I Conference on Philosophy and Law. Neutrality and Theory of Law

I Conference on Philosophy and Law. Neutrality and Theory of Law

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Program

Thursday 20

8:00 Buses departing to the conference venue
8:30 Registration
9:00 Welcoming words by Mrs. Anna Pagans Mayor of Girona, by Xavier Arbós Dean of the Law Faculty of the Universitat of Girona (UDG), by Dr. Jordi Ferrer, director of the Chair of Legal Culture of the Universitat of Girona (UDG), and Mr. Enrique Pascual Pons from Marcial Pons publishers.
9:30 Dr. Juan Carlos Bayón
The Province of Jurisprudence Underdetermined
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain)
Chair-person: Dra. Margaret Martin, University of Western Ontario (Canada)
10:15 Debate
11:15 Coffee break
11:45 Dr. Frederick Schauer
Necessity, Importance, and the Nature of Law
University of Virginia (United States of America)
Chair-person: Dr. Francisco Laporta, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain)
12:30 Debate
13:30 Lunch
15:00 Dr. Eugenio Bulygin
Alexy Between Positivism and non-Positivism
Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Chair-person: Dr. Eerik Lagerspetz, University of Turku (Finland)
15:45 Filosofía y derecho Competition for Young Researchers Prize-giving
16:00 Coffee break
16:00 Dr. Robert Alexy
Between Positivism and Non-Positivism? A Third Reply to Eugenio Bulygin
Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (Germany)
Chair-person: Dr. Carlos Bernal Pulido, Macquarie University (Australia)
17:15 Debate on the Eugenio Bulygin and Robert Alexy speeches
19:00 Buses departing to the hotels
20:00 Guided city tour around the historical sights

Friday 21

9:00 Dr. Jules Coleman
The Architecture of Jurisprudence: Part I
Yale University (United States of America)
Chair-person:Dr. Michel Troper, Université Paris X Nanterre (France)
9:45 Debate
10:45 Coffee break
11:15 Dr. Jorge Rodríguez
Norms, Truth and Legal Statements
Universidad de Mar del Plata (Argentina)
Chair-person: Dr. Christian Dahlman, Lund University (Sweden)
12:00 Debate
13:00 Lunch
14:30 Dr. Riccardo Guastini
Juristenrecht. Inventing Rights, Obligations, and Powers
Università degli studi di Genova (Italy)
Chair-person: Dr. Juan Ruiz Manero, Universidad de Alicante (Spain)
15:15 Debate
16:15 Coffee break
16:45 Dr. Brian Leiter
The Demarcation Problem in Jurisprudence:  A New Case for Skepticism
University of Chicago (United States of America)
Chair-person: Dr. Verónica Rodríguez Blanco, University of Birmingham (United Kingdom)
17:30 Debate
19:00 Buses departing to the hotels
20:00 Guided city tour around the historical sights

Saturday 22

9:00 Dr. Bruno Celano
Normative Legal Positivism, Neutrality, and the Rule of Law
Università degli studi di Palermo (Italy)
Chair-person: Dra. Julie Dickson, Oxford University (United Kingdom)
9:45 Debate
10:45 Coffee break
11:15 Dr. Scott Shapiro
What is law (and why should we care)?
Yale University (United States of America)
Chair-person: Dr. Ricardo Caracciolo, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (Argentina)
12:00 Debate
13:00 Lunch
14:30 Dr. Wilfrid Waluchow
On the Neutrality of Charter Reasoning
McMaster University (Canada)
Chair-person: Dr. Juan Vega Gómez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico)
15:15 Debate
16:15 Coffee break
16:45 Dr. Brian Bix
Ideals, Practices, and Concepts in Legal Theory
University of Minnesota (United States of America)
Chair-person: Dr. Tercio Sampaio Ferraz Jr., Universidade de São Paulo (Brasil)
17:30 Debate
18:30 Closing words by Dr. Anna María Geli, rector of the Universitat of Girona (UDG) and by Dr. Josep Joan Moreso, rector of the Universitat Pompeo Fabra (UPF)
19:00 Buses departing to the hotels
20:00 Buses departing for the Dalí museum tour and the closing dinner

English will be the official language of the Congress. Simultaneous translation English to Spanish will be available