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Greetings!
This month's newsletter offers an invitation to our Programme Appraisal at Gray's Inn, a podcast of our Annual Lecture on the politicization of judicial review, and an upcoming CSLS workshop.
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Social Contract Programme Appraisal
A review of the Social Contract Revisited programme will be held at
Gray's Inn, London on 7th July
 Over the past three
years, FLJS has been engaged in a programme of study to evaluate rights
and
responsibilities between citizens and the state through the notion of
the social contract.
The
results of this body of work, covering a range of contemporary issues including
taxation, pensions, employment, equality, and the effect of the economic
crisis, will be presented at Gray's Inn on 7th July. Further
details and online registration
Reports and policy briefs from this programme
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Annual Lecture: Politicizing Law, Judicializing Politics
Prof. Ran Hirschl argues for a realist approach to constitutionalism
 On 20 May the renowned constitutional
scholar Professor Ran Hirschl delivered the Annual Lecture in Law and Society, advocating a
realist response to the current trend towards constitutional supremacy.
In a wide-ranging lecture, Professor Hirschl addressed an array of real-world examples of the political construction of judicial review, to show how strategic reliance on constitutional courts may help governments mediate hotly contested political issues. Read more
Download a podcast of the lecture
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Workshop on Child Protection Policy
Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies stages workshop on 28 May
The Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies will hold a workshop
on 28 May entitled:
'Foresight, Empirical Evidence, and Child Protection Policy'.
Recent high profile cases, such as the Baby Peter case, have
raised genuine concerns about how evidence of foresee-ability may affect
the way jurors attribute responsibility in child protection contexts. This cross-disciplinary workshop will present the findings of the first empirical
study into this issue.The psychological, legal, philosophical, practical and policy aspects of the research will be discussed by a panel of experts including child protection specialists, a
police chief constable, and an NSPCC lawyer. Evidence Scholars, Legal Philosophers, and Legal Empiricists are
especially encouraged to attend.
Find out more A policy document entitled 'Foresee-ability and
Evidential Reasoning in Child Protection Cases' will
accompany this workshop and be available to download from the FLJS
website in August 2010.
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We hope you have found this
newsletter of interest. Please use the links below to get in touch, or
to forward this email to interested colleagues.
Sincerely, |
Phil Dines
Foundation for Law, Justice and Society
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