"Urteilen und Gemeinsinn" workshop on Sabine Müller-Mall's theory of law from 07-08.10.2024 at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

A workshop on Sabine Müller-Mall's (Chair of Legal and Constitutional Studies with interdisciplinary Relations) Theory of Law will take place from October 7-8, 2024 at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main.

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Information on the program:

"Urteilen und Gemeinsinn"

October 7, 2024 / 13:00 - October 8, 2024 / 15:00

Workshop
on Sabine Müller-Mall's theory of law

Program

Monday, October 7

13:00
Welcome and introduction
Prof. Dr. Klaus Günther and Prof. Dr. Benno Zabel

1.30 p.m.
Introduction to the debate
Prof. Dr. Sabine Müller-Mall

14.00 hrs
What does it mean to judge legally? (1st panel)
Topic: What is a judgment? How do subjective and objective judgment, determinative and reflective judgment relate to each other? On the significance of reasoning, justification and the consequences of rules in legal systems that are as plural as they are fragile.
Panel: Prof. Dr. Dieter Grimm, Prof. Dr. Jochen Bung and Dr. Tobias Wieland. Moderation: Prof. Dr. Klaus Günther and Prof. Dr. Benno Zabel

16.30 hrs
Coffee break

17.00 hrs
Affect, habitus and practical knowledge (2nd panel)
Topic: What does "aligning judgment with a fit" mean? What significance do affect, emotion and habitus have for judgment? Can the relationship between experience, "quasi-sensuality" and individual justice be defined in more detail?
Panel: Prof. Dr. Hilge Landweer, Prof. Dr. Eva Schürmann and Prof. Dr. Christoph Möllers. Moderation: Prof. Dr. Klaus Günther and Prof. Dr. Benno Zabel

20.00 hrs
Dinner together

Tuesday, October 8

9.00 a.m.
The spirit of the law - law, politics and public spirit (3rd panel)
Topic: The law wants to be formal and legal judgment wants to be apolitical, but is not the recourse to the spirit of the law already political? Is the formal and apolitical gesture of legal judgment an intrinsic value of normative orders? What is the relationship between legal hermeneutics, legal judgment and public spirit/sensus communis? What technique of politicization is involved with regard to the legitimacy and critique of judgement? And, is legal judgment emancipatory?
Panel: Prof. Dr. Christoph Menke, PD Dr. Rieke Trimcev, Prof. Dr. Jelena von Achenbach and Dr. Samira Akbarian. Moderation: Prof. Dr. Klaus Günther and Prof. Dr. Benno Zabel

11.30 a.m.
Lunch will be served

12.30 p.m.
Criticism of judgment and the concept of law (4th panel)
Topic: To what extent do legal judgment and the critique of judgment say something about the concept of law, about the handling of the resources of freedom and the crises of bourgeois societies? Does the concept of judgment presented here reflect the possibilities of judgment in and through the law? Can legal judgment be based solely on the conflict/the case or must it be conceived from the perspective of lifeworld practice/subjective rights?
Panel: Prof. Dr. Uwe Volkmann, Dr. Tim Wihl, Dr. Tatjana Sheplyakova and Prof. Dr. Thomas Biebricher. Moderation: Simon Kneip and Prof. Dr. Benno Zabel

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Further information can be found at: Judgment and public spirit