Law and Philosophy Forum
The Law and Philosophy Forum at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem facilitates intellectual interaction between faculty members and students in various academic units within the university whose academic interests lie in the areas where philosophy and legal scholarship intersect.
The members of the forum include faculty members from the Faculty of Law, the Philosophy Department (in the Faculty of the Humanities) and the Political Science Department (in the Faculty of Social Sciences). The forum collaborates on a regular basis with the Centre for Ethics and Political Philosophy (at the Philosophy Department) and the Jerusalem Forum for Political Philosophy (at the Political Science Department). Together, the group of the Forum members comprises a research force of the highest quality, by international as well as Israeli standards.
Forum Members (at the Faculty of Law): David Enoch; Leora Dahan Katz; Dana Gur; Alon Harel; Ori Herstein; Ofer Malcai; Ram Rivlin; Re'em Segev.
The activity of the Forum includes conferences, workshops and courses. Previous guests in these academic events include: Vincent Chiao, Julia Driver, Antony Duff, Liz Emens, David Estlund, Barbara Herman, John Finnis, Chaim Gans, John Gardner, Ruth Gavison, James Griffin, Scott Hershovitz, Iwao Hirose, Douglas Husak, Richard Kraut, Will Kymlicaka, Rae Langton, Judith Lichtenberg, Elinor Mason, Jeff McMahan, John Mikhail, Michael Otsuka, Japa Pallikkathayil, David Plunkett, Joseph Raz, Daniel Statman, Saul Smilansky, Andrew Sepielli, Holy Smith, Victor Tadros, Larry Temkin, Ruth Weinraub, Gideon Yaffe, and Michael Zimmerman.
The forum allocates the Law & Philosophy Prize for excellent papers written by students in the area of philosophy and law.
The Forum benefits from the generous support of the Greene Foundation.
Donors
Israel B. Greene was a man totally dedicated to the law in all its aspects. He was first and foremost an outstanding legal scholar and lecturer in law, primarily in the field of Equity, which was his professional passion.
The Fund for Equity Studies is a singular memorial to Israel B. Greene and Sara Mann Greene, supporting the Law and Philosophy Forum, providing scholarships and fellowships for promising young scholars, enriching the Law Library, and supporting a publications program. It enhances the work being done at the Hebrew University in a field that is fundamental to the idea of Justice.
Conference: Theorizing Criminal Law
Theorizing Criminal Law: An International Conference
December 3-4, 2023, Jerusalem
This criminal law theory conference aims to bring together, in an annual forum, researchers working on the theory of criminal law, criminal procedure, punishment, and the philosophical questions that underlie these areas of inquiry. The Conference seeks to advance research in the field and to foster interaction and collaboration between the growing number of researchers working on these and related questions.
The first Criminal Law Theory Conference was held online in a series of monthly sessions between December 2020 and May 2021. This conference continues that series with an in-person conference that will be held at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem over the course of two days on Dec. 3-4, 2023.
At each one-hour session, we will discuss a previously circulated short paper: each paper will be introduced by a commentator, and we will aim to allow as much time as is possible for discussion. We hope that these sessions will enable authors to get useful feedback on their papers, and all participants to enjoy the kinds of transnational and interdisciplinary conversation that we aim to foster.
A copy of the provisional conference program can be found here.
Registration to attend the in-person (only) conference sessions is free and open, however advance registration to the conference is required.
To register for the event:
Conference Speakers:
Vera Bergelson
Fernando Bracaccini
Netanel Dagan
Hadar Dancig-Rosenberg
Göran Duus-Otterström
Miri Gur-Arye
Oliver Hallich
Philipp-Alexander Hirsch
Ryan Liss
Rocío Lorca Ferreccio
Marie Manikis
Jonathan Sarnoff
Gideon Yaffe
The Organizing Committee:
- Vincent Chiao, University of Toronto
- Leora Dahan Katz, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Antony Duff, University of Stirling
- Tatjana Hörnle, Max Planck Institute, Freiburg, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Gabe Mendlow, University of Michigan
The conference is hosted by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem with the generous support of:
- The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- The Greene Foundation
- The Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, Freiburg/Germany
The Inaugural Criminal Theory Conference
The Criminal Law Theory Conference aims to bring together, in an annual forum, researchers working on the theory of criminal law, criminal procedure, punishment, and the philosophical questions that underlie these areas of inquiry. The Conference seeks to advance research in the field and to foster interaction and collaboration between the growing number of researchers working on these and related questions.
