The Retributivist Tradition...and its Future: A Conference on Friday Nov. 4, 2011

Please mark your calendars for this exciting conference of which  I'm thrilled to be a part. If you're interested in attending please let me or Marc DeGirolami (St. John's Law) know.

The Retributivist Tradition and Its Future

A Conference Considering:

Retributivism: Essays on Theory and Policy (Mark D. White ed. 2011)

St. John’s University School of Law 

Friday, November 4

8:30-9:00        Registration/Breakfast

9:00-9:15                    Welcome

9:15-10:45      Panel I: Conceptualizing Retributivism

Panelists: R.A. Duff (University of Stirling, Philosophy)

Michael Cahill (Brooklyn Law School)

Dan Markel (Florida State University School of Law)

Discussant: Youngjae Lee (Fordham University School of Law) 

10:45-11:00    Break

11:00-12:30    Panel II: Philosophical Perspectives on Retributivism

Panelists: Sarah Holtman (University of Minnesota, Philosophy)

Jane Johnson (Macquarie University, Philosophy)

Mark White (CUNY, Political Science, Economics, Philosophy)

                        Discussant: Ekow Yankah (Cardozo Law School)

12:30-1:30      Lunch 

1:30-3:00        Panel III: Retributivism and Policy

Panelists: Mark Tunick (Florida Atlantic University, Political Science)

Marc DeGirolami (St. John’s University School of Law)

Thom Brooks (Newcastle University, Philosophy)

                        Discussant: Adil Haque (Rutgers School of Law – Newark)

                        Moderator: Elaine Chiu (St. John’s University School of Law)