Colloque du laboratoire junior MOSAP, en partappel-a-com-mosapenariat avec l’ANR MOSARE
Lyon, 27 et 28 janvier 2010
Propositions à remettre avant le 30 septembre 2009
En septembre 2007 a été créé à Lyon, sous la tutelle de l’ENS-LSH, un laboratoire junior autour du thème de la mobilisation des savoirs dans l’action publique. Egalement soutenu par l’IEP de Lyon et [...]
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This interdisciplinary conference will examine the authority of experts, the authority of law, and the relations between them.
The general aim of the conference is to explore the bearing of contemporary developments in the area of social epistemology on the study of the institution of law. More specifically we are interested in exploring the interrelations between epistemic and practical authority with special reference to the authority of law. The conference will address both theoretical and applied issues.
We welcome papers on the following themes from legal, philosophical, historical, sociological and any other relevant perspectives.
* The nature of theoretical and practical authority. What are the parallels and differences between the authority accorded to experts and the practical authority of legislators and judges?
* Expertise as a basis of political authority. To what extent does the legitimate authority of legislators and judges depend on their claim to expertise on the matters about which they pronounce?
* Establishing and contesting expert authority in legal settings. How do (or should) courts decide which experts to trust and what weight to give their evidence? Is the authority claimed by experts a threat to the claims of courts (and in particular juries) to make fair and authoritative determinations of questions of fact?
* Experts in the democratic process. What is the proper role of experts in making law and policy? To what extent can legal procedures provide a model for lay decision-making based on expert knowledge (e.g. citizens’ juries)?
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