REMINDER: CORE Seminar in Legal Theory under the auspices of Prof. Dr. Laurent DE SUTTER: Jean d'Aspremont on "After Meaning" (Brussels: VUB, 16 FEB 2023 [HYBRID EVENT])

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After Meaning

Introduction

Jean d'Aspremont's presentation will draw on his latest book entitled ‘After Meaning. The Sovereignty of Forms in International Law’. In this book, d’Aspremont argues that the lawyer always arrives after meaning has already slipped away from the form. It is not that the lawyer should have come earlier to have a chance to catch meaning. Meaning, as this presentation argues, never stays in the form, for it is always deferred. It is one of the main claims of this presentation that meaning is perpetually absent from the forms of the legal discourse. In the absence of meaning, the lawyer is left with forms, only forms that point away to other forms.


Biographical note

Jean d'Aspremont is Professor of International Law at Sciences-Po Law School and Chair of Public International Law at the University of Manchester.


Practical information

Thursday 16 February 2023, 12 am  

Vrije Universiteit Brussel Room: 4C409 / (contact laurent at de sutter at vub dot be for the Teams-link)

Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus






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