GALA Fall 2010-Spring 2011

General Aspects of Law (GALA) Workshop Series:

Fall 2010-Spring 2011

September 30, 2010
12:10 pm –
2:00 pm

Claire Finkelstein
University of Pennsylvania
Law School

“Contracts Under Coercion: Should You Keep an Agreement with a Robber?”

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October 5, 2010
12:10 pm –
2:00 pm

Thomas M. Besch
Philosophy Department
University of Sydney

“On political legitimacy, reasonableness, and perfectionism”

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Suggested background reading:

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October 28, 2010
2:10 pm –
4:00 pm

Mathias Risse
Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University

“Original Ownership of the Earth: A Contemporary Approach”

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January 19 , 2011
4:00 pm –
6:00 pm

Janet Halley
Harvard Law School

“Critical Directions in Comparative Family Law:
Genealogies and Contemporary Studies of Family Law Exceptionalism”

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PLEASE NOTE: THIS SESSION WILL BE HELD IN ROOM 134 LAW BUILDING; IN THE EVENT OF OVERFLOW IN THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS THE LOCATION WILL MOVE TO ROOM 110

GALA–Discussion will proceed without a presentation of the paper by the author. Papers are distributed to those on our mailing list or electronically when available at the GALA website: <https://www.law.berkeley.edu/research/kadish-center-for-morality-law-public-affairs/gala-seminar/> . Others may obtain copies from

Ms. Amatullah Alaji-Sabrie: 510.642.3627 or asabrie@law.berkeley.edu.

GALA sessions will be hosted in the Goldberg Room (297 Simon Hall) unless noted otherwise.

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