Freedom of Expression: An Equal Right for All?
International Workshop in Philosophy of Law
November 28-29, 2019
Organized by the Institut de Recherches Philosophiques de Lyon (IRPhiL), the Labex COMOD, and the ANR research program EgaLibEx (JCJC 2018)
Université Lyon 3 Jean Moulin, Salle de la Rotonde
18 rue Chevreul, Lyon 7ème
Thursday November 28, 2019
Chair : Mathilde Unger (Université de Strasbourg)
10:00-10:30: Welcome – Coffee
10:30-10:45: Opening remarks
10:45-12:00: Rae Langton (University of Cambridge): Reimagining Free Speech
Discussant: Charles Girard (Université de Lyon)
12:00-14:00: Lunch break
14:00-15:15: Thomas Hochmann (Université de Reims): An Inherently homophobic connotation? Regulating offensive speech in French stadiums
Discussant: Mathias Hong (Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg)
15:15-16:30: Maxime Lepoutre (University of Oxford): Hate Speech Laws: Expressive Power is Not the Answer
Discussant: Raphaëlle Théry (Paris Assas)
16:30-16:45: Coffee Break
16:45-18:00: Ioanna Tourkochoriti (National University of Ireland Galway): The Same-Sex Marriage Cake Cases and the “Compelled Speech” Argument
Discussant: Denis Ramond (CERAPS)
Friday November 29
Chair : Christopher Hamel (Université de Rouen)
9:00-9:30: Coffee
9:30-10:45: Frederick Schauer (University of Virginia): Expression, Freedom of Expression, and the Activation of Memory
Discussant: Thomas Hochmann (Université de Reims)
10:45-12:00: Charles Girard (Université de Lyon): Can Freedom of Expression Be Equal for All? The problem of intra-right conflicts.
Discussant: Robert Simpson (University College of London)
12:00-14:00: Lunch break
14:00-15:15: Mathias Hong (Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg): Freedom of Speech as an Equal Right – Some Reflections Comparing the First Amendment, the ECHR and the German Constitution
Discussant: Thomas Perroud (Université Paris Assas)
15:15-16:30: Robert Simpson & Emily McTernan (University College London): Heckling, Free Association, and the Allocation of Communicative Resources
Discussant: Mathilde Unger (Université de Strasbourg)
16:30-16:45: Coffee Break
16:45-18:00: Thomas Perroud et Raphaëlle Théry (Université Paris Assas): Gagging the ‘Mouth of the Law’. The Constraints on Judicial Free Speech
Discussant: Maxime Lepoutre (Oxford University)
