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Democracy in War and Peace
Matthias Mahlmann
President of IVR
The democracies around the world are threatened by authoritarian states and their expansionist policies and anti-democratic movements that have grown in many societies around the world, often with considerable political success. Recent wars have worsened the situation. The panel will explore the perils for and prospects of democracy in these times of profound crisis.
President of IVR
The democracies around the world are threatened by authoritarian states and their expansionist policies and anti-democratic movements that have grown in many societies around the world, often with considerable political success. Recent wars have worsened the situation. The panel will explore the perils for and prospects of democracy in these times of profound crisis.
Participants
Is Democracy Possible in War Time? Ukrainian Experience
Sergiy Maximov
Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Ukraine
Sergiy Maksymov is a Professor at the Department of Human Rights and Legal Methodology of the Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University (Kharkiv, Ukraine) and Chief Researcher at the Institute of State Construction and Local Self-Government of the National Academy of Legal Sciences (NALS) of Ukraine. He holds a PhD in Social Philosophy (1985) and a Doctorate in Legal Sciences in Philosophy of Law (2002). He is a Corresponding Member of the NALS of Ukraine and Deputy Academician-Secretary of the Department of Theory and History of Law of the NALS of Ukraine. He is also the Vice President of the All-Ukrainian Association of Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy and serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the academic journal "Philosophy of Law andGeneral Theory of Law."
Professor Maksymov is the author of several books, including "Legal Reality: The Experience of Philosophical Understanding" (2002) and "Philosophy of Law: Contemporary Interpretations" (2010, 2012). He is also a co-author of more than 15 books, including "Immanuel Kant: Heritage and Project" (Moscow-Berlin, 2007), "The Legal System of Ukraine: Past, Present, and Future" (2008 - Ukrainian, 2011 - Russian, 2013 - English), “Ukrainian Legal Doctrine” (London, 2015). Additionally, he authored many academic articles on various topics such as the nature of law, natural law theory, phenomenology of law, foundations of law, legal consciousness, human rights from universal and cultural perspectives, the rule of law, and legal values. He co-edited the book "Eugenio Bulygin: The Selected Writings in Theory and Philosophy of Law" (2016) and served as Chairman of the Editorial Board for Vol. 2: Philosophy of Law in the Great Ukrainian Legal Encyclopedia (in 20 volumes, Kharkiv: Pravo, 2017).
Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Ukraine
Sergiy Maksymov is a Professor at the Department of Human Rights and Legal Methodology of the Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University (Kharkiv, Ukraine) and Chief Researcher at the Institute of State Construction and Local Self-Government of the National Academy of Legal Sciences (NALS) of Ukraine. He holds a PhD in Social Philosophy (1985) and a Doctorate in Legal Sciences in Philosophy of Law (2002). He is a Corresponding Member of the NALS of Ukraine and Deputy Academician-Secretary of the Department of Theory and History of Law of the NALS of Ukraine. He is also the Vice President of the All-Ukrainian Association of Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy and serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the academic journal "Philosophy of Law andGeneral Theory of Law."
Professor Maksymov is the author of several books, including "Legal Reality: The Experience of Philosophical Understanding" (2002) and "Philosophy of Law: Contemporary Interpretations" (2010, 2012). He is also a co-author of more than 15 books, including "Immanuel Kant: Heritage and Project" (Moscow-Berlin, 2007), "The Legal System of Ukraine: Past, Present, and Future" (2008 - Ukrainian, 2011 - Russian, 2013 - English), “Ukrainian Legal Doctrine” (London, 2015). Additionally, he authored many academic articles on various topics such as the nature of law, natural law theory, phenomenology of law, foundations of law, legal consciousness, human rights from universal and cultural perspectives, the rule of law, and legal values. He co-edited the book "Eugenio Bulygin: The Selected Writings in Theory and Philosophy of Law" (2016) and served as Chairman of the Editorial Board for Vol. 2: Philosophy of Law in the Great Ukrainian Legal Encyclopedia (in 20 volumes, Kharkiv: Pravo, 2017).
Democracy and Fraternity
Amalia Amaya
National Autonomous University of Mexico and University of Edinburgh, Mexico
Amalia Amaya is British Academy Global Professor at Edinburgh Law School and Research Fellow at the Institute for Philosophical Research at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. She has also held visiting appointments at the University of Texas at Austin, University College at Oxford University, and Queen Mary University of London. She obtained an LLM and a PhD from the European University Institute and an LLM and a SJD from Harvard Law School. Professor Amaya works primarily in philosophy of law, although she is also interested in some issues in moral and political theory. Her previous research focused on coherence in legal reasoning, the main outcome of which was the book The Tapestry of Reason (Hart, 2015). Her current research project explores the relations between law, virtue, and community. On this topic, she has co-edited Law, Virtue and Justice (with Ho Hock Lai, 2012), The Faces of Virtue in Law (with Claudio Michelon, 2020) and Virtue, Emotion and Imagination in Legal Reasoning (with Maksymilian del Mar, 2020). She is now working on a monograph that develops a virtue approach to legal reasoning and judicial ethics. In addition, she is engaged in research on three themes: the role of exemplarity in legal and political culture, fraternity as a legal and political ideal, and ambivalence in legal decision-making.
