Law and Philosophy Postgraduate Conference, University of Stirling, June 29th - July 1st 2007
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Conference Programme

Venue: Court Room, Cottrell Building, University of Stirling

Friday 29th June

13.30

Registration Tea and Coffee

14.20 Introductory Remarks  
14.30

“Punishment as Fair Play”

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Prof. Richard Dagger (Arizona State University)

  Response Prof. Antony Duff (University of Stirling)
Session 1

16.00

“Legal Directives in the Realm of Practical Reason: A Challenge to the Pre-emption Thesis”

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Noam Gur (University of Oxford)
16.30 Response Maksymilian Del Mar (University of Edinburgh)
16.45 Discussion  
17.30 Official Welcome Principal Christine Hallett
17.40 Wine Reception
19.00 Dinner

Saturday 30th June

10.00

Tea and Coffee

Session 2

10.30

“Tensions in a Certain Conception of Just War as Law Enforcement

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Jakob Blair (University of California Santa Barbara)
11.00 Response Peter Kirvan (Bowling Green State University)
11.15 Discussion  
12.00 Lunch
Session 3

13.00

“The Concept of Legitimate Political Authority”

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Bernd Michael Krehoff (University of Oxford)
13.30 Response Bas van der Vossen (University of Oxford)
13.45 Discussion  
14.30 Coffee/Tea Break  
Session 4

15.00

“Criminal Process and Identity-Offences in Pluralist Societies”

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Alfonso Donoso (University of York)
15.30 Response Daniel Eggers (University of Cambridge)
15.45 Discussion  
16.30 Coffee/Tea Break  
Session 5

17.00

“Extraterritorial criminal jurisdiction: do states have the right to punish offences committed abroad?”

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Alejandro Eduardo Chehtman (LSE)
17.30 Response Joris Van Gorkom (Tilburg University)
17.45 Discussion  
19.00 Dinner  

Sunday 1st July

10 .00

Tea and Coffee

Session 6

10.30

“Liberalism and Inclusive Legal Positivism”

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Britain Brady (University of York)
11.00 Response Banu Kilan Paksoy (University of Leuven)
11.15 Discussion  
12.00 Lunch
Session 7

13.00

“Bound Judicial Law-Making"

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Brian Flanagan (University of Oxford)
13.30 Response Conrado Hübner Mendes (University of Edinburgh)
13.45 Discussion  
14.30 Coffee/Tea Break  

15.00

“Legal Positivism and Objectivity”

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Prof. Matthew Kramer (University of Cambridge)
  Response Prof. Sandra Marshall (University of Stirling)
16.30 Departure

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