Seminar Series in Law and Philosophy

2020 Sessions

Dec 14th, 2020

Tracking the Resilience of Hybritity in the Theory of Rights 

Mark McBride

University of Singapore

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Discussant: Franklin Marques Dutra (Federal University of Minas Gerais)

Link to session removed at the author's request

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Nov 9th, 2020

Book Discussion session:

Justifying Injustice: Legal Theory in Nazi Germany

Herlinde Pauer-Studer

University of Vienna

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Discussant: Cristiano Paixão. University of Brasília

Link for seminar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ8r18EE9lE&t=728s​

Link for publication:https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/justifying-injustice/AE985FA27BA97BD982703071F18309F0

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Oct 21st, 2020

Round-Table: Judicial Independence under Anti-Liberal Governments

Kim-Lane Scheppele

Princeton University

Renata Uitz

Central European University

Wojciech Sadurski

University of Sydney

Emílio Peluso Neder Meyer

Federal University of Minas Gerais

Link for session: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxRsJs9QEOQ&t=232s

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Oct 7th, 2020

The Necessity and Fragility of Constitutional Norms

Gerald Postema

Emeritus, University of North Carolina

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Discussant: Thomas Bustamante, Federal University of Minas Gerais

Link for seminar:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-HslQrovO0&t=414s

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Sept 28th, 2020

Making Sense of Nonsense Jurisprudence

Dan Priel

Osgood Hall Law School, University of York

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Discussant: Thiago Lopes Decat, Federal University of Minas Gerais

Link for seminar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oW5jIMC1Nk&t=5876s

Link for paper: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3696933 

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Sept 9th, 2020

Identity Politics in the Age of Censorship

Margaret Martin

Western University

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Discussant: Juliana Cesario Alvim Gomes, Federal University of Minas Gerais

Link for seminar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUnKgq_R11M&t=4s

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Aug 3rd, 2020

Round-Table & Book Session Discussion: Integrity and Protestant Interpretation

Thomas Bustamante

Federal University of Minas Gerais

Dennis Patterson

Rutgers University & University of Surrey

Brian Bix

University of Minnesota

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Discussing a session in the book "Philosophy of Law as an Integral Part of Philosophy: Essays in the Jurisprudence of Gerald J. Postema (T Bustamante & TL Decat, eds). Hart Publishing, 2020. Link for book: https://www.bloomsburyprofessional.com/uk/philosophy-of-law-as-an-integral-part-of-philosophy-9781509933907/

Link for seminar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRDUFDzqI8A&t=318s