Legal Philosophy and Legal Theory Discussion

Notice, 2024 09 06:

The programme had to be discontinued due to the lack of budgetary support. It will be continued outside the Vienna Faculty of Law.

The workshop is joint venture by Professor Alexander Somek and Dr. Ulrich Wagrandl from the Vienna Business University.

The workshop is a forum for the discussion of current projects. It is by invitation only.

Upcoming Events

  • November 27, 2024, Christoph Bezemek "Die Schönheit und Eleganz der österreichischen Bundesverfassung", 6. p.m.

Prior Lectures

  • June 20, 2024, Ulrich Wagrandl "Die Verfassung ohne Eigenschaften? Österreichische Verfassungsnarrative auf dem Prüfstand”
  • 2024 04 11, Stefan Hammer, "Mit Kant in die Zukunft der Menschheit? Zur raumzeitlichen Unabgeschlossenheit des "ursprünglichen Gemeinbesitzes"
  • 2023 12 14, Discussion: "Kaputtes Recht: Eine Diskussion mit Alfred Noll"
  • 2023 11 16, Yubo Wang, PhD candidate at University College London, "A Conundrum in Tort Law Theorisation and a Way Out"
  • 2023 03 09, Naif Bezwan (LBI Fundamental and Human Rights Vienna) "Kurdischer Selbstbestimmungskonfikt aus historischer und vergleichender Sicht"
  • 2022 06 09,   Aristel Skrbic (University of Leuven) "EU Law: where ontos and telos become one"
  • 2022 06 02, Julian Scholtes (Lecturer in EU and Public Law, Newcastle University)
    „The abuse of constitutional identity: A conceptual framework”
  • 2022 05 25, Michal Bobek (ECJ Advocate General)
    „When is a court an activist court? New dimensions of an old discussion.“
  • 2021 06 24, Zoom-Conference
    Christoph Bezemek (University of Graz, Department of Public Law and Political Science)
    "Law as Code: Der Algorithmus aus rechtstheoretischer Perspektive", the presentation is followed by a Comment by Elisabeth Paar (University of Vienna, Department of Constitutional Law)
  • 2021 06 10, Alexander Somek (University of Vienna, Department of Legal Philosophy)
    "A pure theory with a naturalistic fallacy? A reply to Christoph Kletzer", the presentation is followed by Christoph Kletzer (King's College London, Dickson Poon School of Law) "A reply to Alexander Somek"
  • 2021 05 27, Michael Potacs (University of Vienna, Department of Constitutional Law)
    "Gerechtigkeit als Auslegungskriterium?"
  • 2019 10 30, Ebrahim Afsah (University of Vienna, Department of Islamic-Theological Studies)
    "Rationalität im Recht: Webers Konzept des ‚Heiligen Rechts‘ als methodischer Zugang zum islamischen Recht"
  • 2019 06 06, Péter Sólyom (University of Debrecen, Faculty of Law)
    "Der autokratisierende Rechtsstaat: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Interpretation"
  • 2019 05 23, Joachim Lege (University of Greifswald, Public Law, Constitutional History, Legal and Political Philosophy)
    "Was leistet ,die‘ juristische Methode (Methodenlehre)? Unter besonderer Berücksichtigung ‚der‘ antiken Gerichtsrhetorik"
  • 2019 04 04, Stefan Griller (University of Salzburg, Public Law, Public International and European Law)
    "Vaihinger, Kelsen, Fuller: Zum Triumvirat der modernen Rechtsfiktionsforschung"
  • 2018 12 06, Kristin Albrecht (University of Salzburg, Academic Group of Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy)
    "Vaihinger, Kelsen, Fuller: Zum Triumvirat der modernen Rechtsfiktionsforschung"
  • 2018 05 17, Monika Zalewska (University of Łódź, Department of Theory and Philosophy of Law)
    "Polish Legal Doctrine on the Relation Between Law and Facts – Can Supervenience be the Relation Between Law and Facts in Hans Kelsen’s General Theory of Norms?"
  • 2018 05 03, Sebastian Scholz (University of Vienna, Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law)
    "Regeln, Prinzipien und Soft Law"
  • 2018 04 19,  Stefan Hammer (University of Vienna, Department of Legal Philosophy)
    "Die Bindung an das 'positive Recht' - historisch-methodische und verfassungstheoretische Annäherungen"
  • 2018 03 08, Anna Gamper (University of Innsbruck, Department of Public Laws, State and Administrative Theory)
    "Sezessionismus und Verfassungstreue"
  • 2018 02 22, Christiane Wendehorst (University of Vienna, Department of Civil Law)
  • "What Lawyers Really Do - Perspectives of the Law and Patterns of Legal Interaction"
  • 2017 11 27, Jakob Emanuel Gaigg (University of Vienna, Department of Legal Philosophy)
    "Globale Bewegungsfreiheit und Demokratie?"
  • 2017 10 12,  Carlos Enrique Pettoruti (Argentinia)
    "Die Richtung des Rechts"
  • 2017 06 29, Ulrich Wagrandl (University of Vienna, Department of Legal Philosophy)
    "Transnationale wehrhafte Demokratie"
  • 2017 05 29,  Alfred Noll
    "Montesquieu redivivus"
  • 2017 01 26, Matthias Klatt (Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Department of Legal Philosophy, Legal Sociology and Legal Politics)
    "Probleme der verfassungskonformen Auslegung"
  • 2016 03 31, Clemens Jabloner (University of Vienna, Department of Legal Philosophy)
    "Vorrang der historischen Methode?"
  • 2016 10 13, Christoph Bezemek (formerly WU Wien, Department of Austrian and European Public Law)
    "Vom Fremden - Migration aus staatshistorischer Perspektive"