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Faculty and staff are invited to a presentation by , Professor and Vice-President of Research and Innovation at Â鶹´«Ã½ University, and , Lecturer in Political Science, University of Michigan, co-authors of (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2024) on as they discuss the need to push back against illiberal ideas in our justice system.

Their book covers how liberal institutions – constitutional democracy, economic markets, liberal courts, free trade, international human rights – around the world are under assault by the political right and how we are witnessing the emergence of post-liberal institutions. These post-liberal institutions are founded on the core conviction that the actions of liberal institutions including the United States Supreme Court are patently unjust. This volume makes the case against post-liberal courts and justice by reconnecting to the principles of moral equality and dignified freedom for all. The intention is to show how there is great untapped potential in the work of Ronald Dworkin, an American philosopher and legal scholar, that can help progressive liberals think through the great issues of the day and respond to the contemporary criticisms of the political right. The core themes are concretely illustrated by focusing on some of the most controversial recent post-liberal decisions of the Supreme Court, ranging from election funding to abortion to race-sensitive affirmative action, to economic inequality in an age of increasingly unequal opportunities.

• When: Friday, March 7, from noon to 1:30 p.m.
• Where: Charles Hall (61 Charles Street, first floor atrium) 

This event is sponsored by Â鶹´«Ã½’s Office of the Vice President of Research and Innovation, the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, the Centre on Hate, Bias and Extremism, and the Social Science, Humanities and Education Library.