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UPCOMING EVENTS

Roundtable on the Philosophy of Tort law
October 2-3, 2009

Confirmed Participants:

• Ronen Avraham (Northwestern Law)
• Jules Coleman (Yale Law)
• Robert Cooter (Berkeley Law)
• John Goldberg (Vanderbilt Law)
• Heidi Hurd (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Law)
• Gregory Keating (USC Law)
• Michael Moore (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Law)
• Stephen Perry (University of Pennsylvania, Law)
• Arthur Ripstein (University of Toronto, Law and Philosophy)
• Kenneth Simons (Boston University Law)
• Benjamin Zipursky (Fordham Law)

Roundtable on Exploitation, Price-Gouging, and Blackmail
January 29-30, 2010

Confirmed Participants:

• Scott Anderson (University of British Columbia)
• Mitch Berman (UT Austin, Law)
• Jennifer Hawkins (University of Toronto at Scarborough)
• Seana Shiffrin (UCLA School of Law)
• Alan Wertheimer (National Institutes of Health)
• Allen Wood (Stanford University)

Conference on Freedom of Conscience: Stranger in a Secular Land
April 23-24, 2010

Confirmed Participants:

• Ronald Beiner (University of Toronto at Mississauga, Political Science)
• Chris Eberle (US Naval Academy, Philosophy)
• Anthony Ellis (Virginia Commonwealth University)
• Kent Greenawalt (Columbia Law)
• Brian Leiter (University of Chicago, Law and Philosophy)
• Michael Perry (Emory Law)
• Nomi Stolzenberg (USC Law)
• Michael White (Arizona State University, Law and Philosophy)

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Past Events

2000-2001 | 2001-2002 | 2002-2003 | 2003-2004 | 2004-2005 | 2005-2006 | 2006-2007 | 2007-2008 | 2008-2009

Academic Year 2000-2001

Roundtable on Welfarism
October 20-21, 2000

Outside Participants:

• Prof. Matthew Adler (Univ. of Penn. Law School)
• Prof. Richard Craswell (Stanford Univ. Law School)
• Prof. Leo Katz (Univ. of Penn. Law School)
• Prof. Connie Rosati (Univ. of Calif., Davis - Dept. of Philosophy)
• Prof. Alan Schwartz (Yale Univ. Law School)

Roundtable on Non-Consequentialist Ethics
January 19-20, 2001

Outside Participants:

• Prof. Scott Brewer (Harvard Univ. Law School)
• Prof. Claire Finkelstein (Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, School of Law)
• Prof. Richard Fumerton (Univ. of Iowa Dept. of Philosophy)
• Prof. Diane Jenske (Univ. of Iowa Dept. of Philosophy)
• Prof. Leo Katz (Univ. of Penn. Law School)
• Prof. Phillip Montague (Western Washington Univ. Dept. of Philosophy)
• Prof. Nicholas Sturgeon (Cornell Univ. Dept. of Philosophy)
• Prof. Peter Vallentyne (Virginia Commonwealth Univ. Dept. of Philosophy)

Roundtable on Hate Crime Legislation
March 2-3, 2001

Outside Participants:

• Prof. Mitchell N. Berman (Univ. of Texas School of Law)
• Mr. Matthew L. Biben (U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of NY)
• Prof. Scott Brewer (Harvard Univ. Law School)
• Prof. George P. Fletcher (Columbia Univ. School of Law)
• Mr. Peter J. Hughes (Law Office of Peter J. Hughes, San Diego)
• Prof. Herbert Morris (UCLA School of Law)
• Prof. Paul H. Robinson (Northwestern Univ. School of Law)

Academic Year 2001-2002

Roundtable on the Philosophical Foundations of Freedom of Expression
October 5-6, 2001

Outside Participants:

• Prof. Neera Badhwar (Univ. of Oklahoma Dept. of Philosophy)
• Prof. Michael Blake (Harvard Univ. Dept. of Philosophy)
• Prof. Alvin Goldman (Univ. of Arizona Dept. of Philosophy)
• Prof. Sam Rickless (UCSD Dept. of Philosophy)
• Prof. Steve Smith (Notre Dame Law School)
• Prof. James Weinstein (Arizona State Univ. College of Law)

Roundtable on Defining the Moral Community
November 9-10, 2001

Outside Participants:

• Elaine Alexander, Esquire (Exec. Directors of Appellate Defenders, Inc.)
• Prof. Richard Fumerton (Univ. of Iowa Dept. of Philosophy)
• Prof. Sharon Lloyd (USC Dept. of Philosophy)
• Prof. Dana Nelkin (UCSD Dept. of Philosophy)
• Prof. Hans Oberdiek (Swarthmore College Dept. of Philosophy)
• Prof. Geoffrey Sayre-McCord (Univ. of NC, Chapel Hill, Dept. of Philosophy)
• Prof. James Stramel (Santa Monica College Dept. of Philosophy)
• Prof. Mary Anne Warren (San Francisco State Univ. Dept. of Philosophy)

