The IVR accepts papers devoted to subjects in law and legal theory and moral and political theory. Submitted papers (and commentaries on them) are circulated (password protected) via the IVR Website (http://phil.uregina.ca/cs-ivr) and the authors and commentators briefly summarize their points to open discussions at the meeting. See http://phil.uregina.ca/cs-ivr/about.html for further information about CS:IVR meetings.
There is no specific theme for this year's meeting. However, we would welcome papers on the theme of the next International meeting of the IVR in Washington, DC, July 27 to Aug1, 2015: Law, Reason and Emotion. (The deadline for the submission of abstracts for the Washington IVR meeting is March 15, 2015; see http://www.ivr2015.org/ for more information.)
Deadlines for the Ottawa Meeting: Due by
Friday, February 6 20, 2015: Commitment to send a principal paper or commentary. To help with organizing, please send to a note indicating that you intend to present a principal paper or commentary. Brief Abstracts of principal papers should also be sent. A reminder will be sent in early February.
Friday, May 1: All Principal papers should be submitted for circulation
Friday, May 22: All Commentaries should be submitted for circulation
Meeting on Saturday, May 30 starting at 8:30 AM in Lamoureux (LMX) 407 (University of Ottawa)
Principal Papers (up to 10,000 words) and commentaries (up to 1200 words) should be sent to the CVS IVR Webmaster David Elliot (), with a copy to ().
Nathan Brett
Executive Director
Canadian Section: IVR
Please forward this call for papers to others who may be interested. If you wish to post this call for papers please print the attached copy.
8:30- 8:45 Arrival and Introductions
Equality, Justice and Constraints on Religious Tolerance
8:45 - 9:10 1. Charles-Maxime Panaccio (Ottawa) Solving Section 15: Comments and/or Discussion
9:10 - 9:35 2. Kyle Johansen (Queens) Justice in Personal Choice: Cohen’s Equivocal Attack on Rawls’s Basic Structure Restriction: Comments and/or Discussion
9:35 - 10:00 3. Colin Macleod (Victoria) and Samantha Brennan (Western) Liberalism, Child Welfare, and the Problem Posed by Religious, Conservative Parents: Comments and/or Discussion
10:20 - 10:15 Break
Consent to Sex, Arson and the Intoxication Defense
10:15 - 10:40 4. Alex Wellington (Ryerson) Yes Means Yes, or Does It? Complexities of Consent for Women’s Reproductive and Sexual Labour: Comments and/or Discussion
10:40 - 11:05 5. Nathan Brett (Dalhousie) Jack’s Mistake about Jill’s Consent: Comments and/or Discussion
11:05 - 11:30 6. Susan Dimock (York) The Law’s Too Hard, Let’s Go Get Drunk! Taking the Opportunity to Improve our Intoxication Law: Comments and/or Discussion
11:30 - 12:00 Business Meeting
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
Harm, Human Rights, Privacy and Security
1:00 - 1:25 7. Andrew Molas (York) The Harm Principle: Comparing Concepts of Harm: Comments and/or Discussion
1:25 - 1:50 8. Alistair Macleod (Queens) Human Rights and Justice: Against Human Rights Minimalism: Comments and/or Discussion
1:50 - 2:15 9. Eldon Soifer and David Elliot (Regina) Privacy and Deception: Comments and/or Discussion
2:15 - 2:40 10. Lucan Gregory (Dept. of Justice) National Security as a Public Human Right: Comments and/or Discussion
Break 2:40 - 3:00
Collective Responsibility, Judges, and Govenments, Global Law
3:00 - 3:25 11. Jennifer Szende (Queens) Collective Responsibility and Environmental Justice: Comments and/or Discussion
3:25 - 3:50 12. Barry Hoffmaster (Western) The Rationality of Judging: Comments and/or Discussion
3:50 - 4:15 13. Conor Barry (Ottawa) Grammar and Governmentality: Comments and/or Discussion
4:15 - 4:40 14. Jorge Luis Fabra Zamora (McMaster) Global Law: Comments and/or Discussion
7:00 Dinner at the NAC Café, on the Canal
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