Kadish Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory: Richard Tuck, Weinstein Fellow, Harvard University

Paper and Abstract:

Hobbes (and Weber) on the Jury

The theoretical basis of trial by jury has always been puzzling and contentious. Two major political theorists – Thomas Hobbes and Max Weber – have paid it some attention, and both have argued that the jury must be understood as interpreting the law as well as assessing the facts; but what does that imply about the relationship between the rule of law and trial by jury? What kind of decision does a jury come to? 

About the Workshop:

A workshop for presenting and discussing work in progress in moral, political, and legal theory. The central aim is to provide an opportunity for students to engage with philosophers, political theorists, and legal scholars working on normative questions. Another aim is to bring together people from different disciplines who have strong normative interests or who speak to issues of potential interest to philosophers and political theorists.

The theme for the Spring 2024 workshop is “Intelligence: Human, Animal, Artificial,” and we will host scholars working in Philosophy, Biology, Psychology, Law, and Engineering. Our underlying concern will be the normative implications of different ideas of what intelligence is and can do.

This semester the workshop is co-taught by Christopher Kutz and Josh Cohen.