USD's 2015 Hugh and Hazel Darling Foundation Originalism Works-in-Progress conference takes place today and tomorrow. Here is the line-up (which I think might be our best ever):
Friday, February 20, 2015:
2:30 – 2:35 Welcome: Dean Stephen Ferruolo
2:35 – 2:45 Opening Remarks: Mike Rappaport (USD)
2:45 – 4:00 First Paper: Richard Ekins (Oxford), The Enacted Constitution. Commentator: Fred Schauer (Virginia); Moderator: Larry Alexander (USD)
4:00 – 4:15 Break
4:15 – 5:30 Second Paper: James Pfander (Northwestern), The Contested History of Article III's Case-or-Controversy Requirement. Commentator: Caleb Nelson (Virginia); Moderator: Steve Smith (USD)
Saturday, February 21, 2015:
9:30 – 10:45 Third Paper: William Baude (Chicago), Is Originalism Our Law? Commentator: Matt Adler (Duke); Moderator: Mila Sohoni (USD)
10:45 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 12:15 Fourth Paper: James Ely (Vanderbilt), The Contract Clause: Origins and Early Development. Commentator: Michael McConnell (Stanford); Moderator: Maimon Schwarzschild (USD)
12:15 – 1:15 Lunch
1:15 – 1:30 Break
1:30 – 2:45 Fifth Paper: Ian Bartrum (UNLV), Two Dogmas of Originalism. Commentator: Larry Solum (Georgetown); Moderator: Bryan Wildenthal (Thomas Jefferson)
2:45 – 3:00 Break
3:00 – 4:15 Sixth Paper: Christina Mulligan (Brooklyn), Founding-Era Translations of the U.S. Constitution. Commentator: Jack Balkin (Yale); Moderator: Laurie Claus (USD)
4:15 – 4:30 Break
4:30 – 5:45 Seventh Paper: David Moore (BYU), The Broader Founding and International Law. Commentator: David Golove (NYU). Moderator: Mike Ramsey (USD)
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