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The Practical Need for Legal Ideas

Sullivan's Steakhouse 300 Colorado St Austin, TX 78701

Austin Lawyers Chapter

Speaker:

  • Prof. Tara Smith, University of Texas

Speaker:

  • Prof. Tara Smith, University of Texas

Professor Smith’s main interests concern the nature of values, virtues, and the requirements of objective law. She is currently writing a book on  proper methodology in judicial review. Smith is author of Ayn Rand's Normative Ethics – The Virtuous Egoist (2006), Viable Values – A Study of Life as the Root and Reward of Morality(2000), and Moral Rights and Political Freedom (1995), as well as a number of articles in such venues as The Journal of Philosophy, American Philosophical Quarterly, Law and Philosophy, and Social Philosophy and Policy. Recent publications include "Neutrality Isn't Neutral -- On the Value Neutrality of the Rule of Law," Washington Universoty Jurisprudence Review, 2011, “Reckless Caution: The Perils of Judicial Minimalism,” NYU Journal of Law & Liberty, 2010, and “Originalism’s Misplaced Fidelity: 'Original' Meaning is Not Objective," Constitutional Commentary, 2009. She is the BB&T Chair for the Study of Objectivism and also holds the Anthem Foundation Fellowship.

 

The doors will open at 11:45 a.m. Attendees are encouraged to pay beforehand or bring exact change. We do not accept cards at the door. Please find a seat and place your order with the wait staff soon after arriving, to insure that everyone will be served their full meal by the end of the presentation. 

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