CS-IVR – Canadian Section of the International Association for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy

Information on the activities of the Canadian Section of the International Association for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy

Call for Papers: The Canadian Section of the IVR (CS-IVR) will meet as an affiliate of the CPA at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Saturday June 1st, 2013

The CS-IVR accepts papers devoted to subjects in law and legal theory, moral and political theory. There is no specific theme for this year’s meeting. However, we would welcome papers on the themes of the next IVR World Congress in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, July 22-26, 2013: Human Rights, Democracy, Rule of Law and Contemporary Social Challenges in Complex Societies. (See http://www.ivr2013.org/hotsite/english/)

Submitted papers (and commentaries on them) are circulated (password protected) via the Canadian IVR website (http://phil.uregina.ca/cs-ivr) and the authors and commentators briefly summarize their points to open discussions at the meeting.

Deadlines

  • Due by Friday, February 15, 2013: commitment to send a principal paper or commentary. To help with organizing, please send nbrett@dal.ca a note indicating that you intend to present a principal paper or commentary. Brief abstracts of principal papers should also be sent. A reminder will be sent in early February.
  • Due by Monday, April 29: principal papers
  • Due by Friday, May 24: commentaries
  • Meeting on Saturday, June 1

Principal papers (4,000 to 10,000 words) and commentaries (up to 1200 words) should be sent to the CVS IVR webmaster (elliotda@uregina.ca), with a copy to me at (nbrett@dal.ca).

Please forward this call for papers to others who may be interested.

Nathan Brett, Executive Director
nbrett@dal.ca

Principal Papers for 2012 Meeting, Victoria

June 1st from 8:30 to 4:30

Clearihue Building Room C030

8:30 – 8:50 Arrivals and Introductions

Human Rights, Global Justice, Equality

8:50 – 9:20 1. Alistair M. Macleod (Queen’s University): Rights and Recognition: the Case of Human Rights + Commentaries/Discussion

9:20 – 9:50 2. Jennifer Szende (Queen’s): Human Rights, Global Justice, and the Problem of Perspective + Commentaries/Discussion

9:50 – 10:20 3. Colin Macleod (Victoria) Equality of Opportunity and the Consequences of Choice + Commentaries/Discussion

10:20 – 10:30 Break

Responsibility, Punishment and Prevention

10:30 – 11:00 4. Susan Dimock (York): The Prevention of Dangerous Offenders + Commentaries/Discussion

11:00 – 11:30 5. Alex Wellington (Ryerson): Corporate Punishment: Hart’s Sea Captain Story Redux + Commentaries/Discussion

11:30 – 12:00 Business Meeting
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch

Legitimacy, Democracy and Poverty

1:00 – 1:25 6. Micheal Borgida (UWO): In Defence of Precommitment + Commentaries/ Discussion

1:25 – 1:50 7. Susan Dielman (Dalhousie) Democratic Tensions in Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms + Commentaries/ Discussion

1:50 – 2:15 8. David Lea (American University of Sharjah) An analysis of the Democracy and Law making from the perspectives of the Left and the Right + Commentaries/ Discussion

2:15 – 2:40 9. Bryan Reece (Toronto): On the State’s Duty to the Poor + Commentaries/Discussion

2:40 – 3:00 Break

Freedom, Moral Rights, and Moralism

3:00 – 3:25 10. Roger Shiner, (UBC, Okanogan): Creativity and Moral Rights + Commentaries/Discussion

3:25 – 3:50 11. Conor Barry (Ottawa): Charles Taylor’s Concept of Liberty Commentaries/Discussion

3:50 – 4:15 12. Marc Ramsay (Acadia): Mixed Martial Arts and Illiberal Moralizing Commentaries/Discussion

7:00 Dinner

Papers Received

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  1. Conor Barry, “Charles Taylor’s Concept of Liberty”
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  2. Michael Borgida, “In Defence of Precommitment”
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  3. Susan Dieleman, “Lessons for Federalism: Democracy, Federalism, and the Charter”
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  4. Susan Dimock, “Criminalizing Dangerousness: How to Preventively Detain Dangerous Offenders”
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  5. David Lea, “An analysis of the Democracy and Law making from the perspectives of the Left and the Right”
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  6. Alistair M. Macleod, “Rights and Recognition: the Case of Human Rights”
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  7. Colin Macleod, “Equality of Opportunity and the Consequences of Choice”
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  8. Marc Ramsay, “Consenting Combatants: Gladiators, Boxers & Cage-Fighters”
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  9. Bryan Reece, “On State’s Duty to the Poor”
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  10. Jennifer Szende, “Human Rights, Global Justice, and the Problem of Perspective”
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  11. Roger Shiner, “Creativity and Moral Rights”
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  12. Alex Wellington, “Rethinking Corporate Punishment: Hart’s Sea Captain Story Redux”
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Commentaries

  1. Conor Barry, “Commentary on Szende’s ‘Implicit Critique of Liberalism?’”
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  2. Michael Borgida, “Commentary on ‘Consenting Combatants: Gladiators, Boxers & Cage-Fighters’”
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  3. Nathan Brett, “Comments on Mcleod’s Third Prize “
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  4. Nathan Brett, “Comments Reece: The State’s Duty to the Poor”
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  5. Nathan Brett, “Democratic Legitimacy: Borgida vs. Shiner”
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  6. Susan Deileman, “Comments on Jennifer Szende’s ‘Human Rights’”
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  7. Alistair M. Macleod, “Roger Shiner on Moral Rights and Creativity: A Brief Comment”
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  8. Marc Ramsay, “Comments on Susan Dimock ‘CRIMINALIZING DANGEROUSNESS: How to Preventively Detain Dangerous Offenders’”
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  9. Bryan Reece, “Comments on Marc Ramsay’s ‘Consenting Combatants’”
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  10. Roger Shiner, “Comment on Corporate Punishment “
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  11. Roger Shiner, “Comment on Pre-Commitment”
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  12. Roger Shiner, “A brief response to Alistair’s Commentary”
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