New Directions in Law and Language
The New Directions in Law and Language Workshop will be held at Western Law (Josephine Spencer Niblett Law Building) (1151 Richmond St, London, ON N6A 3K7) on June 7–8, 2024. The workshop will bring together junior and senior scholars working worldwide in law, philosophy and related disciplines to present papers on law and language. The draft schedule is below. If you are interested in attending, please email Andy Yu (andy.yu@uwo.ca) and Manish Oza (moza@uwo.ca) by May 23rd, so we can plan accordingly (distribute papers, ensure there are enough refreshments, etc.). You are welcome to attend any or all of the talks.
Friday, June 7, 2024
| 9:00am–9:30am | Breakfast, tea & coffee |
| 9:30am–9:45am | Opening remarks |
| 9:45am–10:45am | Adam Perry (Oxford), “Legal Fictionalism” |
| 10:45am–11:00am | Break |
| 11:00am–12:00pm | Diego de Guadelupe Romero Rivero (Cambridge), “Populist Speech and Informal Legal Transformations” |
| 12:00pm–1:30pm | Lunch |
| 1:30pm–2:30pm | Diana Raffman (Toronto), “Are Borderline Cases a Source of Legal Indeterminacy?” |
| 2:30pm–2:45pm | Break |
| 2:45pm–3:45pm | Filipa Paes (Oxford), “Apportioning Liability” |
| 3:45pm–4:00pm | Break |
| 4:00pm–5:00pm | Maggie O’Brien (York), “Privacy, #metoo and #shoutyourabortion” |
Saturday, June 8, 2024
| 9:00am–9:45am | Breakfast, tea & coffee |
| 9:45am–10:45am | David Tan (Deakin), “Communication, Application, and Replacement” |
| 10:45am–11:00am | Break |
| 11:00am–12:00pm | Emad Atiq (Cornell), “How to Be a Legal Non-Positivist” |
| 12:00pm–2:00pm | Lunch |
| 2:00pm–3:00pm | Jennifer Saul (Waterloo) and Raymond Drainville (Waterloo), “Online Dogwhistles” |
| 3:00pm–3:15pm | Break |
| 3:15pm–4:15pm | Andy Yu (Western), “Constitutional Statutes are ‘Always Speaking’” |
| 4:15pm–4:30pm | Closing remarks |
