Sixth Annual Hugh & Hazel Darling Foundation Originalism Works-in-Progress Conference

Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Constitutional Originalism, the conference will involve the presentation of a variety of new works concerning originalism. All scholars who are interested in originalism are invited to attend. This conference is made possible through support from the Hugh & Hazel Darling Foundation.

Works-in-Progress

• Ian Bartrum (UNLV), Two Dogmas of Originalism
  • Commentator: Larry Solum (Georgetown)
• William Baude (Chicago), Is Originalism the Law?
  • Commentator: Matt Adler (Duke)
• Richard Ekins (Oxford), Constitutional Interpretation as Statutory Interpretation
  • Commentator: Fred Schauer (Virginia)
• James Ely (Vanderbilt), The Contract Clause: Origins and Early Development
  • Commentator: Michael McConnell (Stanford)
• David Moore (BYU), The Broader Founding and International Law
  • Commentator: David Golove (NYU)
• Christina Mulligan (Brooklyn), Founding-Era Translations of the U.S. Constitution
  • Commentator: Jack Balkin (Yale)
• James Pfander (Northwestern), The Contested History of Article III's Case-or-Controversy Requirement
  • Commentator: Caleb Nelson (Virginia)

Other Conference Participants

• Randy Barnett (Georgetown)
• Robert Bennett (Northwestern)
• Dan Birk (Eimer Stahl LLP)
• Samuel Bray (UCLA)
• Sarah Brinton (USD)
• Jud Campbell (Stanford University)
• Thomas Colby (George Washington)
• Christopher Green (Mississippi)
• Randy Kozel (Notre Dame)
• Kurt Lash (Illinois)
• Jeffrey Pojanowski (Notre Dame)
• Saikrishna Bangalore (Virginia)
• Neomi Rao (George Mason)
• Richard Re (UCLA)
• Stephen Sachs (Duke University)
• Shaakirrah Sanders (Idaho)
• Maimon Schwartzschild (USD)
• Sharmila Sohoni (USD)
• Bryan Wildenthal (Thomas Jefferson)

Videos of the Conference

Recordings posted to YouTube.

Center for the Study of Constitutional Originalism Members

• Michael Rappaport — Hugh and Hazel Darling Foundation Professor of Law and Center Director, University of San Diego
• Lawrence Alexander — Warren Distinguished Professor of Law, University of San Diego
• Laurence Claus — University Professor, University of San Diego
• Donald Dripps — Warren Distinguished Professor of Law, University of San Diego
• Michael Ramsey — Hugh and Hazel Darling Foundation Professor of Law, University of San Diego
• Steven Smith — Warren Distinguished Professor of Law, University of San Diego