Linton Rd
Oxford OX2 6UD
This workshop explores the themes raised in Professor Iain McLean’s lecture of 12 November: Adam Smith as Jurist.
Workshop Programme
09:25 Welcome and introduction
Denis GALLIGAN, Professor of Socio-Legal Studies Emeritus, University of Oxford and Director of Programmes, Foundation for Law, Justice and Society
09:30–11:00 Session 1
Adam Smith and the Formation of the Scottish Legal Profession
John CAIRNS, Professor of Civil Law, Edinburgh University
Adam Smith, Religious Freedom, and Law
Scot PETERSEN, Bingham Research Fellow in Constitutional Studies, Oxford University
11:00–11:15 Tea and Coffee
11:15–12:45 Session 2
Adam Smith, David Hume, and Edmund Burke: A Common Legal Heritage?
John ADAMS, Chairman, Foundation for Law, Justice and Society and Adjunct Professor in Political Science at Rutgers University
Adam Smith on the Social Foundations of Constitutions
Denis GALLIGAN
12:45–14:00 Lunch
14:00–16:15 Session 3
Justice as Sentiment
Hossein DABBAGH, Philosophy Tutor, Oxford University
Adam Smith: Between Anti-paternalism and Solidarity
Daniel SMILOV, Associate Professor, Political Science, Sofia University
“Pieces upon a Chessboard”: The Man of System in Liberal Constitutionalism
Bogdan IANCU, Associate Professor, Bucharest University
16:15 Concluding Discussion