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AMINTAPHIL was started in 1966 by a group of scholars reacting to the traditional conference format in which papers are submitted for presentation and then read to an audience, with little or no time for discussion. These scholars sought a more informal forum for discussion of ideas in political and legal philosophy. They started the following practice: all participants would make a written contribution, whether in a principal paper or a commentary on one more principal papers. All the papers would be circulated in advance and attendees would be expected to have read them. There would be no formal presentations; the conference would commence with discussion of the papers and commentaries. This practice caught on and makes AMINTAPHIL meetings unique and especially enriching. |
The next AMINTAPHIL conference will be held at Chapman University, Orange, CA from Oct. 9 – 11, 2014. The topic is currently being decided and will be announced here soon. |
The next World Congress of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR) will be held from July 21 – 27 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The topic is “Human Rights, Rule of Law, and the Contemporary Social Changes in Complex Societies.” More information can be found at http://www.ivr2013.org/hotsite/english/. |
The AMINTAPHIL volume from the 2010 Conference, "Economic Justice", has been published. The editors are Helen Stacy, Stanford Law School, and Win-Chiat Lee, Wake Forst College The volume is published by Springer Science and Business Media as part of a series entitled AMINTAPHIL: The Philosophical Foundations of Law and Justice. For further information, click here click here or see the Publications page. |
University of Utah (Disclaimer)
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The new group became a participating part of the IVR in 1967. It
organized an ad hoc evening session using the strategy of papers
circulated in advance with collegial discussion. That model was
soon applied by IVR and is used today for a large part of IVR congresses.
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