The 6th Annual Stanford Ancient Philosophy Conference:
Contemporary and Ancient Philosophy of Law
All times in Pacific Coast Time.
Co-Organizers: Christopher Bobonich, Antony Hatzistavrou, and David Plunkett.
Friday, February 7, 2025
8:30am-10am: Breakfast in Building 90 Lounge
Session I (Room 200-305). 10am-12:00pm: David Plunkett (Dartmouth College) and Tristram McPherson (The Ohio State University). Commentator: Roy Lee (Creighton University).
12:00pm-1:20pm: Lunch in Building 90 Lounge
Session II (Room 200-305). 1:30pm-3:30pm: Antony Hatzistavrou (University of Hull), Plato's concept of axiōma: Rule of Law and Political Obligation in the Laws.' Commentator: Thomas Slabon (University of South Florida).
3:30pm-4:00pm: Afternoon Refreshments.
Session III (Room 200-305). 4:00pm-6:00pm: Sabine Tsuruda (University of Toronto), 'Free Speech Theory for Contracts.' Commentator: Lis Benossi (Stanford University).
6:30pm: Dinner (in Palo Alto).
Saturday, February 8, 2025
8:30am-9:30am: Breakfast in Building 90 Lounge
Session IV (Room 110-112). 9:30am-11:30am: Terence Irwin (Oxford University), ‘Necessity as a justification and as an excuse.' Commentator: Landon Hobbs (Stanford).
11:30am-1:20pm: Lunch in Building 90 Lounge.
Session V (Room 110-112). 1:30-3:30pm: Daniel Wodak (University of Pennsylvania), 'Can The One-System Picture Be Systematic?' Commentator: Julian Davis (Stanford University).
3:30pm-4:00pm: Afternoon Refreshments.
Session VI (Room 110-112). 4:00pm-6:00pm: Rupert Sparling (Stanford University) 'Patricide and a Platonic Option to do what is overall worse.'
7:00pm-9:00pm: Conference dinner (in Palo Alto).
Sunday, February 9, 2025
8:30am-10am: Breakfast in Building 90 Lounge.
Session VII (Room 110-112). 10:00am-12:00pm: Gabriel Mendlow (University of Michigan), 'The Structure and Foundation of the Provocation Defense.' Commentator: Andrew Biondo (Stanford University).
12:00pm-1:20pm: Lunch in Building 90 Lounge.
Session VIII (Room 110-112). 1:30pm-3:30pm: Christopher Bobonich (Stanford University).