SPECIAL WORKSHOP TITLE: Objectivity and Law

CHAIR: Jorge Luis Fabra Zamora, Jorge Emilio Nez, Gonzalo Villa Rosas

LANGUAGE: English, Spanish

CONTACT: objectivityandlaw.ws2017@gmail.com

What is the relation between rule of law and legal reasoning? Which are the
necessary conditions required by the rule of law for an adequate legal
reasoning? Are judicial decisions fallible? Are there right answers to legal
questions? Can legal reasoning be objective when it must answer moral
questions? Are there legal facts? What kind of facts are legal facts? Do legal
facts suppose moral facts? Are legal facts independent from moral facts? Are
there moral facts? What kind of facts are moral facts? Can moral and legal facts
be identical to, reducible to, or constituted by natural facts? What are the
epistemic conditions which are required for obtaining suitable legal decisions
and right moral answers? These and related questions will be addressed by our
speakers from metaethical and legal philosophical perspectives. A compilation
book of the papers presented at the Workshop will be published in a Journal.

PARTICIPANTS (in alphabetical order):

1. Aguirre Castro, Pamela Juliana. Universidad Andina Simn Bolvar.

Secretaria Tcnica Jurisdiccional, Corte Constitucional, Quito, Ecuador
EL VALOR DE LA JURISPRUDENCIA EN EL ESTADO CONSTITUCIONAL

2. Bustamante, Thomas. Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil

INTERPRETATION, OBJECTIVITY AND THE ARGUMENTATIVE CHARACTER OF
LAW: ASSESSING TWO WAYS TO MISREAD RONALD DWORKINS PHILOSOPHY
OF LAW

3. Camilloto, Bruno. Federal University of Ouro Preto, Brazil

Neves, Henrique. University of Kiel, Germany
THE PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE AND OBJECTIVITY OF LAW: TO WHAT
EXTENT DOES THE LEGAL DOCTRINE MAKE THE LAW OBJECTIVE?

4. Crummey, Conor; Hearne, Alexandra. University College London, England

JUSTICE FOR FOXES: CLARIFYING OBJECTIONS TO THE MORAL OBJECTIVITY
IN LAW
5. Fabra Zamora, Jorge Luis. McMaster University (Philosophy and Center for
Peace Studies). FUTCO (School of Law)
THE INTERNAL JUSTIFICATION OF LEGAL DECISIONS

6. Fittipaldi, Edoardo. Associate professor of sociology of law at the State

University of Milan, Italy.
ON THE OBJECTIVITY OF LEGAL DOGMATICS

7. Madej, Martin; Hork, Filip. Charles University, Faculty of Law, Prague

AXIOMATIZATION AS A TOOL TO ACHIEVE OBJECTIVITY IN LAW

8. Niemi, Matti Ilmari. University of Eastern Finland, Finland

WHY OBJECTIVITY MATTERS?

9. Portocarrero Quispe, Jorge Alexander. Universidad San Martin de Porres

and Universidad de Piura. Peru
LA RAZONABILIDAD Y LA RACIONALIDAD EN LA JUSTIFICACIN DE LAS
DECISIONES JUDICIALES

10.Robles, Gregorio. Universidad de las Islas Baleares, Spain

THE PRINCIPLE OF SYSTEMIC RELATIVITY IN LAW

11.Scavuzzo, Natalia. Tarello Institute for Legal Philosophy Universit degli

studi di Genova, Italia
THERE IS PLACE FOR OBJECTIVITY IN A PARTICIPANTS ORIENTED LEGAL
POSITIVISM?

12.Villa Rosas, Gonzalo. University of Kiel, Germany

OBJECTIVITY AND CORRECTNESS. EXCURSUS ON EPISTEMIC OBJECTIVITY
AND PRACTICAL REASONING

13.Zalewska, Monika. Department of Theory and Philosophy of Law, Faculty

of Law and Administration, University of Lodz, Poland
OBJECTIVITY, BASIC NORM AND KELSENS GENERAL THEORY OF LAW

14.Zhang, Yanxiang. Department of Humanities, Law and Management,

Beijing Polytechnic College
A PHILOSOPHICAL CRITIQUE OF H.L.A.HARTS LEGAL POSITIVISM

Open to additional interested participants.

NOTES: Open to additional interested participants. The abstracts should be sent
to the contact email by 25th May, 2017. Please send your manuscripts by 4th
June, 2017.

LANGUAGE: The abstracts must be written in English or Spanish, and it

should be under 400 words. The sessions will be held in English.