Conference Announcement: Philosophical Foundations of Labour Law

Gillian Lester (Columbia) writes to tell us of the upcoming conference Philosophical Foundations of Labour Law, which will be held June 16-17, 2016 at the UCL Faculty of Laws, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1. This conference brings together leading labour law scholars (and, I'm excited to say, a terrific mix of established and emerging scholars!) from around the world to explore the broad themes of:

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• Equality
• Dignity
• Exploitation
• Domination
• Liberty

A complete list of speakers is provided after the page break. The size of the event is strictly limited to 65 people to encourage discussion. Registration is required. Doctoral students with an interest in this topic are particularly welcome to attend. Doctoral students should write to the conference administrator Lisa Penfold to learn about available discounts. The conference has been convened by Dr. Virginia Mantouvalou (UCL), Professor Hugh Collins (Oxford), and Professor Gillian Lester (Columbia Law School).

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Speakers include: Professor Gillian Lester (co-organiser, Dean and the Lucy G. Moses Professor of Law, Columbia Law School, New York); Professor Harry Arthurs, (Emeritus Professor of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto; Professor John Gardner (Professor of Jurisprudence, University of Oxford; Professor Hugh Collins (co-organiser, Vinerian Professor of English Law, Oxford); Professor Pablo Gilabert (Associate Professor of Philosophy, Concordia University); Professor Joanne Conaghan (Professor of Law and Head of School, Bristol University); Professor Guy Davidov (Elias Lieberman Chair in Labour Law, Hebrew University, Israel); Professor Noah Zatz,  (Professor of Law, UCLA); Professor Brian Langille (Professor of Law, University of Toronto); Dr Stephen Nayak-Young (Fellow in Law and Philosophy, UCLA); Professor Michael Fischl (Professor of Law, University of Connecticut); Dr. Virginia Mantouvalou (co-organiser; Reader in Human Rights and Labour Law, Director of Graduate Research Studies, UCL); Professor Jonathan Wolff (Professor of Philosophy and Dean of Faculty of Arts and Humanities, UCL); Professor Horacio Spector (Professor of Law, University of San Diego); Dr Einat Albin, (Lecturer in Law, Academic Director of the Clinical Legal Programs, Hebrew University, Israel); Professor Alain Supiot (Chaire Etat social et mondialisation: analyse juridique des solidarités, College de France); Sabine Tsuruda (UCLA, Department of Philosophy); Professor Mark Barenberg (Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law; Co-Director, Program on Labor Law and Policy, Columbia Law School, New York); Professor Alan Bogg (Professor of Labour Law, Oxford);  Professor Cynthia Estlund (Catherine A. Rein Professor of Law, NYU Law School); Professor Stuart White (Associate Professor of Politics, Tutorial Fellow in Politics, Oxford): ‘Trade Unions and Liberalism.