St. John's School of Law | Private Dining Room | Ground Floor
The Dean’s Office St. John’s School of Law is pleased to host a
conference on:
The Retributivist Tradition and Its Future
Retributivism as a justification of punishment is a very old idea,
with sources in ancient codes of religious law and morality. After
a period of dormancy in the 20th century, retributivism is now
ascendant again as a theory of punishment, as scholars have
reinterpreted the commitment to just desert in novel and
provocative ways.
This conference, The Retributivist Tradition and Its
Future, brings together leading thinkers in punishment theory
to reflect on retributivism's past and present, with an eye toward
what retributivism and punishment theory generally might become.
Many of the speakers are also contributors to the recently
published volume, Retributivism: Essays on Theory and
Policy (Mark D. White, ed., OUP 2011), which will also be
considered at the conference.
Date
Friday, November 4, 2011
Time
9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Location
St. John’s School of Law | Private Dining Room | Ground
Floor
Agenda
8:30-9 a.m.
Registration/Breakfast
9-9:15 a.m
Welcome
Michael A. Simons, Dean and John V. Brennan Professor of Law and
Ethics, St. John's School of Law
9:15-10:45
Panel I: Conceptualizing Retributivism
Moderator: Matt Lister, Villanova Law School
Discussant: Youngjae Lee, Fordham University School of Law
Panelists:
Michael Cahill, Brooklyn Law School
Dan Markel, Florida State University College of Law
Kyron Huigens, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
10:45-11 a.m.
Break
11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Panel II: Philosophical Perspectives on
Retributivism
Moderator: Larry Cunningham, St. John's School of Law
Discussant: Ekow Yankah, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Panelists:
Sarah Holtman, University of Minnesota, Philosophy
Jane Johnson, Macquarie University, Philosophy
Mark White, CUNY, Political Science, Economics, Philosophy
12:30-1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30-3 p.m.
Panel III: Retributivism and Policy
Moderator: Elaine Chiu, St. John’s School of Law
Discussant: Adil Haque, Rutgers School of Law – Newark
Panelists:
Mark Tunick, Florida Atlantic University, Political Science
Luis Chiesa, Pace Law School
Marc O. DeGirolami, St. John’s School of Law
Registration
Please register for the Symposium by October 31, 2011 by completing
and submitting the
Online Registration Form.
More Information
Mark O. DeGirolami
degirolm@stjohns.edu
(718) 990-6760