UK Association for Legal and Social Philosophy
Annual Conference 2004
Monday 5 ­ Wednesday 7 July
University of Wales College, Newport
(Caerleon Campus)

E q u a l i t y

... and democracy

... and the law

... and citizenship

... and autonomy

... and difference

... and recognition

... and class

... and community

... of what?

... and freedom

... and gender

... and punishment

... and meritocracy

Why "equality", as a value, a claim or an aim? How best should we understand the term, its worth and its potential? How should it be applied in contemporary social, legal and other institutional practice? What does it presuppose, whether as an ideal or a concrete goal? In a world increasingly presented as being characterised by difference and plurality, does equality retain its normative force?

This is the latest in a series of conferences exploring areas of intersection between debates in political, legal, ethical and social theory on issues of pressing contemporary concern. A number of subsidised places are available for postgraduate students and those without institutional support.

Keynote speaker:
Prof Anne Phillips (London School of Economics)

Proposals for papers (abstract of 300-400 words) to be submitted by 30 April 2004

Booking by 28 May 2004

For further details or a booking form, or to submit a proposal, please contact:

Dr Gideon Calder
Centre for Applied Social and Philosophical Studies
University of Wales College
PO Box 180
Newport NP20 5XR UK

e-mail: gideon.calder@newport.ac.uk