The
American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy was founded in 1955 by a
group of friends in the social sciences, law, and philosophy who shared an interest
in a range of problems traditionally treated within the broad context of
interdisciplinary exploration and discussion of those issues of political and
legal philosophy that are of common interest to those fields. The
society has two major activities: first, an annual meeting devoted to the
discussion of one particular topic in political and legal philosophy,
and second, the publication of a yearbook, NOMOS, in which the results
of the discussions are incorporated in a series of articles on the topic by
members who have participated formally or informally in the
discussions.
The annual meeting of the Society ordinarily takes place immediately after
or preceding the meeting of one of the following three professional
organizations: The American Philosophical Association, the American Political
Science Association, and the Association of American Law Schools. The next
will be on August 28-29, 2008, held alongside the APSA in Boston, on "Evolution and Morality." The
following meeting will be held in January 2010 alongside the AALS.
Annual Meeting of the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy
New Orleans, January 6, 2010
Hilton New Orleans Riverside, 2 Poydras Street, Belle Chasse room, Third Floor.
I. Getting to the Concept of the Rule of Law: 10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Principal paper (philosophy): Jeremy Waldron, New York University
Commentator (law): Robin West, Georgetown University
Commentator (political science): Corey Brettschneider, Brown University
II. Maintaining or Restoring the Rule of Law after September 11, 2001: 1:30 p.m.-3:15 p.m.
Principal paper (political science): Benjamin Kleinerman, Michigan State University
Commentator (law): Curtis Bradley, Duke University
Commentator (philosophy): Lionel McPherson, Tufts University
III. Building the Rule of Law after Military Interventions: 3:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Principal paper (law): Jane Stromseth, Georgetown University
Commentator (political science): Tom Ginsburg, University of Chicago
Commentator (philosophy): Larry May, Vanderbilt University
Reception: 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
Fifty-three volumes of Nomos have been published or will appear
soon. The complete contents are available online.
Harvard University
Press:
I. Authority
1958
The Liberal Arts Press:
II. Community 1959
III. Responsibility 1960
Atherton Press:
IV. Liberty 1962
V. The Public Interest 1962
VI. Justice 1963
VII. Rational Decision 1964
VIII. Revolution 1966
IX. Equality 1967
X. Representation 1968
XI. Voluntary Association 1969
XII. Political and Legal Obligation 1970
XIII. Privacy 1971
Aldine-Atherton Press:
XIV. Coercion 1972
Lieber-Atherton Press:
XV. The Limits of Law 1974
XVI. Participation 1975
New York University Press:
XVII. Human Nature in Politics 1977
XVIII. Due Process 1977
XIX. Anarchism 1978
XX. Constitutionalism 1979
XXI. Compromise 1979
XXII. Property 1980
XXIII. Human Rights 1981
XXIV. Ethics, Economics, and the Law 1982
XXV. Liberal Democracy 1983
XXVI. Marxism 1983
XXVII. Criminal Justice 1983
XXVIII. Justification 1985
XXIX. Authority Revisited 1985
XXX. Religion, Morality, and the Law 1988
XXXI. Markets and Justice 1989
XXXII. Majorities and Minorities 1990
XXXIII. Compensatory Justice 1991
XXXIV. Virtue 1992
XXXV. Democratic Community 1993
XXXVI. The Rule of Law 1994
XXXVII. Theory and Practice 1995
XXXVIII. Political Order 1996
XXXIX. Ethnicity and Group Rights 1997
XL. Integrity and Conscience 1998
XLI. Global Justice 1999
XLII. Designing Democratic Institutions 2000
XLIII. Moral and Political Education 2001
XLIV. Child, Family, and the State 2003
XLV. Secession and Self-Determination 2003
XLVI. Political Exclusion and Domination 2004
XLVII. Humanitarian Intervention 2007
XLVIII. Toleration and Its Limits 2008
forthcoming from New York
University Press:
XLIX. Moral Universalism and Pluralism
L. Transitional Justice
LI. American Conservative Thought and Politics
LII. Loyalty
LIII. Evolution and Morality