Virginia Law Review Conference to Focus on Political Theory, Private Law
Scholars and students will gather to focus on aspects of political liberalism and jurisprudential issues in private law Feb. 17-18 in the Caddell Conference Room as part of the Virginia Law Review Symposium, "Contemporary Political Theory and Private Law." Conference papers address contract theory, theories of tort and property and their relationship to issues concerning distributive justice, and the role of public reason in the private law.
The symposium is co-sponsored by the Dean's Intellectual Life Fund and the John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics. Conference papers and their respective comments will be published in a symposium issue of the Virginia Law Review.
| FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17 Caddell Conference Room, Third Floor of Slaughter Hall |
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| 10:00-10:50 am | Introductory Lecture Jody Kraus (Virginia, Law and Philosophy) |
| 11:00 am-12:15 pm | Panel 1: Private Order and Public Justice: Kant and Rawls Arthur Ripstein (Toronto, Law and Philosophy) Comment: John G. Bennett (Rochester, Philosophy) |
| 2:00-3:15 pm | Panel 2: Public Legal Reason Larry Solum (Illinois, Law) Comment: George Rutherglen (Virginia, Law) |
| 3:45-5:00 pm | Panel 3: On Belling the Cat: Rawls and Corrective Justice Kevin Kordana (Virginia, Law) and David Tabachnick (Virginia, Philosophy) Comment: Steven Walt (Virginia, Law) |
| SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18 Caddell Conference Room, Third Floor of Slaughter Hall |
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| 10:00-11:15 am | Panel 4: Making and Keeping Contracts Daniel Markovits (Yale, Law) Comment: Barbara Fried (Stanford, Law) |
| 11:30 am-12:45 pm | Panel 5: Formal Contract Law and Enforcement in Economic Development Michael Trebilcock (Toronto, Law) Comment: Terrance O’Reilly (Willamette, Law) |
| 2:15-3:30 pm | Panel 6: Libertarianism, Utility and Economic Competition Jonathan Wolff (Philosophy, University College London) Comment: A. John Simmons (Virginia, Law and Philosophy) |
| 3:45-5:00 pm | Conference Summary Seana Shiffrin (UCLA, Law and Philosophy) |
