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Conference Announcement: Markets & Responsibilities at Oxford

By Lawrence Solum

Call for Papers: Markets and Responsibilities, University of Oxford

A two-day workshop sponsored by the University of Oxford Centre for Ethics and Philosophy of Law (CEPL) on the topic of ?Markets and Responsibilities? will be held on 10-11 July 2009, in at University College, Oxford, England.

The goal of the workshop is to convene a group of legal and philosophical academics to discuss new papers on the broad theme of markets and responsibilities. Working from the assumption that markets are not morality-free zones, it is nonetheless true that markets affect our moral reasons for action and belief in a myriad of ways. If so, then the existence of markets and our participation in markets may be relevant to crafting appropriate legal responses to market conduct.

The workshop?s theme is intended to capture an array of concerns regarding the ways in which markets affect agents? moral and/or legal responsibilities, such as:

? How does participation in markets affect reasons for action/belief?
? How does the mere existence of a market affect one?s moral responsibilities?
? How should the existence of markets and one?s participation in markets affect one?s legal responsibilities?
? What values (and disvalues) can be realised through the creation of markets?
? What values (and disvalues) can be realised through market participation?
? Does mere market participation give rise to moral responsibilities for wrongs committed by other market participants?
? Should market participation give rise to legal responsibilities for such wrongs?

Workshop format:

Accepted papers will be distributed in advance and all participants will be expected to have read the papers before the workshop. Each session will commence with a 10 minute commentary on the author?s paper, followed by open discussion. Once papers have been selected and authors consulted, it is envisioned that a book proposal will be submitted for publication as an edited collection of the workshop?s accepted papers. Important dates:

* 1 December 2008 - submission of abstracts (350-500 words)
* 10 June 2009 - submission of final papers (12,000-15,000 words)
* 10-11 July 2009 - workshop

Contact information:

Submit abstracts by 1 December 2008 to CEPL@law.ox.ac.uk

Full post as published by Legal Theory Blog on October 06, 2008 (boomark / email).