National Autonomous University of Mexico and University of Edinburgh, Mexico
Amalia Amaya is British Academy Global Professor at Edinburgh Law School and Research Fellow at the Institute for Philosophical Research at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. She has also held visiting appointments at the University of Texas at Austin, University College at Oxford University, and Queen Mary University of London. She obtained an LLM and a PhD from the European University Institute and an LLM and a SJD from Harvard Law School. Professor Amaya works primarily in philosophy of law, although she is also interested in some issues in moral and political theory. Her previous research focused on coherence in legal reasoning, the main outcome of which was the book The Tapestry of Reason (Hart, 2015). Her current research project explores the relations between law, virtue, and community. On this topic, she has co-edited Law, Virtue and Justice (with Ho Hock Lai, 2012), The Faces of Virtue in Law (with Claudio Michelon, 2020) and Virtue, Emotion and Imagination in Legal Reasoning (with Maksymilian del Mar, 2020). She is now working on a monograph that develops a virtue approach to legal reasoning and judicial ethics. In addition, she is engaged in research on three themes: the role of exemplarity in legal and political culture, fraternity as a legal and political ideal, and ambivalence in legal decision-making.
Reflection on Democracy, War, and Human Rights
John Mikhail
Georgetown University Law Center, USA
John Mikhail is the Carroll Professor of Jurisprudence at Georgetown University Law Center, where he has taught since 2004. He teaches and writes on a variety of topics, including constitutional law, moral and legal theory, legal history, and human rights. He is the author of Elements of Moral Cognition: Rawls’ Linguistic Analogy and the Cognitive Science of Moral and Legal Judgment (CUP, 2011; paperback edition, 2013) and over fifty articles, essays, and chapters in peer-edited journals, law reviews, and anthologies. His scholarship is widely cited, and he has lectured throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, including giving a plenary lecture at the 29th IVR World Congress in Lucerne, Switzerland. Professor Mikhail served as the Law Center’s Associate Dean for Research and Academic Programs from 2017 to 2020 and its Associate Dean for International and Transnational Programs from 2011 to 2013. He holds secondary appointments in Georgetown’s Philosophy Department and Interdisciplinary Program in Cognitive Science.
Georgetown University Law Center, USA
John Mikhail is the Carroll Professor of Jurisprudence at Georgetown University Law Center, where he has taught since 2004. He teaches and writes on a variety of topics, including constitutional law, moral and legal theory, legal history, and human rights. He is the author of Elements of Moral Cognition: Rawls’ Linguistic Analogy and the Cognitive Science of Moral and Legal Judgment (CUP, 2011; paperback edition, 2013) and over fifty articles, essays, and chapters in peer-edited journals, law reviews, and anthologies. His scholarship is widely cited, and he has lectured throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, including giving a plenary lecture at the 29th IVR World Congress in Lucerne, Switzerland. Professor Mikhail served as the Law Center’s Associate Dean for Research and Academic Programs from 2017 to 2020 and its Associate Dean for International and Transnational Programs from 2011 to 2013. He holds secondary appointments in Georgetown’s Philosophy Department and Interdisciplinary Program in Cognitive Science.
Democracy in Korea at the Edge of History
Jin-Sook Yun
Soongsil University, Republic of Korea
Jin-Sook Yun has been teaching and researching at Soongsil University College of Law as a professor since 2006. After earning a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree from Yonsei University College of Law, she earned an LLM degree from American University Washington College of Law. Then, while completing a PhD from Yonsei University College of Law, she got a JSD degree from Washington University Law School. She has studied and researched feminist legal theory, philosophy of law, sociology of law, family law, legal history, human rights, and more. Besides numerous articles, she has published the following books: Feminist Legal Theory (2016), Law and Logic for Minorities (2018), and Development of Feminist Legal Theory (2018, co-authored), and she has translated the book, Feminism: A Very Short Introduction (2019). She was the president of the Korean Association of Gender and Law from 2019 to 2020 and is now president of the Korean Society for the Sociology of Law while serving as an Executive Committee member of IVR.
Soongsil University, Republic of Korea
Jin-Sook Yun has been teaching and researching at Soongsil University College of Law as a professor since 2006. After earning a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree from Yonsei University College of Law, she earned an LLM degree from American University Washington College of Law. Then, while completing a PhD from Yonsei University College of Law, she got a JSD degree from Washington University Law School. She has studied and researched feminist legal theory, philosophy of law, sociology of law, family law, legal history, human rights, and more. Besides numerous articles, she has published the following books: Feminist Legal Theory (2016), Law and Logic for Minorities (2018), and Development of Feminist Legal Theory (2018, co-authored), and she has translated the book, Feminism: A Very Short Introduction (2019). She was the president of the Korean Association of Gender and Law from 2019 to 2020 and is now president of the Korean Society for the Sociology of Law while serving as an Executive Committee member of IVR.
Internationale Vereinigung für Rechts- und Wirtschaftsphilosophie /
International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy
