - Published Monday January 25 2010.
D. Provisional Conference Programme
2010 Conference at Southampton
Session 1: September 13th 14.00 - 15.30 Room Law 2007
1A Patrick O'Brien (Oxford)
‘Democracy, Moral Certainty and Judicial Review'
1B Jan van Zyl Smit (Oxford Brookes)
‘Statutory Interpretation under HRA section 3 - the Need for Judicial Deference to Parliament'
Session 2: September 13th 16.00 - 17.30 Room Law 2007
2A Isobel Roele (Cardiff)
'Rethinking the political/legal dichotomy in international law: The force of international law'
2B Luke Butler (Birmingham)
'From Reification to the Deification of Concepts in European Community-Public International Law Discourse: A Distinctly European Prison-house of Language?'
Session 3 September 14th 09.30 - 11.00 Room Law 2007
3A Gavin Byrne (Birmingham)
'Taking the Minimum Content Seriously: Contingency and Necessity in The Concept of Law'
3B Marcin Matczak (Warsaw and Oxford)
'Against the Fixation Thesis'
Session 4 September 14th 14.00 - 15.30 Room Law 2007
4A Adaeze (Ifesi) Okoye (Canterbury Christ Church)
'Transnational Corporations and Legal theoretical perspectives: Proposing CSR as a law-job'
4B Christine Rinik and Danielle Wootton (Bournemouth)
'Forbidden Fruit: Temptation and the Managing Director, a natural law approach'
4C Rachael Walsh (Trinity College Dublin)
'St. Thomas Aquinas' Theory of Private Property and the Modern "Social Obligation" Movement'
Previous Conferences
- Oxford 2003.
- Sheffield 2004.
- Strathclyde 2005.
- Keele 2006.
- Durham 2007.
- London 2008.