Utopian Legalities Workshop
19 November 2005 @ Kings College London
(Committee Room, Strand Campus)
A joint KCL/CentreLGS Event
Registration is free, but if you wish to attend, please
contact Grace Alleyne, School of Law, King's College
London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS; Email: grace.alleyne@kcl.ac.uk
Programme:
10-10.30 welcome and coffee
10.30-12.00 Utopianism of Reason
Darrow Schecter: ‘Utopian legality
or extra-legal legitimacy?: Some reflections on the
possibility of legitimate law’
Chris Thornhill: ‘Natural rights
and utopian law: A historical-theoretical analysis’
Peter Fitzpatrick: ‘Just utopia’
12.00-1.10 Lunch
1.10—2.40 Justice, Community and the
Re-imagining of Law
Kirsten Campbell: ‘The utopian
promise of humanitarian law
Lucy Sargisson: ‘Justice inside
utopia? The case of intentional communities’
Davina Cooper: ‘Property relations
in a “free” school: Can alternative communities
help us rethink theory and reorder pratice?’
2.40-3.00 tea
3.00-5.00 Utopianism, the Nation-State and
Beyond
Alan Norrie: 'Law discloses the utopian:
Justice and the nation state'
John Harrington: ‘Medical law:
the place of utopian, anti-utopian and dystopian rhetoric'
Stewart Motha: 'Utopian legality
and the empty place of power'
Kathryn Dean: ‘The solidarity
of humankind: A feasible utopia?'
A joint KCL/CentreLGS Event
Registration is free, but if you wish to attend, please
contact Grace Alleyne, School of Law, King's College
London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS; Email: grace.alleyne@kcl.ac.uk
