:: Calls :: The European University Institute (EUI) will host a workshop addressing legal reasoning and argumentation, with a focus on the topic of reason-giving in law, sponsored by the Edinburgh Law School, the EUI Department of Law and the Foundations of Normativity Project at the University of Edinburgh. If interested in participating, please send a detailed abstract (800 words) for blind review to luis.duarte.almeida@ed.ac.uk by February 27, 2017.  (more…)

:: Calls :: Phenomenology and Mind, Journal of the Faculty of Philosophy of San Raffaele University (Milan), invites submissions for a special issue, in French and in English, dedicated to “Qu’est-ce qu’une règle? Perspectives ontologiques et pragmatiques – What is a rule? Ontological and pragmatic perspectives”. The issue will gather the works from philosophers all around the world in order to investigate the nature of rules and norms from the perspectives of ontology and pragmatics, with a special focus on legal rules and legal norms. Submissions should be sent in French or in English to info@phenomenologyandmind. eu by April 15, 2017.  (more…)

:: Calls :: McMaster University’s Philosophy Department is pleased to announce this year’s installment of the Ontario Legal Philosophy Partnership Graduate Student Conference, in June 16-17, 2017, at McMaster University, Hamilton Ontario. They are currently accepting graduate and law student submissions relating to all areas within legal theory (e.g.: General and Normative Jurisprudence; The Nature of Law; Law and Morality; Judicial Review/ Judicial Activism/ Theories of the Judicial Role; Constitutionalism; Criminal Law and Punishment Theory; Feminist Approaches to Legal Theory/ Critical Legal Studies; The History of Legal Philosophy; Law and Authority; International Law…). Papers should be approximately 3000-4000 words in length. An abstract of 100-200 words should accompany all papers. All papers and abstracts must be electronically submitted by March 17, 2017. 
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