ANU Law and Philosophy Forum: Legality as public reason

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Date & time

23 September 2021 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Venue

Via Zoom Meeting

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Event description

The ANU Law and Philosophy Forum is delighted to announce its eighth meeting in 2021: a work-in-progress seminar with Dr Michael Foran, on ‘Legality as public reason’. All are welcome to attend.

Dr Michael Foran is a Lecturer in Public Law at the University of Strathclyde, UK. He researches in jurisprudence and constitutional law, with a particular focus on equality and discrimination. Dr Foran has published in the Cambridge Law Journal, the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, and Public Law, and his PhD (Trinity Hall, Cambridge) focused on equality before the law, including anti-discrimination law and theory. Dr Foran will talk to the ANU Law and Philosophy Forum about the principle of legality, and its capacity to constitute what we might call ‘public reason’.

How to register

This session is held over Zoom only. Please register to access the Zoom details.

The ANU Law and Philosophy Forum is an interdisciplinary group focused on issues spanning law and philosophy.

Its core purpose is to promote research, discussion, and exchanges on various topics in law and philosophy, covering aspects of both private law and public law, and issues within both legal and political philosophy.

The Forum hosts guest speakers, holds workshops, and discusses recent scholarship of note in the field. Meetings are open to faculty members and research students from ANU College of Law and the School of Philosophy, and friends and colleagues of both.

Speakers

Distinguished Professor Asmi Wood, Australian National University Associate Professor Hannah McGlade, Curtin University Professor Megan Davis AC, University of New South Wales Associate Professor Harry Hobbs, University of New South Wales Associate Professor Sarah Moulds, University of South Australia Professor Emeritus Simon Rice, University of Sydney Dr Bill Swannie, Australian Catholic University Dr Liz Allen, Australian National University Distinguished Professor Suvendrini Perera, Curtin University Professor Dorota Gozdecka, University of Helsinki Associate Professor Jennifer Nielsen, Southern Cross University Dr Will Sanders & Dr Francis Markham, Australian National University Professor Dominique Allen, Monash University Assistant Professor Alice Taylor, Bond University Emerita Professor Margaret Thornton, Australian National University Professor Beth Goldblatt, University of Technology Sydney Associate Professor Cristy Clarke, University of Canberra