Experts & Institutions
Centre for the Study of Expert Knowledge in Law and
Society
Experts & Institutions brings together people from a range
of disciplines interested in ethical, political and epistemological
questions about the role of expert knowledge within political and
legal institions.
Experts & Institutions is closely linked to the Institute of Applied Ethics, but our
interests extend beyond ethics, embracing a range of philosophical,
social and legal questions about expert knowledge and the authority
of experts. We hope eventually to expand the Centre into an
inter-institutional and possibly international network for the
study of these issues.
The proper role of expert knowledge is an area of continuing
public debate. In the legal world this debate has been
stimulated by the Law Commission Report on
Expert Evidence in Criminal Trials, and other
controversial issues such as the role of expert witnesses in the
family courts and the assessment of scientific evidence in
environmental and health debates.
We have organized a successful conference on Experts, Authority and Law
in September 2009 and a continuing series of workshops/conferences
on topical themes (see past
events).
Events in 2013 will include two workshops in Hull
March 13, 2013, Authority and
Practical Reason
Speakers Dr Noam Gur (Oxford), Dr Adam Tucker
(Manchester) (awaiting confirmation) and Dr Antony Hatzistavrou
(Hull)
May 8, 2013, Democracy and
Experts
Speakers to eb confirmed.
For further information about these events,
and about Experts & Institutions, please contact:
Antony Hatzistavrou
Philosophy, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX
Tel 465662 e-mail: A.Hatzistavrou@hull.ac.uk;
or
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Tony Ward,
Law School, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX
Tel 01482 466387, Fax 01482 466388, e-mail: A.Ward@hull.ac.uk