JSI Workshop: Description and evaluation in contemporary jurisprudence

In-person event

Modern jurisprudence has been tormented by a divide between description and evaluation in legal theory. Proponents argue that the distinction is essential to any clearheaded discussion of law itself and its relation to adjacent normative systems, especially morality. Opponents insist that being the necessarily normative practice it is, a pure description of the law and its theory is untenable. This conversation will bring together legal and moral theorists to shed some novel light on an old problem.

Speakers

• Associate Professor Kevin Walton (University of Sydney Law School)
• Dr. Yarran Hominh (Assistant Professor in Philosophy, Bard College)
• Dr. Alma Diamond (Postdoctoral Fellow in Law & Philosophy, University of Chicago)
• Dr. Meir Yarom (Postdoctoral Fellow in Jurisprudence, the Julius Stone Institute, University of Sydney Law School)

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Thursday 20 July, 2023

Time: 11am-1pm

Venue: Level 4, Board Room, New Law Building (F10)

CPD Points: 2

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This event is proudly presented by the Julius Stone Institute of Jurisprudence at The University of Sydney Law School.