Dear Colleagues and Students,

The Institute of Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences (IAS) and Faculty of Law (FLL) cordially invite you to participate in a Symposium on Law’s Rule, scheduled for 14 December 2024 (Sat). Please find the details below:

• Title: A Symposium on Law’s Rule
• Discussants: Prof. Gerald J. Postema (University of North Carolina of Chapel Hill)
                         Prof. Jinghui CHEN (Renmin University of China)
                         Prof. Michihiro KAINO (Doshisha University)
                         Prof. Xingzhong YU (University of Macau)
                         Prof. Prof. Bing SHUI (University of Macau)
                         Prof. Prof. Xiaobo ZHAI (University of Macau)
• Organizers: Institute of Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences (IAS) and Faculty of Law (FLL)
• Date: 14 December, 2024 (Sat)
• Time: 10:00 am  – 12:00 pm
• Language: English
• Venue: E32 – 2008
• Registration: https://go.um.edu.mo/tf0rsa8d

Overview:

• Provides historical and theoretical foundations and addresses the most pressing challenges to the rule of law
• Applies to both national and transnational communities, and governmental and non-governmental wielders of power
• Addresses current threats to the viability of rule of law, including erosion of key institutions and norms and coarsening of moral culture

Biography:

Gerald J. Postema is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Athens. He is a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (2013-13); a Guggenheim Fellow (2005-6); a Rockefeller Fellow, Bellagio (2001); and a Fellow of the Netherland Institute for Advanced Studies (1996-7). He has held visiting posts at the University of Cambridge, the European University Institute (Florence), the University of Athens, Yale University, and the University of California, Berkeley.

We look forward to seeing you at this event! For more information about IAS, please visit the website at https://ias.um.edu.mo/. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at ias.programme@um.edu.mo.

Best regards,
The Institute of Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences