Sweden

The Swedish Section of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy

Erik Björling

Erik Björling is doctor in legal theory at the Department of Law, University of Gothenburg. In 2017 he defended the thesis Legal application without words: A theoretical and narratological study on argumentation and legal application within civil procedure. Björling teaches mainly in legal theory, the philosophy of law and civil procedure.

Contact: erik.bjorling@law.gu.se

Announcements

- The annual meeting of IVR Sweden will take place in Linköping the 27th - 28th of August. Save the Date. More information to come.

- Patricia Mindus is promoted to Professor of Practical Philosophy at Uppsala University, the first woman in that position since 1477 when the University was founded.

- Patricia Mindus publishes the book Hacia una teoría funcionalista de la ciudadanía

- IVR Sweden holds its annual conference in Stockholm, May 23-24, 2019. Read invitation and programme.

- The "Cambridge Companion to Legal Positivism Conference 2" is held in i Stockholm on April 22-25, 2019. Read programme.

- Programme, spring 2019, for the joint Uppsala and Stockholm Seminar in Philosophy of Law

- The IVR 29th world congress, "Dignity, Democracy Diversity", issues a CfP. Deadline for abstracts is December 31, 2018. The congress is held in Lucerne, 7-13 July 2019.

- A PhD dissertation defence of interest in Philosophy of Law at Stockholm University on October 12, 2018: Jasmina Nedevska Törnqvist, Why Care About Future People’s Environment?