Joint conference of the MCC Center for Constitutional Politics and the Ludovika University of Public Service.
Date: 18-20 September
Venue: 18 and 19 September: Mathias Corvinus Collegium, Tas vezér u. 3-7., 1113 Budapest
20 September: Ludovika University of Public Service, Ludovika tér 1., 1083 Budapest
Organising Committee:
- Kálmán Pócza (MCC Center for Constitutional Politics)
- Johanna Fröhlich (Ludovika University of Public Service)
- Ferenc Hörcher (Ludovika University of Public Service)
How does natural law contribute to a better understanding of true human flourishing? What are the hard questions identifying the values of each human being and how can natural law shape the possible answers? What is the role of natural law in solving real human problems? Over the past 75 years, contemporary analytic natural law theory has sought answers to these questions, trying to contribute to the solution of problems related to human action and its consequences. The present conference has therefore two main goals: first to create an academic space for discussion and analysis, and to foment the dialogue between two unique philosophical and cultural milieus, the continental and the common law traditions.
Keynote speakers:
John Finnis (University of Notre Dame / University of Oxford)
Christopher Tollefsen (University of South Carolina)
September 18, Wednesday
Venue: Mathias Corvinus Collegium (1113 Budapest, Tas vezér utca 3-7.)
14.00-17.00 Early-Career Scholar Forum
Mariana Canales (University of Oxford); Nicholas Clifford (Indiana University Mauer Law School); Ján Tomastík (James Madison Program, Princeton University); Niccoló Nobile (University of Milan); Armando Romero (University of Surrey); Róbert Papp (Mathias Corvinus Collegium)
September 19, Thursday
Venue: Mathias Corvinus Collegium (1113 Budapest, Tas vezér utca 3-7.)
9.00 Welcome
9.15 Panel I: The Conceptual Questions in Natural Law Jurisprudence
- Sean Coyle (University of Birmingham):
Modern Analytical Thomism and the Idea of Good
- Laura Biron Scott (St Augustine’s College):
Envisioning the Good: Iris Murdoch and Contemporary Natural Law
- Maris Köpcke (University of Oxford):
Jurisprudence’s Lost Powers (online)
10.45 Coffee break
11.00 Panel II: Life, Religious Liberty, Family I.
- Thana De Campos (Catholic University of Chile):
The Flourishing of Mothers
- Eric Claeys (George Mason University):
Natural Law, Natural Rights, and Contemporary Property Policy
12.00 Lunch
13.00 Keynote speech I.: John Finnis (University of Notre Dame / University of Oxford)
Natural Law Theory and Today's Problems: Nine Pools of Light
13.45 Keynote discussants
- Veronica Rodriguez-Blanco (University of Surrey)
- Paolo G. Carozza (University of Notre Dame) (online)
14.15 Discussion
14.45 Coffee break
15.00 Panel III: Life, Religious Liberty, Family II.
- John Keown (Georgetown University):
The Sanctity of Life and the Criminal Law (online)
- Stephanie Barclay (Georgetown University):
Natural Law and Conflicts of Conscience
16.00 – Closing
September 20, Friday
Helyszín: Ludovika University of Public Service / Side Building (1083 Budapest, Ludovika tér 1.)
9.30 Panel IV: Human Rights Adjudication and Natural Law I.
- Conor Casey (University of Surrey):
Natural Law Interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights
- Gonzalo Candia (Catholic University of Chile):
International Law and HR Adjudication
10.30 Coffee break
10.45 Panel V: Human Rights Adjudication and Natural Law II.
- Pier Paolo Pigozzi (Ludovika University of Public Service):
Moral Absolutes and International Adjudication on Ius Cogens Norms
- Paul Yowell (University of Oxford):
Subsidiarity and the ECtHR’s Cimate Change Judgment
12.00 Lunch
13.00 Panel VI: Natural Law and Political Philosophy
- Ferenc Hörcher (Ludovika University of Public Service):
20th Century Analytical Thomism and New Natural Law - connections
- Zoltán Turgonyi (Pázmány Péter Chatolic University):
Natural Law and the Necessity of a Paradigm Shift in Western Civilisation
14.00 Coffee break
14.15 Keynote speech II.
Christopher Tollefsen (University of South Carolina):
The Mission and Vision of Natural Law in the 21th century: Attending to Some Neglected Goods
15.00 Keynote discussants
- Cristóbal Orrego (Catholic University of Chile)
- Johanna Fröhlich (Ludovika University of Public Service)
15.30 Discussion
16.00 – Closing