Public Lecture
February 8, 2002

"Intoxicated Consent and Sexual Relations"
by Prof. Alan Wertheimer - Univ. of Vermont Dept. of Political Science

Academic Year 2002-2003

Public Lecture
September 23, 2002

"Morality and the Fight Against Terrorism"
by Prof. Allen Buchanan, Univ. of Arizona Dept. of Philosophy and Fellow of the National Humanities Center

Public Lecture
October 4, 2002

"Moral Values and Liberal Education"
by William Galston, Univ. of Maryland, Dept. of Philosophy and Center for Philosophy and Public Policy

Conference on Legal Transitions
October 25-26, 2002

(Co-hosted with the USD School of Law tax faculty and the Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues)

Outside Participants:

• Prof. Matthew Adler (Univ. of Penn. School of Law)
• Prof. Alan Auerbach (Univ. of California, Berkeley, Dept. of Economics)
• Prof. Abraham Bell (Bar-Ilan Faculty of Law, Israel)
• Prof. Jill Fisch (Fordham Univ. School of Law)
• Prof. Barbara Fried (Stanford Univ. Law School)
• Prof. Louis Kaplow (Harvard School of Law)
• Prof. Kyle Logue (Univ. of Michigan Law School)
• Prof. Eric Rakowski (Univ. of California, Berkeley, School of Law)
• Prof. Frederick Schauer (Harvard Univ. JFK School of Government)
• Prof. Daniel Shaviro (New York Univ. School of Law)

Public Lecture
November 8, 2002

"The Philosophical Foundations of Lawyers' Ethics"
by Prof. David Luban, Georgetown Law Center

Conference on Theories of Compensation
February 28-March 1, 2003

(Co-sponsored by the San Diego Law Review)

Outside Participants:

• Prof. Adi Ayal(Bar-Ilan Faculty of Law)
• Prof. Abraham Bell (Bar-Ilan Faculty of Law)
• Prof. Robert Cooter (Univ. of California, Berkeley, School of Law)
• Prof. Richard Craswell (Stanford Univ. Law School)
• Prof. Jacque de Lisle (Univ. of Penn. Law School)
• Prof. Claire Finkelstein (Univ. of Penn. Law School)
• Prof. Richard Fumerton (Univ. of Iowa Dept. of Philosophy)
• Prof. John Goldberg (Vanderbilt Univ. Law School)
• Prof. Frances Kamm (New York Univ. Dept. of Philosophy)
• Prof. Leo Katz (Univ. of Penn. Law School)
• Prof. Stephen Perry (Univ. of Penn. Law School)
• Prof. Ken Simons (Boston Univ. School of Law)
• Prof. Richard Wright (Chicago-Kent College of Law)

"Good Without God?"

Outside Participants:

• Prof. David Brink (UCSD Dept. of Philosophy)
• Prof. Chris Eberle (United States Naval Academy)
• Prof. Michael Moore (USD School of Law)
• Prof. Michael Perry (Wake Forest School of Law)

Roundtable on Moral Luck
April 25-26, 2003

Outside Participants:

• Prof. Robert Adams (Yale Univ. Dept. of Philosophy)
• Prof. Heidi Hurd (Univ. of Illinois College of Law)
• Prof. Thomas Hurka (Univ. of Toronto Dept. of Philosophy)
• Prof. Alison MacIntyre (Wellesley College Dept. of Philosophy)
• Prof. Michael Moore (Univ. of Illinois College of Law)
• Prof. Dana Nelkin (UCSD Dept. of Philosophy)
• Prof. Stephen Perry (Univ. of Penn. School of Law)
• Prof. Sam Rickless (UCSD Dept. of Philosophy)
• Prof. Connie Rosati (Univ. of California, Davis, Dept. of Philosophy)
• Prof. Gary Watson (Univ. of California, Riverside, Dept. of Philosophy)

Academic Year 2003-2004

Roundtable on Religion
November 14-15, 2003

Outside Participants:

• Dean Stanley Fish (Univ. of Illinois, Chicago)
• Prof. Stephen Gey (Florida State University College of Law)
• Prof. Leslie Griffin (Univ. of Houston Law Center)
• Prof. Michael Perry (Emory Univ. School of Law)
• Prof. Nomi Stolzenberg (USC Law School)

