Centre on Public Law and Jurisprudence, Jindal Global Law School

invites you to the Conference

Philosophy in the Public Sphere

6th 7th November, 2014
Venue: O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonepat, Haryana

The conference aims at bringing together scholars who will draw upon philosophical methods, tools, and
insights to reflect on persistent moral, political, social, and legal issues in the public sphere such as: Justice;
Moral limits of the law; Pluralism and the state; Dealing with moral disagreements.

Keynote Address

The Paradoxes of Public Philosophy

By
Professor Brian Leiter, Karl N. Llewellyn Professor of Jurisprudence and Director, Center for Law, Philosophy,
and Human Values, The University of Chicago Law School

Day 1
Thursday, 06 November 2014
Breakfast: 8:30 am 10:00 am

INAUGURAL SESSION: 10:00 am 11:15 am

Venue: T2, 60-Seater Auditorium
Welcome Address
10:00 am 10:10 am

Professor Y.S.R. Murthy, Registrar, O.P. Jindal Global University

Keynote Address
10:10 am 11:15 am

Professor Brian Leiter, The University of Chicago

The Paradoxes of Public Philosophy

Tea Break: 11:25 am 11:45 am

SESSIONI
11:45 am 1:15 pm
Venue: T2, Conference Room, Third Floor
11:45 am 12:30 pm

Raadhika Gupta, Jindal Global Law School, Sonepat

Governing Protest: Imagining Positive Protest in Contemporary India

12:30 am 1:15 pm

Sri Ram Pandeya, Ramjas College, Delhi

Rethinking Deliberation: Dynamism within Conservatism

Lunch: 1:15 pm 2:15 pm

SESSION II
2:15 pm 3:45 pm
Venue: T2, Conference Room, Third Floor
2:15 pm 3:00 pm

Arudra Burra, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Coercion and Moral Explanation

3:00 pm 3:45 pm

Gautam Bhatia, Law Clerk to Justice S. Ravindra Bhatt, Delhi High Court

Free Speech Obscenity and Constitutional

Tea Break: 3:45 pm 4:15

SESSION - III
4:15 pm 5:45 pm
Venue: T2, Conference Room, Third Floor
4:15 pm 5:00 pm

Arif Jamaal, National University of Singapore

The role of law in a post-secular age.

5:00 pm 5:45 pm

Alexander Greene, University College London

How to Identify Meaningful International Law

Dinner: 7:30 pm

Day 02
Friday, November 07, 2014
Breakfast: 8:30 am 10:00 am

SESSION I
9:45 am 11:30 pm
Venue: T2, Conference Room, Third Floor
10:00 am 10:45 am

Dustin VanPelt, Western Michigan University

Social Revolution: The Evolution of Social Justice Through Governmental

Intervention and Technological Rebellion
10:45 am 11:30 am

Ajay Sangai, National Academic of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR), Hyderabad

Social Construction of Choice and Sovereign Virtue

Tea Break: 11:30 am 11:45 am

SESSION II
11:45 am 1:15 pm
Venue: T2, Conference Room, Third Floor
11:45 am 12:30 pm

Kumaravadivel Gurparan, University College of London and University of Jaffna

From Ending Salt Water Colonialism to Internal Self Determination: Theorizing

Self Determination in the Post-colonial Context
12:30 pm 1:15 pm

Anuj Bhuwania, South Asian University, Delhi

On the misuse of law in India

Lunch: 1:15 pm 2:15 pm

SESSION - III
2:15 pm 3:45 pm
Venue: T2, Conference Room, Third Floor
2:15 pm 3:00 pm

Ayesha Bhatti, Ryerson University

Intellectual Property Rights and Access to Medications

Presentation By Video Link
3:00 pm 3:45 pm

Badrinarayan Seetharaman and Gaurav Mukherjee, Azim Premji University,

Bangalore

The Case of RTE Challenges

Vice Chancellors Dinner: 7:30 pm 9:00 pm
Venue: C-5, Defence Colony, New Delhi