Fall 2018 Events

The Classical Liberal Institute is pleased to present to following events. We hope you can join us for some of them!

Tuesday, September 18: Student Lunch Discussion: “Waldron and Epstein on Hobbes”
Vanderbilt Hall (40 Washington Sq. South) Room 208, 12:00 – 1:30pm

Professors Jeremy Waldron and Richard Epstein (NYU Law) continued their series on philosophers, this time focusing on Thomas Hobbes. Optional readings selected by Professors Waldron and Epstein were circulated to attendees in advance of the sessions.

Tuesday, September 25: Student Lunch Discussion: “An Article I Judge in an Article III World: The Role of Military Courts in the American Legal System”
Vanderbilt Hall (40 Washington Sq. South) Room 208, 12:15 – 1:45pm

The Classical Liberal Institute presented a lunchtime discussion between Judge Andrew Effron (United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces), Troy McKenzie (Professor of Law, NYU Law) and Richard Epstein (Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law, NYU Law) on the Supreme Court case Dalmazzi v. U.S., No. 16-961.

Tuesday, October 2: “The Privacy Market: Privacy in the Age of Big Data”
Co-organized with the NYU Journal of Law & Business
Lipton Hall & Faculty Club (108 W. 3rd St.), 11:00am – 4:00pm

This two-panel conference focused on data privacy issues in the marketplace, with a particular focus on the tension between the consumer’s right to privacy and the benefits provided by big data to both consumers and businesses. With today’s technology, corporations are constantly accessing data about their consumers—big businesses are buying data from third parties and apps are continually collecting information from users. This data allows companies to provide their customers with more targeted advertisements, information, services, and products. Such practices, while providing benefits to both consumers and the marketplace at large, raise critical questions about the individual’s right to privacy. We explored the trade-offs between such data collection to encourage business growth and the consumer’s expectation of privacy.

Thursday, October 4: Fourteenth Annual Hayek Lecture presented by Professor Deirdre N. McCloskey: “Hayekian Liberalism Enriched Us All”
The lecture will be published in the NYU Journal of Law & Liberty
Greenberg Lounge, Vanderbilt Hall (40 Washington Square South), 6:00 – 8:00pm 

In taking Friedrich A. von Hayek’s name, the lecture series both pays homage to an important intellectual figure and signals its desire to emulate Hayek’s dedication to critical examination of the nature of law, the proper role of government in society, and the best avenues by which to explore and expand individual liberty. This year’s lecture was delivered by Deirdre N. McCloskey (Distinguished Professor Emerita of Economics, History, English, and Communication at the University of Illinois at Chicago).

The video is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff4vatpXxEI&feature=youtu.be

Wednesday, October 10: Student Lunch Discussion: Richard Epstein on “Roman Law: Contracts”
Vanderbilt Hall (40 Washington Sq. South) Furman Hall (245 Sullivan St.), Room 120, 12:00 – 2:00pm

Professor Richard Epstein (NYU Law) will discuss contracts within Roman Law. Readings will be will be circulated to attendees in advance of the sessions. Lunch will be served.

Tuesday, October 16: Student Lunch Discussion: “Waldron and Epstein on Holmes”
Furman Hall (245 Sullivan St.) Room 210, 12:00 – 1:30pm

Professors Jeremy Waldron and Richard Epstein (NYU Law) continue their series on philosophers, this time focusing on Oliver Wendell Holmes. Optional readings selected by Professors Waldron and Epstein will be circulated to attendees in advance of the sessions.

Friday, October 19: Student Lunch Discussion: “Ending Overcriminalization and Mass Incarceration”
Furman Hall (245 Sullivan St.) Room 334, 12:30 – 2:00pm

Anthony Bradley (professor of religion, theology and ethics at the King’s College, New York City) will discuss his recent book Ending Overcriminalization and Mass Incarceration: Hope from Civil Society, in conversation with Rafael Mangual (Deputy Director for Legal Policy at the Manhattan Institute).

Please RSVP here: https://nyu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cTT2JSHXNYIlUix

Wednesday, October 31: Student Lunch Discussion: “Roman Law: Torts”
Furman Hall (245 Sullivan St.) Room 120, 12:00 – 2:00pm

Professor Richard Epstein (NYU Law) will discuss torts within Roman Law. Readings will be will be circulated to attendees in advance of the sessions. Lunch will be served.

Please RSVP here: https://nyu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cU2IKmqYn1HB9yJ