WITH Dr Maksymilian Del Mar

WITH Dr Maksymilian Del Mar
Senior Lecturer in Law and Philosophy, Director of the Centre for Law and Society in a
Global Context (CLSGC) at Queen Mary University of London
25 MAY 2015, MONDAY
4.00PM – 6.00PM
FEDERAL BARTHOLOMEW CONFERENCE ROOM, LEVEL 1, FEDERAL BUILDING
FACULTY OF LAW, NUS (BUKIT TIMAH CAMPUS)
The Workshop will consider the factors that have contributed to what is often regarded as a contemporary identity
crisis for legal theory, and reflect on the resources available elsewhere from legal history, comparative law, the study
of transnational law, and the perspectives of pluralism, in accounting for the crisis and also in contributing to possible
directions for legal theory.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Maksymilian (Maks) Del Mar is Senior Lecturer in Law and Philosophy, Director of
the Centre for Law and Society in a Global Context (CLSGC) and Academic Fellow
(2013-2016) of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple.
Dr Del Mar’s research interests include: 1) transnational legal theory; 2) legal
reasoning; 3) the history, methodology and metatheory of ideas about law and
society; 4) legal education, especially the role of the arts and humanities in law
schools; and 5) legal and social normativity.
Participation is By Invitation Only
Registration commences at 3.30pm and light refreshments will be served before the workshop.
For more information, please contact Ms Wendy Wee at lawwhm@nus.edu.sg
This workshop is funded by the Start-Up Grant from the National University of Singapore& supported by the NUS Law School,
Office of Vice Dean (Research).