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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