Juris North Legal and Political Philosophy Discussion Group

Juris North, a legal and political philosophy discussion group, in collaboration with the Universities of Durham, Hull, Liverpool, Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan, and Surrey.As part of our activities, we will have some discussion sessions this term.Call for Presenters for Semester ONGOING[Discussions: September-December and January-March every year]If your current research is on a topic that can be broadly characterised as jurisprudence—i.e. legal and political philosophy, and you would be interested in presenting it to a friendly group, which includes academics as well as lawyers, you are welcome to be a presenter at the Juris North Discussion Group. We can be flexible about the particular days that we meet. If you are interested, please contact Dr Jorge Emilio Nunezj.nunez@mmu.ac.uk.To be part of our distribution list, please contact Dr Jorge Núňezj.nunez@mmu.ac.ukGDPR REMINDER:As you may be aware, a new data privacy law (known as the General Data Protection Regulation, or “GDPR”) was introduced in the UK and across Europe on 25 May 2018.In order to be compliant with this new law, we would like to remind you that we have your email address on our database to enable us to contact you with information about the activities of Juris North.Examples of the activities we would like to tell you about include our call for papers and any other events organised by JN.We would like to continue to keep you informed about our activities and assure you that JN has never passed your details onto a third party.If you would like to continue to receive emails from us then you do not need to do anything.  If you want to be removed from our database then please reply to this email with the word unsubscribe.Should you have any question please do not hesitate to drop me a line.Best,JorgeDr Jorge Emilio Núñezj.nunez@mmu.ac.uk

Dr Jorge Emilio Núňez

Juris North Discussion Group 
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<h2>Juris North Kelsen Congress 2021 (ONLINE)</h2><h2>“Global Perspectives on Kelsen” </h2><h2>Friday 24th and Saturday 25th September 2021, 10am-7pm BST</h2><h2></h2>DAY 2: Saturday 25th September 2021
Block 4: 10:00am-1:00pm
10:00am Introduction by co-hosts Dr Jorge E. Núñez, Dr Jorge Luis Fabra Zamora and Gonzalo Villa Rosas
10:30am-11:30am Keynote Speaker 4
•	Dr Lars Vinx, University of Cambridge (UK), Hans Kelsen and the Crisis of Democracy 
Q&As interactive session between speakers and Zoom attendees.
11:30am-1:00pm Paper Authors 7 and 8
•	Jingshu Wang, University of Political Science and Law (China), Resolve Norm Conflicts and Uphold International Law: Kelsen’s Legacy in Contemporary Challenges
•	Dr Phil Edwards, Manchester Metropolitan University (UK), Kelsen and ‘Primitive’ International Law: Three Answers and a Question
1:00pm-1:30pm Active Break
Block 5: 1:30pm-4:00pm
1:30pm-2:30pm Keynote Speaker 5
•	 Dr Monika Zalewska, University of Lodz (Poland), Fictionalism in Hans Kelsen's General Theory of Norms
Q&As interactive session between speakers and Zoom attendees.


2:30pm-4:00pm Paper Authors 9 and 10
•	Dr Rubin Assis da Silveira Souza, Law School of São Paulo, FGV-SP, and. National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, CNPq (Brazil), Kelsen on Kant’s Pure and Practical Reason Contradiction
•	Cristiano de Aguiar Portela Moita, Freie Universität Berlin (Germany), Wittgenstein’s Rule-Following Paradox in Kelsen’s Account of Legal Interpretation
4:00pm-4:30pm Active Break
 Block 6: 4:30pm-6:30pm
4:30pm-5:30pm Keynote Speaker 6
•	Dr Carsten Heidemann, Bordesholm (Kiel Bar Association, Germany), Varieties of Validity 
Q&As interactive session between speakers and Zoom attendees.

5:30pm-6:30pm Open Floor Discussion and Closing remarks – End of day 2
Enquires: Dr Jorge E. Núñez (j.nunez@mmu.ac.uk)

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