Law as a Moral Idea: A Panel Discussion with author N. E. Simmonds
Thursday 3 December 2009 – Thursday 3 December 2009 16.00
Venue: Oxford Law Faculty Gulbenkian Lecture Theatre
Organised by Oxford Law Faculty
Speakers: Timothy Endicott, John Finnis, John Gardner, N. E. Simmonds, John Tasioulas (Chair)
In his book Law as a Moral Idea (Oxford University Press, 2007) N. E. Simmonds pursued a novel and powerful argument about the value of law and the nature of legal theory. In this panel discussion four distinguished legal and political philosophers join the author in a discussion of the book's main arguments.
Programme:
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Timothy Endicott, Professor of Legal Philosophy and Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford
John Finnis, Professor of Law and Legal Philosophy, University of Oxford
John Gardner, Professor of Jurisprudence, University of Oxford,
N. E. Simmonds, Reader in Jurisprudence, University of Cambridge
John Tasioulas, Reader in Moral and Legal Philosophy, University of Oxford (Chair)