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Conference Announcement: Legal Science & Legal Theory at Oxford

By Lawrence Solum

Legal Science and Legal Theory: An International Conference on Philosophy of Law
Wednesday 8 2010 until Friday 10 September
Legal Science and Legal Theory: An International Conference on Philosophy of Law

Venue: Oxford

The Faculty of Law hosts a three-day international conference marking the 50th anniversary of the 2nd edition of Hans Kelsen?s Pure Theory of Law.

Leading theorists and philosophers from 11 countries will discuss central topics in contemporary jurisprudence while engaging with Kelsen?s many contributions to the field.

By bringing together speakers from different legal systems and traditions, this conference purports to make a significant contribution to the current state of jurisprudential debate and to strengthen the international ties in the jurisprudence community.

Speakers include: Alexander Somek, Bert van Roermund, Bruno Celano, Cristoph Kletzer, Clemens Jabloner, Eugenio Bulygin, Jes Bjarup, José Juan Moreso, Jürgen Busch, Martin Borowski, Matthias Klatt, Matthias Jestaedt, Mario G. Losano, Michael Steven Green, Otto Pfersmann, Pablo E. Navarro, Pierluigi Chiassoni, Riccardo Guastini, Robert Alexy, Roberto Vernengo, Stanley L. Paulson, Thomas Olechowski, Ulises Schmill, and Uta Bindreiter.

Further information, including the final programme and registration details, will soon be available. Please email us at legalscience.and.legaltheory@googlemail.com to express an interest in attending.

This conference is supported by the Faculty of Law and the Oxford Centre for Ethics & Philosophy of Law, and held in cooperation with and co-funded by the Austrian Science Fund Project Project ?Bibliographical Research on Hans Kelsen? at the University of Vienna (P19287, www.hanskelsen.eu).

Organization: John Gardner, Leslie Green, and Luís Duarte d?Almeida
For more information please see contact: Luís Duarte d'Almeida
Organised by Oxford Law Faculty in conjunction with Oxford Centre for Ethics and Philosophy of Law; Austrian Science Fund (FWF)

Full post as published by Legal Theory Blog on March 19, 2010 (boomark / email).