The inaugural Conference was to have been held on December 6-7 2020 at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. For obvious reasons, that is not now possible. However, given the number of interesting abstracts that were submitted for the conference, and our desire to get discussions started this year, we have decided to hold the first part of the Conference online, with a series of monthly sessions between now and May 2021.
At each two-hour session, we will discuss two previously circulated short papers: each paper will be introduced by a commentator, but we will aim to allow as much time as is possible for discussion. We hope that these sessions will enable authors to get useful feedback on their papers, and all participants to enjoy the kinds of trans-national and interdisciplinary conversation that we aim to foster.
The sessions will be held on the following Thursdays, at 17:00-18:50 Coordinated Universal Time/ Greenwich Mean Time —
3 December
Amit Pundik, ‘The Wrongfulness of Prostitution’
Commentator: Cornelia Spörl
Andrei Poama, ‘Poverty, Provocation, and Punishment’
Commentator: Ester Herlin-Karnell
7 January
Hsin-Wen Lee, ‘Self-Defense Theories of Criminal Punishment’
Commentator: Valerij Zisman
Federico Picinali, ‘Convicting vs Acquitting: Aren’t We All Expected Value Maximisers
about this Choice?’
Commentator: Krzysztof Szczucki
4 February
Eric James Miller, ‘The Public Authority Model of the Police’
Commentator: David Sklansky
4 March
Hylke Jellema, ‘Inferring to the best explanation about eyewitness testimony’
Commentator: Michael Pardo
Kenneth Silver, ‘When Should the Master Answer? Respondeat Superior and the Criminal
Law’
Commentator: Matthew Dyson
8 April
Zach Hoskins, ‘Punishment's Burdens on the Innocent’
Commentator: Mark Dsouza
Gniewomir Wycichowski-Kuchta, ‘The Rationality of "Irrational Criminalisation”’
Commentator: Julia O’Rourke
6 May
Kat Hadjimatheou and Christopher Nathan, ‘Policing and its Absence: Legitimacy, Special
Obligations, and Omissions in Law Enforcement’
Commentator: Michal Krolikowski
Andrew Botterell, ‘Rethinking the Defence of Diminished Capacity’
Commentator: Gustaf Almkvist
There is no charge for participation in these sessions, but registration is required. To register, please go to:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/criminal-theory-conference-workshops-tickets-125623107095
Further details, and information on how to access the papers, will be sent in advance of each session to those who have registered; papers will be available at least a week before the session at which they are to be discussed.
The Conference CFP can be accessed here.
The Organizing Committee:
- Vincent Chiao, University of Toronto
- Leora Dahan Katz, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Antony Duff, University of Stirling
- Tatjana Hörnle, Max Planck Institute, Freiburg, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Gabe Mendlow, University of Michigan
The conference is hosted by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem with the generous support of:
The Sacher Institute
The Barak Center
Abstract Submission
Call for Papers
UPDATE: Given the current situation, we have extended the abstract submission deadline to June 1, 2020.
We hope all are well, and look forward to metting under calmer circumstances.
The Inaugural Criminal Theory Conference will be held Dec. 6-7, 2020 at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
The Conference seeks to bring together, in an annual forum, researchers working on theory of criminal law, criminal procedure, and criminal punishment, and the philosophical questions that underlie these areas of inquiry. The Conference seeks to advance research in the field and foster interaction and collaboration between the growing number of researchers working on these and related questions. This year’s invited speakers will be Tatjana Hörnle (Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) and Gideon Yaffe (Yale Law School).
The Conference will be a pre-read workshop, with ten to twelve short papers discussed over the course of two days. Each one-hour session will begin with comments from a commentator. The author will then offer a brief reply, before opening the general discussion.
We invite researchers working in the field to submit an abstract for consideration or/and to indicate their interest in acting as commentators. Registration will be open once the conference program has been set.
To submit an abstract for consideration please submit an anonymized abstract of not more than 500 words by June 1, 2020. Authors will be notified of acceptance by June 30, 2020. Authors whose submissions are selected will be invited to submit short papers (up to 6,000) words by Nov. 6, 2020.
To participate as a commentator please indicate your interest on the form. The Conference is open to anyone in interested in attending, space permitting.
In order to facilitate participation, there will be no registration fees, but participants will have to cover their own expenses for travel and lodging. Limited funds may be available to those who cannot secure funding through their own institutions.
The Organizing Committee:
- Vincent Chiao, University of Toronto
- Leora Dahan Katz, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Antony Duff, University of Stirling
- Tatjana Hörnle, Max Planck Institute, Freiburg, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Gabe Mendlow, University of Michigan
The conference is hosted by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem with the generous support of:
The Sacher Institute
The Barak Center