SEMINAR: Legal Theory Seminars 2022-2023

 


Introduction

The CORE seminar in Legal Theory will serve as a bridge between the different units of the department Interdisciplinary Studies of Law. It will bring forth the new trends in legal thinking burgeoning around the world, through presentations made by CORE members, or through the invitation of some of their key actors. The idea of the seminar is to provide for doctoral and post-doctoral researchers, as well as for permanent staff members, an opportunity to get updates on a rapidly evolving scene, whose mapping still remains elusive. The program of the seminar will be set up according to suggestions from CORE members and will be managed by Prof. Laurent de Sutter. Ideally, each session will be preceded by the circulation of a core (pun absolutely intended) text, allowing for a more fruitful discussion – with or without guest. Topics may include new developments in Critical Legal Studies, Critical Race Theory, Feminist Jurisprudence, Law & Literature, Critique of Rights, Law & Economics (Critical or not), Empirical Legal Studies, Legal Philosophy, Legal Sociology, Legal Anthropology, Theory of Comparative Law, Legal History, Theory of International Law, and many more.


Upcoming Events

Session 7. Jean d'Aspremont on After Meaning

16 February 2023, 12 am - VUB room 4C409


Session 8. Hyo Yoon Kang on Legal Materialities

21 March 2023, 12 am - VUB room 4C409


Session 9. Laurent de Sutter on Post-Critical Legal Studies

20 April 2023, 12 am - VUB room 4C409


Previous Events

Session 1. Christoph Menke on Critique of Rights


14 April 2022, 12am-2pm

 


 

Session 2. Katharina Pistor on The Code of Capital 


28 April 2022, 4-6pm

 



Session 3. Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihailopoulos on Spatial Justice 


12 May 2022, 12pm-2am




Session 4. Marco Wan (Hong Kong University) on Law & Literature

27 October 2022, 12 am - VUB room 4C409


Session 5. Marietta Auer (Max-Planck-Institut) on What Is Legal Theory?

3 November 2022, 12 am - VUB room 4C409


Session 6. Fernanda Pirie (Oxford University) on The Rule of Laws

1 December 2022, 12 am - VUB room 4C409


Contact

More information and confirmation of participation in the session(s): laurent.desutter@vub.be


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