:: Calls :: The Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities is seeking full submissions for a symposium section of the Spring 2017 issue. The journal seeks submissions that employ methods of philosophy to investigate practical legal issues. Please submit papers prepared for anonymous review to yjlh@yale.edu by December 31, 2016.
The special section aims to exemplify how philosophical approaches and insights provide distinctive and significant contributions to practical legal debates.Example topics include: Bioethics, biolaw, and technology:Feminist philosophy of law; Law and philosophy of race, gender, sexuality; Mass incarceration and prisons; Neuroscience, law, and philosophy; Philosophical analyses of legal evidence or standards of proof; Philosophy of disability and the law; Practical just war theory and philosophy of war; Topics in practical ethics (e.g. abortion, capital punishment) with a legal-philosophical angle. For more information, please visit https://www.law.yale.edu/student-life/student-journals-and-publications/yale-journal-law-humanities