Intellectual Life
Kadish Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory: Keidrick Roy, Harvard University
170 Law BuildingCan Black Liberalism Save US?: The Case for Prudential Politics Abstract This paper challenges important critiques of liberalism raised by Eddie Glaude, Fredrick C. Harris, and Michael Dawson. Drawing on […]
2025 Kadish Lecture | A (Somewhat) Unified Theory of Flawed Consent Featuring David Enoch
12 Law BuildingA (Somewhat) Unified Theory of Flawed Consent Featuring David Enoch Consent, of course, is a big deal. There is no plausible way of doing moral and political philosophy without assigning […]
Kadish Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory: Steven Hahn, New York University
170 Law BuildingIlliberal America and the Invention of the Liberal Tradition Abstract A storm of illiberalism, building in the United States for years, unleashed its destructive force in the Capitol insurrection of […]
JSP Student Forum | Sid Schlafman, “Save Our Children”: LGBT Law, Fantasy, and the Figurative Child
Philip Selznick Seminar Room 2240 Piedmont Ave, Berkeley, CA, United StatesJSP Forum is a workshop series in which students in the Jurisprudence and Social Policy PhD program present works in progress. All are invited and welcome to attend. On Thursday, […]
Berkeley Legal History Workshop Welcomes Gregory Ablavsky
111 Law Building and VirtualPrior to joining the Stanford Law faculty in 2015, Professor Ablavsky was the Sharswood Fellow in Law and History at the University of Pennsylvania. He clerked for Judge Anthony Scirica […]
Kadish Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory: Patrick Deneen, University of Notre Dame
170 Law BuildingCold War Right Liberalism: The Case of Leo Strauss and the Straussians Abstract Recently, Samuel Moyn of Yale University has contended that the left is suffering under truncated political ambitions […]
CSLS Speaker Series – “Expressive Law, Social Norms, and Inequality”
Philip Selznick Seminar Room 2240 Piedmont Ave, Berkeley, CA, United StatesFeaturing Catherine Albiston, Jackson H. Ralston Professor of Law and Professor of Sociology, Faculty Director of CSLS, Berkeley Law Abstract: Law and society scholars have long been interested in whether […]
A Critical History of Contemporary Art in Nicaragua
Virtual (Zoom)La Alianza and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLASC) invite you to a virtual presentation by Gabriel Pérez Setright. Pérez Setright will provide an overview of the […]
Kadish Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory: Dr. James Orr, Cambridge University
170 Law BuildingThe Twilight of Liberalism: The Eclipse of Freedom in An Age of Autonomy Abstract This paper argues that the faltering trajectory of political liberalism arises not from external challenges but […]
Berkeley Legal History Workshop Welcomes Felipe Ford Cole
111 Law Building and VirtualFelipe Ford Cole joined Boston College Law as an Assistant Professor of Law in 2022. He studies how the law shapes the balance between sovereign power and the power conferred […]
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