A workshop on Legal Interpretation with Duncan Kennedy

When: Thursday, November 3, 2022, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Where: Online

Description: Duncan Kennedy is one of the most influential legal thinkers of the last few decades. His work on legal interpretation, in particular, has shed light and changed how we understand the law and what judges do when they apply it to specific cases. In this online workshop, Prof Kennedy will present some of his ideas by rereading one of his articles on the subject, and discussants will comment on this work and its contribution to legal scholarship.

Keynote Speaker:

• Duncan Kennedy (Harvard)

Discussants:

• Alexis Alvarez-Nakagawa (Queen Mary)
• Mariana Prandini Fraga Assis (Federal University of Goiás, Brazil)
• Illan Rua Wall (Warwick)

Chair: Eva Nanopoulos (Queen Mary)

Instructions: Recommended reading

Organiser:

Alexis Alvarez-Nakagawa (Queen Mary)

This is a collaboration between PoDeS (University of Buenos Aires) and the Centre for Law and Society in a Global Context (Queen Mary).