25-26 October 2014
De-juridification: Appearance and disappearance of law at a time of crisis
London School of Economics and Political Science
New deadline: 1 August 2014
It was not too long ago that many legal philosophers and sociologists were expressing deep concerns about juridification, i.e. law’s expansion as a mode of governance and its distorting effects on social relations.
It was not too long ago that many legal philosophers and sociologists were expressing deep concerns about juridification, i.e. law’s expansion as a mode of governance and its distorting effects on social relations.
Now, however, under
conditions of globalisation and in the midst of a global crisis, there
are several indications that the trend of juridification is being
reversed, that law is subsiding and giving way to other
modes of governance. With governments offloading many of their central
tasks to civil society, with international economic agencies exercising
normative authority, with people seemingly recognising each other more
as economic actors than as legal subjects,
and with the interpretation of indeterminate laws being carried out not
by courts but by actual power-holders, to mention only very few
examples, it seems appropriate to ask questions regarding a process of
de-juridification which seems to be afoot.
The main aim of the conference is to explore
various aspects of de-juridification. Contributions are invited from
legal philosophy, socio-legal theory, legal anthropology, and other
law-related disciplines to tackle questions such as the
following: Is a process of de-juridification underway? In which
contexts does law recede? What replaces it and how? Does less law mean
more or less politics? Does it entail a shift in the meaning of
legitimacy?
Keynote Speakers:
Professor Peer Zumbansen, Osgoode Hall School of Law
Professor Antje Wiener, University of Hamburg
Roundtable discussants
Professor Emilios Christodoulidis, University of Glasgow
Professor Dora Kostakopoulou, Warwick University
Dr Fernanda Pirie, Oxford University, Director of the Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Abstracts of up to 200 words should be sent to the treasurer of the UK IVR executive, Dr Emmanuel Melissaris (e.melissaris@lse.ac.uk), by 1 August 2014.
Keynote Speakers:
Professor Peer Zumbansen, Osgoode Hall School of Law
Professor Antje Wiener, University of Hamburg
Roundtable discussants
Professor Emilios Christodoulidis, University of Glasgow
Professor Dora Kostakopoulou, Warwick University
Dr Fernanda Pirie, Oxford University, Director of the Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Abstracts of up to 200 words should be sent to the treasurer of the UK IVR executive, Dr Emmanuel Melissaris (e.melissaris@lse.ac.uk), by 1 August 2014.
The conference is supported by the Law Department, London School of Economics.
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