You are invited to attend the 2007 Bernard Siegen Memorial Conference: Economic Liberties, Property Rights, and the Original Meaning of the Constitutionon on Friday and Saturday, November 16-17, 2007 in Warren Hall’s Faculty Reading Room at the University of San Diego School of Law.
Professor Richard Epstein of the University of Chicago Law School will deliver a keynote paper on the general topic of the conference on Friday morning. The remainder of Friday will be devoted to the presentation and discussion of three papers on economic liberties and the original meaning. On Saturday, there will be the presentation and discussion of three principal papers on property rights and the original meaning. Saturday afternoon’s proceedings will conclude with a general discussion of both days’ topics. For a complete conference schedule, including times, please go to the event Web site.
Admission is free of charge, but reservations are required. Contact Leilani Sharrett at leilanis@sandiego.edu or (619) 260-4208 to reserve your space at the conference.
Keynote Presenter: Richard Epstein, University of Chicago Law School
Property Rights Presenters:
Eric Claeys, University of St. Louis School of Law
Nicole Garnett, University of Notre Dame Law School
William Treanor, Fordham University School of LawEconomic Liberties Presenters:
John Hart, Duke University, Department of History
John Harrison, University of Virginia School of Law
James Ely, Vanderbilt University School of LawCommentators:
Howard Gillman, University of Southern California, Department of Political Science
Keith Whittington, Princeton University, Department of Politics
Todd Zywicki, George Mason School of LawPrincipal papers and Epstein’s keynote paper will be published together in a forthcoming volume of the San Diego Law Review. In addition, all commentators are invited to submit written comments for publication along with the principal papers.
All the theory that fits.