Roundtable on Criminal Responsibility
March 19-20, 2004

Outside Participants:

• Mitchell Berman (University of Texas School of Law)
• Dean Heidi Hurd (University of Illinois School of Law)
• Douglas Husak (Rutgers University, Dept. of Philosophy)
• Michael Moore (University of Illinois School of Law)
• Connie Rosati (University of California, Davis, Dept. of Philosophy)
• Gideon Yaffe (USC, Dept. of Philosophy)
• Manuel Vargas (University of San Francisco, Dept. of Philosophy)

Roundtable on What is Legal Interpretation?
April 2-3, 2004

Outside Participants:

• Dean Stanley Fish (University of Illinois at Chicago)
• Dagfin Føllesdal (Stanford University, Dept. of Philosophy)
• Elizabeth Garrett (USC School of Law)
• Jeffrey Goldsworthy (Monash University School of Law, Australia)
• Kent Greenawalt (Columbia University School of Law)
• Mark Greenberg (Princeton University, Dept. of Philosophy)
• Provost Steven Knapp (The Johns Hopkins University)
• Matthew McCubbins (UCSD, Dept. of Political Science)
• Walter Benn Michaels (University of Illinois, Chicago, Dept. of English)
• Michael Moore (University of Illinois College of Law)
• Dennis Patterson (Rutgers School of Law, Camden)
• Connie Rosati (University of California, Davis, Dept. of Philosophy)
• Frederick Schauer (Harvard University, JFK School of Government)
• Walter Sinnott-Armstrong (Dartmouth College, Dept. of Philosophy)
• Adrian Vermuele (University of Chicago School of Law)
• Keith Whittington (Princeton University, Dept. of Politics)

Academic Year 2004-2005

Roundtable on The Legal Enforcement of Morality
October 1-2, 2004

Outside Participants:

• Randy Barnett (Boston University Scool of Law)
• Gerald Dworkin (University of California, Davis, Dept. of Philosophy)
• Sharon Lloyd (University of Southern California, Dept. of Philosophy)
• David McGowan (University of Minnesota School of Law)
• Miranda McGowan (University of Minnesota School of Law)
• Michael Moore (University of Illinois at Chicago, Law School)
• Glyn Morgan (Harvard University, Government & Social Studies)
• Alastair Norcross (Rice University, Dept. of Philosophy)
• Gerald Postema (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Dept. of Philosophy)
• Alan Wertheimer (University of Vermont, Dept. of Philosophy)
• Kim Yuracko (Northwestern University School of Law)

Conference on the Meaning of Marriage
January 14-15, 2005

Outside Participants:

• Brian Bix (University of Minnesota, Dept. of Philosophy)
• William Galston (University of Maryland, Dept. of Political Science)
• Sandy Levinson (University of Texas School of Law)
• Robert Nagel (University of Colorado School of Law)
• Michael Perry (Emory University School of Law)
• Janet Radcliffe-Richards (University College, London, Dept. of Philosophy)
• Connie Rosati (University of California, Davis, Dept. of Philosophy)
• Nomi Stolzenberg (University of Southern California School of Law)
• Amy Wax (University of Pennsylvania School of Law)
• Robin Wilson (University of Maryland School of Law)
• Christopher Wolfe (Marquette University, Dept. of Political Science)
• Kim Yuracko (Northwestern University School of Law)

Academic Year 2005-2006

Roundtable on Analytical Jurisprudence
September 30 - October 1, 2005

Participants:

• John Devlin
• Richard Fumerton (University of Iowa, Philosophy)
• Michael Green (George Mason University School of Law)
• Mark Greenburg (UCLA Law)
• Orly Lobel (University of San Diego, Law)
• Andrei Marmor (USC Law)
• Connie Rosati (University of Arizona, Philosophy)
• Fred Schauer (Harvard, JFK School of Government)
• Ekow Yankah (University of Illinois, Law)

Roundtable on Intention and Responsibility
January 20-21, 2006

Participants:

• Kim Ferzan (Rutgers School of Law)
• Claire Finkelstein (University of Pennsylavnia Law School)
• Richard Fumerton (University of Iowa, Philosophy)
• Doug Husak (Rutgers, Philosophy)
• Leo Katz (University of Pennsylvania Law School)
• Stephen Morse (University of Pennsylvania Law School)
• John Oberdeik (Rutgers School of Law)
• Jacqueline Ross (University of Illinois, Law)
• Kevin Timpe (University of San Diego, Philosophy)
• Alec Walen (University of Baltimore, LEH Studies)
• Gideon Yaffe (USC Philosophy)
• Ekow Yankah (University of Illinois, Law)

