Friday, March 12, 2021 - 12:30pm to Saturday, March 13, 2021 - 1:55pm
Location: 
Online Event

Legal Theory Workshop

Presents:

George Letsas
University College London

In Praise of Status

Friday, March 12, 2021
12:30pm - 2:00pm
Zoom Meeting

https://zoom.us/j/93506031777?pwd=TjFkcHlaQkNNcG9ORmdDcC9SU2ZJZz09

Meeting ID: 935 0603 1777
Passcode: 399660

Gorge Letsas holds the chair in the Philosophy of Law at UCL since 2014. His main research interests are in legal philosophy and human rights with particular emphasis on the philosophy of human rights, legal interpretation, proportionality and balancing, general jurisprudence, theory of European law, and theory of private law. Professor Letsas is known for his defence of the evolutive interpretation of human rights (the 'living instrument' approach), as well as his critique of the doctrine of the Margin of Appreciation and the use of consensus by human rights courts as an interpretive tool. He has defended an evaluative approach to the principle of proportionality, constitutional pluralism and conventions.

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The Legal Theory Workshop is not open to the general public. We welcome individuals affiliated with the Faculty of Law and closely related departments, including political science, philosophy, criminology, history and the Centre for Ethics. All other individuals interested in attending must seek prior approval from the organizers of the workshop.