Conference Programme
Day 1
09h00 |
Opening remarks |
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09h10 |
Otto Pfersmann |
The Pure Theory of Law and the Common Law, or Is the Pure Theory a Truly General Theory of Law? |
09h40 |
Jürgen Busch and Thomas Olechowski |
Legal Theory Meets History: Spotlights On “Essence & Value” of a Legal Biography of Hans Kelsen |
10h10 |
Discussion |
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11h10 |
Coffee |
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11h30 |
Matthias Jestaedt |
Demythologizing Legal Thought: Kelsen’s Programme of Scientificality in Legal Scholarship |
12h00 |
Robert Alexy |
On Kelsen’s Concept of the ‘Ought’ |
12h30 |
Discussion |
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13h30 |
Lunch |
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14h40 |
Stanley L. Paulson |
The Great Puzzle: Kelsen’s Basic Norm |
15h10 |
Riccardo Guastini |
The Basic Norm |
15h40 |
Discussion |
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16h40 |
Tea |
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17h00 |
Ulises Schmill |
The Basic Norm and the Concept of Normativity |
17h30 |
Leslie Green |
Kelsen’s Fictionalism |
18h00 |
Discussion |
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20h00 |
Dinner |
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Day 2
09h00 |
Clemens Jabloner |
Kelsen’s Concept of Law |
09h30 |
Eugenio Bulygin |
Kelsen on Completeness and Consistency of Law |
10h00 |
Discussion |
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11h00 |
Coffee |
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11h20 |
Martin Borowski |
Balancing and Hierarchy |
11h50 |
José Juan Moreso |
Kelsen on Justifying Judicial Review |
12h20 |
Discussion |
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13h20 |
Lunch |
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14h40 |
Luís Duarte d’Almeida |
Kelsen’s Delict |
15h10 |
Pablo E. Navarro |
The Effectiveness of General Norms |
15h40 |
Discussion |
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16h40 |
Tea |
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17h00 |
Bert van Roermund |
Some Fallacies in Kelsen’s Theory of Norms |
17h30 |
Peter Koller |
On the Nature of Norms. A Critical Discussion of Kelsen’s View and Further Reflections |
18h00 |
Discussion |
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Day 3
09h00 |
Pierluigi Chiassoni |
Is the Pure Theory of Law Quasi-Positivism? |
09h30 |
Uta Bindreiter |
Kelsen and Scandinavian Legal Realism |
10h00 |
Discussion |
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11h00 |
Coffee |
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11h20 |
Jes Bjarup |
Kelsen in the Nordic Countries |
11h50 |
Roberto Vernengo |
Avatars of Kelsen’s Reine Rechtslehre in the Pampas |
12h20 |
Discussion |
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13h20 |
Lunch |
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14h40 |
Alexander Somek |
Monism |
15h10 |
Mario G. Losano |
Kelsen’s Theory of International Law during his Exile in Geneva |
15h40 |
Discussion |
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16h40 |
Tea |
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17h00 |
Christoph Kletzer |
The Idea of a Pure Theory of Law |
17h30 |
Michael Steven Green |
Is Kelsen the Frege of Legal Theory? |
18h00 |
Discussion |
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19h00 |
Closing remarks: John Gardner |
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19h45 |
Closing Dinner |
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