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September 26-27, 2008
Warren Hall, University of San Diego School of Law

Friday, September 26:  9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. and 5:00-6:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 27:  9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. and 5:00-6:30 p.m.

Presented by the Institute for Law & Philosophy.
Law consists in large part of blunt, determinate rules. But in some percentage of these rules’ applications, the people subject to these rules would do better-for themselves, perhaps, but also for society-if they were to deviate from what the rules require. (That is not because the rules are flawed, but because the rules are blunt and must be so.) In such cases, is it rational to follow the rules? Participants will address this question.

Outside Participants Include:

Matt Adler (Univ. of Pennsylvania Law School)
Jeffrey Brand-Ballard (George Washington Univ.)
Gerald F. Gaus (Univ. of Arizona)
Alan Goldman (College of William & Mary)
Edward McClennen (Syracuse Univ.)
Chris McMahon (UC Santa Barbara)
Frederick Schauer (Univ. of Virginia Law School)
Scott Shapiro (Yale Law School)
Emily Sherwin (Cornell Law School)

For reservations contact Leilani Sharrett at leilanis@sandiego.edu or (619) 260-4208.

Roundtable Schedule:

Friday, September 26, 2008
   8:30 a.m. - Breakfast
   8:55 a.m. - Introduction
   9:00–10:30 a.m. - Session One: Is the Problem Based on an
         Erroneous Conception of Rationality?
   10:30–10:45 a.m. - Break
   10:45 a.m.–12:15 p.m. - Session Two: Rules and Exclusionary Reasons
   12:15 p.m. - Lunch
   1:00–5:00 p.m. - Break
   4:15–5:45 p.m. - Session Three: Rationality and the Will

Saturday, September 27, 2008
   8:30am - Breakfast
   9:00–10:30 a.m. - Session Four: Rule-Sensitive Particularism and
         Presumptive Positivism
   10:30–10:45 a.m - Break
   10:45 a.m.–12:15 p.m. - Session Five: Rules, Deception, and Sanctions
   12:15 p.m. - Lunch
   1:00–5:00 p.m. - Break
   5:00–6:30 p.m. - Session Six: Rule Violations and Fairness