Conference:Taking Christian Legal Thought Seriously

This is to announce a program to be held parallel to (not at) the AALS in San Francisco on Saturday, January 8, 2005 at the Hotel Monaco, which is very near the conference hotels. Entitled "Taking Christian Legal Thought Seriously," it is cosponsored by the Law Professors Christian Fellowship, the Journal of Catholic Social Thought and Lumen Christi. Details and registration info are set forth below. Registration is seperate from AALS registration. This is an ecumenical program including folks from both the Catholic and Protestant traditions. Speakers include MOJ luminaries Rick Garnett, Susan Stabile and John Breen. Feel free to email me with questions.

LAW PROFESSORS’ CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
JOURNAL OF CATHOLIC SOCIAL THOUGHT
LUMEN CHRISTI

Taking Christian Legal Thought Seriously

San Francisco California
Hotel Monaco
501 Geary Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Saturday, January 8, 2005

Should anyone take Christian thinking about law seriously? Does it constitute a serious alternative to mainstream secular jurisprudence? Can it be characterized as a critical legal philosophy that contests core assumptions of the dominant legal ideology? Can Christian legal thought be relevant and persuasive to those outside a Christian faith tradition? How can one do legal scholarship from within a faith tradition? This conference of legal academics from both Catholic and Protestant traditions will try to explore these questions from both a theoretical standpoint and through examples of Christian legal scholarship.

Program Schedule8:45 Welcome Mark Sargent (Villanova)
9:00 - 10:30 Panel I: Should Christian Legal Thought Be Taken Seriously? Richard Garnett (Notre Dame)
Charles Reid (St. Thomas-MN)
David Smolin (Samford)
10:30 - 10:45 Break
10:45 - 12:15 Panel II: Christian Approaches to Private Law John Breen (Loyola Chicago)
James Gordley (UC-Berkely)
Scott Pryor (Regent)
12:15 - 1:30 Lunch
(Buffet lunch provided at Hotel Monaco for all registrants)
1:30 - 3:00 Panel III: Is There a Christian Corporate Law? Mark Sargent (Villanova)
Mark Scarberry (Pepperdine)
Susan Stabile (St. John’s)

Registration
Please send this registration form together with the registration fee of $35 to Annette Stalone, Villanova University School of Law, 299 N. Spring Mill Road, Villanova, PA 19085. Please make checks payable to Villanova University School of Law.

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