Every year, the Canadian Section of the IVR (International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy) holds a conference devoted to subjects in law, legal theory, and moral and political philosophy. While we welcome papers on any topics in these fields, we also encourage papers which focus on one (or a combination) of the following themes:

(i) law and justice in relation to Indigenous Peoples; we invite papers examining legal, moral, and political questions that need to be addressed as we work towards greater justice in settler – Indigenous relations. Special consideration will be given to papers examining Indigenous scholars’ understanding of these issues.

(ii) climate change; we invite papers investigating the legal, moral, and political dimensions of issues of climate degradation, action, and sustainability, all broadly understood.

(iii) democracy, especially as it relates to (i) and (ii).

The meeting will follow the usual format of the CS-IVR. Accepted papers are circulated ahead of the meeting to those registered for the conference. Anyone who is registered can write commentaries on one or more papers. Commentaries are also circulated ahead of the meeting. To allow maximum time for discussion, at the meeting authors briefly summarize their main points rather than read their papers or commentaries.

*Please note: the meeting on May 31 will be in-person only.

The registration fee for the conference is $30 for faculty members, and $20 for students. Payments can be made at the conference, or by e-transfer (please email giudice@yorku.ca for details).

Here are the submission deadlines for the meeting (all submissions are to be sent to giudice@yorku.ca):
• Monday, March 17: abstracts (max 750 words). Abstracts should give a summary of the question(s) and argument of the paper. These will be refereed by the end of March.
• Monday, April 28: all accepted papers (max 5000 words). Excerpts from larger papers and drafts in progress are welcome.
• Monday, May 19: all commentaries (max 1200 words).
• Conference: Saturday, May 31

Further information about the CS-IVR, as well as past programmes, can be found on this website.