Maastricht Foundations of Law Colloquium with Professor J.J. Moreso – “Rules & Reasons” – 15 March 2023

January 25, 2023

On Wednesday March 15th from 16:00-18:00h at Maastricht University Professor J.J. Moreso (Pompeu Fabra Barcelona) will give a talk on Rules & Reasons. Towards a Theory of Institutional Hedges. This talk is part of the Maastricht Foundations of Law Colloquium.

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Call to full professors: VWR dissertation prize 2023

January 25, 2023

The Netherlands Association for Philosophy of Law (VWR) Call to full professors: VWR dissertation prize 2023 The board of the Netherlands Association for Philosophy of Law (VWR) would like to draw your attention to the presentation of the seventh VWR dissertation prize during the Spring Meeting in 2023. We request full professors to submit one […]

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VWR Winter Meeting – Law and Slavery – 10 February 2023

January 25, 2023

VWR / The Netherlands Association for Philosophy of Law Winter Meeting, 10 February 2023 VU Amsterdam, Main Building, Room 6A00 https://vu.nl/en/about-vu/more-about/route-description Law and Slavery The plenary part of the VWR Winter Meeting addresses the relationship between law and slavery. While the theme of slavery and its aftermath have been much discussed in the public debate […]

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VWR Winter Meeting 2023 – Call for PhD presentations – DEADLINE EXTENDED

November 3, 2022

The Winter meeting of The Netherlands Association for the Philosophy of Law will take place on Friday, 10 February 2023 and will be hosted by the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Faculty of Law, Department of Legal Theory and Legal History. As we do for each Winter meeting of the The Netherlands Association for the Philosophy of […]

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Job opening: Assistant Professor in the Philosophy of Law (0,8-1,0 fte) – Tilburg

October 6, 2022

Tilburg University | Tilburg Law School  is looking for an Assistant Professor in the Philosophy of Law. Department: Public Law and Governance. Location: Tilburg, the Netherlands. Scientific discipline: Philosophy of Law. Full time equivalent: 0.8-1.0 FTE. Duration of employment agreement: 18 months, with prospect of indefinite term. Monthly full-time salary: € 3,974 and € 5,439 […]

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VWR Summer Conference – The Fragility of Liberal Democratic Law

August 1, 2022

*Please register for the conference by sending a mail to montaignecentrum@uu.nl On 23 September 2022 the VWR Summer Conference ‘The Fragility of Liberal Democratic Law’ will be held at Utrecht University. Prof. dr. Johan van der Walt  (University of Luxembourg) will hold a keynote on ‘Rawls, Habermas and Liberal Democratic Law’. An extraordinary array of discussants from […]

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VWR meeting postponed to April 1

January 4, 2022

Given the current situation regarding Covid-19, we have decided to postpone the VWR meeting (originally planned for January 27 in Maastricht) to April 1, 2022, hoping that we will be able to come together in person at that time. The call for abstracts on the meeting’s theme (“a duty to disobedience?”) and the call for […]

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VWR Winter Meeting Maastricht 27 January 2022

December 3, 2021

The Winter Meeting of The Netherlands Association for the Philosophy of Law will take place on Thursday, 27 January 2022 at Maastricht University. Please find all relevant documents (including a registration link) below. We hope to see you in January! Call for Abstracts A duty to disobey_ 2022 NL & ENG Call for PhD presentations […]

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Sohail Wahedi wins the VWR Dissertation Prize 2021

June 19, 2021

Sohail Wahedi (EUR) received the VWR Dissertation Prize 2021 for his dissertation: The Constitutional Dynamics of Religious Manifestations: On Abstraction from the Religious Dimension. The jury, consisting of Ton Hol (chair), Jogchum Vrielink and Pauline Westerman, praised Wahedi’s dissertation for, among other things, the way it succeeds in balancing theory and concrete issues in his discussion […]

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Anne Ruth Mackor receives Lund University Honorary Doctorate

June 19, 2021

VWR board member Anne Ruth Mackor received a Honorary Doctorate from the Lund University The VWR board congratulates Anne Ruth Mackor with the special honour. Please find more information on the Lund University site here. The ceremony can be viewed through this link (with Mackor around 24.30 min.) Mackor’s speech at this occasion can be found here: ‘Scientification […]

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