Conference on the Rights and Wrongs of Discrimination
April 28-29, 2006

Participants:

• Peter Vallentyne (University of Missouri, Philosophy)
• Richard Arneson (UCSD, Philosopphy)
• Matt Zwolinski (USD, Philosophy)
• Kimberly Yuracko (Northwestern, Law)
• Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen (Copenhagen, Philosophy)
• Mark Kelman (Stanford, Law)
• Michael Blake (University of Washington, Pblc Plcy/Philosophy)

Academic Year 2006-2007

Roundtable on the Duty to Rescue
October 20-21, 2006

Participants:

• Heidi Malm (Loyola University of Chicago, Philosophy)
• Alison McIntyre (Wellesley College, Philosophy)
• Richard Miller (Cornell, Philosophy)
• Michael Moore (University of Illinois, Law)
• Gay Morgan (University of Waikato, Law)
• Alastair Norcross (Rice University, Philosophy)
• Douglas Portmore (Arizona State University, Philosophy)
• Emily Sherwin (Cornell, Law)

Conference on Informational Privacy: Philosophical Foundations and Legal Implications
April 27-28, 2007

Participants:

• James Griffin (Rutgers University and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Philosophy)
• Kenneth Himma (Seattle Pacific University, Philosophy)
• Evan Lee (Hastings, Law)
• Adam Moore (University of Washington, Philosophy)
• Sam Rickless (University of California, San Diego, Philosophy)
• Alan Rubel (University of Wisconsin, Madison, Philosophy)
• Daniel Solove (George Washington University, Law)

Academic Year 2007-2008

Roundtable on Just War Theory and Terrorism
September 28-29, 2007

Participants:

• C.A.J. (Tony) Coady (Center for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, University of Melbourne, Australia)
• Christopher J. Eberle (Department of Leadership, Ethics, Law& Character, United States Naval Academy)
• Larry May (Philosophy, Washington University in St. Louis)
• Connie Rosati (Philosophy, University of Arizona)
• Sam Rickless (University of California, San Diego, Philosophy)
• Alec Walen (Legal, Ethical, and Historical Studies, University of Baltimore)

Roundtable on Blame and Retribution
January 25-26, 2008

Participants:

• Mitchell Berman (University of Texas School of Law)
• Peter French (Arizona State Department of Philosophy)
• William Miller (University of Michigan School of Law)
• Michael Moore (University of Illinois School of Law)
• Herbet Morris (UCLA School of Law)
• Gideon Yaffe (USC, Department of Philosophy)
• Leo Zaibert (University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Philosophy)
• Michael Zimmerman (University of North Carolina-Greensboro, Philosophy)

Conference on National Borders and Immigration
April 25-26, 2008

Participants:

• David Abraham (University of Miami School of Law)
• Michael Blake (University of Washington, Philosophy)
• Thomas Christiano (University of Arizona, Philosophy)
• Peter Schuck (Yale Law School)
• Fernando Teson (Florida State University College of Law)

Academic Year 2008-2009

Roundtable on the Rationality of Rule-Following
September 26-27 , 2008

Participants:

• Matt Adler (University of Pennsylvania School of Law)
• Jeffrey Brand-Ballard (George Washington University, Philosophy)
• Gerald Gaus (University of Arizona, Philosophy)
• Alan Goldman (College of William and Mary, Philosophy)
• Edward McClennen (Syracuse University, Philosophy)
• Chris McMahon (University of California at Santa Barbara, Philosophy)
• Frederick Schauer (University of Virginia School of Law)
• Scott Shapiro (Yale Law School)
• Emily Sherwin (Cornell University School of Law)

Conference on Isaiah Berlin, Value Pluralism, and the Law
February 20-21, 2009

Participants:

• George Crowder (Flinders University, Australia, Political and International Studies)
• William Galston (University of Maryland School of Public Policy)
• Patrick Neal (University of Vermont, Political Science)
• Carmen Pavel (University of Virginia, Political Philosophy, Policy and Law)
• Maimon Schwarzschild (USD Law)
• Horacio Spector (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Law)
• Daniel Weinstock (University of Montreal, Philosophy)

Roundtable on Robert Nozick and Lockean Libertarianism
April 24-25, 2009

Participants:

• Peter de Marneffe (Arizona State University, Philosophy)
• Daniel Jacobson (Bowling Green State University, Philosophy)
• Gerald Gaus (University of Arizona, Philosophy)
• Erick Mack (Tulane University, Philosophy)
• Maimon Schwarzschild (USD Law)
• Horacio Spector (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Law)
• Peter Vallentyne (University of Missouri-Columbia, Philosophy)
• Kit Wellman (Washington University in St. Louis, Philosophy)

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