WORKSHOP IN LAW, PHILOSOPHY, AND POLITICAL THEORY (Law 210.2B)
Spring Semester 2019
All classes meet in 141 Law Building (unless otherwise noted*), Fridays from 12:00pm-3:15pm. To request a copy of papers contact: amatullahas@berkeley.edu.
Course description:
This course is a workshop for discussing work-in-progress in moral, political, and legal theory. The workshop creates a space for students to engage directly with philosophers, political theorists, and legal scholars working on normative questions toward the goal of fostering critical thinking about concepts of value and developing analytical thinking and writing skills. Another aim is to bring together people from different disciplines and perspectives who have strong normative interests or who speak to issues philosophers and theorists should know something about. The list of invited speakers is below.
The format of the course is as follows. For the sessions with guest presenters, lunch will be served starting at 12:00. We’ll begin at 12:15. A designated commentator will lead off with a 15-minute comment on the paper. The presenter will have 5-10 minutes to respond and then we will open up the discussion to the group. The first part of the course will be open to non-enrolled students, faculty, and visitors who wish to participate in the workshop discussion. We’ll stop for a break at 2 and those not enrolled in the course will leave. Enrolled students will continue the discussion with the guest from 2:10 to 3:00.
This is a cross-listed/room-shared course. Law Students enroll through the Law School (Law 210.2B), the Philosophy Department (Philosophy 290-6), or the Political Science Department (PS 211). The first class for all students will meet on Friday, January 25.
| February 1 |
Aila Matanock |
Inviting Intervention: Statebuilding Send requests for copies to: |
| February 8 | Saira Mohamed Professor of Law UC Berkeley Law School |
“Criminal Punishment as a Human Right?”
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| February 15 | Stephen D. Krasner Graham H. Stuart Professor of International Relations Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution Political Science Stanford University |
External State Building_ Excerpts: Chapters 3, 4, and 5 |
| February 22 | David Dyzenhaus Professor of Law and Philosophy, Albert Abel Chair, and University Professor Law and Philosophy University of Toronto |
Introduction: The Politics of Sovereignty (pages 1-26; and (starting with full paragraph after note 186) on page 58- (stopping before biographical note on page 72) |
| March 1 | Margaret Moore Professor Director of the Centre of Democracy and Diversity Political Studies Queen’s University |
“The Moral Value of Collective Self-determination and the Ethics of Secession” |
| March 8 | Jenny S. Martinez Professor of Law and Warren Christopher Professor in the Practice of International Law and Diplomacy Stanford Law School |
“Corporations and the Law of Nations” Send requests for copies to: |
| March 15 | Samuel Moyn Professor of Law and Professor of History Yale Law School and Yale University |
Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal World Chapter 6: “Global Ethics from Equality to Subsistence “ |
| March 22 | Jennifer Pitts Professor of Political Science Department of Political Science The University of Chicago |
Boundaries of the International: Law and Empire Excerpts: Introduction and Chapter 5 |
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April 5* ROOM CHANGE– |
Quentin Skinner Barber Beaumont Professor of the Humanities School of History Queen Mary University of London |
“Civil liberty and fundamental rights: a Neo-Roman approach” |
| April 12 | John Tasioulas Professor and Chair of Politics, Philosophy, & Law Director, Yeoh Tiong Lay Centre for Politics, Philosophy, & Law King’s College London |
“Saving Human Rights From Human Rights Law” |
| April 19 | Adom Getachew Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Political Science Department of Political Science The University of Chicago |
“Rethinking International Responsibility” |
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April 26*
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Jeanne Morefield |
ABSTRACT
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May 3*
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Evan Fox-Decent Full Professor McGill Faculty of Law |
The Double-Facing Constitution |