Legal Argumentation Conference
19 and 20 October 2023
The knowledge centre NOVA Argumentation, together with the law firm Morais Leitão, is organising an international conference on legal argumentation on 19 and 20 October.
This is a lively two-day international conference on topics including legal rhetoric, the judicial duty to give reasons, some of the most important types of legal argument, and feminist perspectives on legal argumentation — among others.
Organised by the NOVA School of Law’s NOVA Argumentation Knowledge Centre together with the law firm Morais Leitão.
A two-day international conference with leading experts on legal argumentation, on topics including legal rhetoric, the judicial duty to give reasons, several of the most important types of legal argument and feminist perspectives on legal argumentation — among several others.
Our speakers and commentators: Carel Smith (Netherlands), Chiara Valentini (Italy), Cláudio Michelon (UK), Damiano Canale (Italy), David Martínez Zorrilla (Spain), Euan MacDonald (UK), Fábio Perin Shecaira (Brazil), Flávia Carbonell (Chile), Giovanni Tuzet (Italy), Guilherme Almeida (Brazil), Harm Kloosterhuis (Netherlands), José Juan Moreso (Spain), José Plug (Netherlands), Kathryn Stanchi (USA), Kevin Toh (UK), Luís Duarte d’Almeida (Portugal), Mark McBride (Singapore), Martim Krupenski (Portugal), Minghui Xiong (China), Lilian Bermejo-Luque (Spain), Rachel Herdy (Chile), Raquel Barradas de Freitas (Portugal), Sharon Cowan (UK), Silvia Zorzetto (Italy), Sue Provenzano (USA), Torben Spaak (Sweden), and Zihan Niu (China).
The conference will be in person, with sessions running from 9:30am to 6pm on each day.
Programme
Venue: João Morais Leitão Auditorium | Rua Castilho, 165, 1070-050 Lisbon
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Thursday, 19 October
9 am – Opening
9:30 | 10:30 am
«Rhetoric and Legal Argumentation»
Kathryn Stanchi e Sue Provenzano
Comments: Raquel Barradas de Freitas
10:30 | 11:30 am
«On the Judicial Duty to Give Reasons»
Fabio Shecaira
Comments: Lilian Bermejo-Luque
11:30 am | 12:00 pm – Coffee Break
12:00 | 13:00 pm
«The Methodology of Legal Argumentation»
David Martínez Zorrilla
Comments: Torben Spaak
Lunch
3:00 | 4:00 pm
«Arguing a fortiori»
José Juan Moreso
Comments: Martim Krupenski
4:00 | 5:00 pm
«Arguments by analogy»
Silvia Zorzetto
Comments: Claudio Michelon
5:00 | 6:00
«Arguing a Contrario»
Damiano Canale and Giovanni Tuzet
Comments: Rachel Herdy
Friday, 20 October
10:30 | 11:30 am
«Fictions and Legal Argumentation»
Kevin Toh
Comments: Guilherme Almeida
11:30 am | 12:00 pm – Coffee Break
12:00 | 1:00 pm
«Chinese Legal Argumentation»
Minghui Xiong and Zihu Nihan
Comments: Jose Plug
Lunch
3:00 | 4:00 pm
«Arguing About Normative Positions»
Mark McBride
Comments: Luís Duarte d’Almeida
4:00 | 5:00 pm
«Feminist Perspectives on Legal Argumentation»
Sharon Cowan
Comments: Chiara Valentini
5:00 | 6:00 pm
«Some Influential Theories of Legal Argumentation»
Harm Kloosterhuis and Carel Smith
Comments: Flavia Carbonell
6:00 | 6:15 pm – Closing remarks
This conference is now fully booked.
Registration
Attendance is free but requires prior registration.
Please complete the registration form below if you would like to attend this conference.
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