Executive Directors

Larry A. Alexander
Professor of Law - USD

Steven D. Smith
Professor of Law - USD

 

Directors

Richard Arneson
Dept. of Philosophy - UCSD

David Brink
Dept. of Philosophy - UCSD

Maimon Schwarzschild
Professor of Law - USD

 

Affiliated Scholars

Donald Dripps
Professor of Law - USD

Dana Nelkin
Dept. of Philosophy - UCSD

Sam Rickless
Dept. of Philosophy - UCSD

Adam Kolber
Professor of Law - USD

Connie Rosati
Dept. of Philisopy - Arizona

Chris Wonnell
Professor of Law - USD

Matt Zwolinski
Dept. of Philosophy - USD


UPCOMING EVENTS

   

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

Outside Participants:

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

Principal Authors:

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

Outside Participants:


Past Events

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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