Getting to the Rule of Law: The Annual Conference of the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy

The American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy (ASPLP) is pleased to announce that it will hold its annual meeting in conjunction with that of the Association of American Law Schools in New Orleans on January 6, 2010. The topic is “Getting to the Rule of Law.” All three sessions of the program will be held in Hilton New Orleans Riverside, 2 Poydras Street, Belle Chasse Room, Third Floor. Below is the program:

I. Getting to the Concept of the Rule of Law: 10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

Principal paper (philosophy): Jeremy Waldron, New York University

Commentator (law): Robin West, Georgetown University

Commentator (political science): Corey Brettschneider, Brown University

Chair: James E. Fleming, Boston University

II. Maintaining or Restoring the Rule of Law After September 11, 2001: 1:30p.m.-3:15 p.m.

Principal paper (political science): Benjamin Kleinerman, Michigan State University

Commentator (law): Curtis Bradley, Duke University

Commentator (philosophy): Lionel McPherson, Tufts University

Chair: Nancy Rosenblum, Harvard University

III. Building the Rule of Law After Military Interventions: 3:30 p.m.-5:15 p.m.

Principal paper (law): Jane Stromseth, Georgetown University

Commentator (political science): Tom Ginsburg, University of Chicago

Commentator (philosophy): Larry May, Vanderbilt University

Chair: Allen Buchanan, Duke University

Reception: 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Elmwood, Third Floor, Hilton New Orleans Riverside

The principal papers and commentaries - together with additional papers on the topic - will be published in Nomos, the annual yearbook of the ASPLP. If you have questions about the program, please contact Professor James E. Fleming, who is Editor of Nomos: jfleming@bu.edu. If you are interested in political and legal philosophy, and would like to join the ASPLP and subscribe to NOMOS, please go to http://www.political-theory.org/asplp/ or email theasplp@gmail.com.