Workshop: Adam Smith as Jurist
Tuesday 12th November
Leonard Wolfson Auditorium, Wolfson College
17:30–18:45 Lecture: Adam Smith as Jurist
Iain McLean, Professor of Politics, Oxford University
Wednesday 13th November
Haldane Room, Wolfson College
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 PETERSON
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
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