Juris North 2023 Roundtables “Contemporary non/anti-positivist legal theory” 

Following successful roundtable events exploring the work of Hans Kelsen in 2021 and 2022, Juris North is pleased to announce the theme of our 2023 Roundtable Series: Contemporary non/anti-positivist legal theory.

We invite participants to present work-in-progress that engages with an aspect of any theory that may be described as anti-/non-positivist, or of the natural law tradition. Papers may approach this theme from either a doctrinal or theoretical perspective in how they seek to defend, develop or critique non/anti-positivist positions. 

Led by:

Dr Joshua Jowitt, Newcastle Law School

Participants:

We invite submissions from all interested parties, but are particularly keen to provide a platform to Early Career Researchers (those currently enrolled on a postgraduate research programme or who graduated from such a programme no earlier than 2018) and other under-represented groups.  

Format:

The purpose of these roundtable events is to showcase and develop works-in-progress rather than completed papers. Each session will start with a keynote presentation and Q&A, which we expect to last around one hour. Following a short break, we will then begin the work-in-progress roundtable during which we will hear from up to three speakers. Each speaker will be given a short period of time (5-10minutes) to summarise the key position of their paper, before the floor is opened to a general discussion amongst all attendees to discuss themes and links that emerge from the presentations.

Though in-person attendance is encouraged, each event will be hosted in a hybrid-format at Newcastle Law School, Newcastle University. Travel bursaries of up to £120 per speaker are available to support in-person attendance for those with limited or no access to institutional support.

Languages:

All papers should be presented in English.

Dates/Times:

It is expected that initial events will take place on a Wednesday afternoon in October, November and December of 2023.

Final event:

The series will culminate in a one-day event in February/March 2024 where attendees can present papers that have been updated as a result of the series. A conference dinner will be provided free of charge to all presenters, and – as with work in progress events – travel bursaries of up to £120 per speaker are available to support in-person attendance for speakers with limited or no access to institutional support.

We are currently in discussions with Hart as to the possibility of publishing presented papers as an edited collection.

Participation:

Please send an anonymised abstract (up to 500 words) for consideration to law.research@newcastle.ac.uk by 17h00 BST on Wednesday 30th August 2023.

The e-mail accompanying your abstract should also contain the following information:

• Name;
• Institutional affiliation (if any);
• Whether you hope to present in-person or online;
• A ranked indication of your preference with regards to the month of your participation (if applicable); and
•  Whether you wish to be considered for a travel bursary to assist with in-person attendance.

Wednesday 21st June 2023

Dr Jorge Emilio Núñez

Twitter: @DrJorge_World

https://drjorge.world