Conference
International Colloquium 'The Democratic Legitimacy of State Secrecy'
- Date
- Wednesday 13 September 2017 - Friday 15 September 2017
- Location
- Academy Building
Rapenburg 73
2311 GJ Leiden - Room
- Faculty Room Law
Whereas transparency is the mantra of democracy, states routinely resort to secrecy in exercising executive and legislative power. Can state secrecy be democratically justified? What balance between transparency and secrecy should we seek?
If you are interested in participating, please contact Dorota Mokrosinska.
Program
Wednesday 13 September 2017
Venue: Faculty Club-Faculty Room Law, Rapenburg 73, Leiden
11:00 - 11:30 |
Registration and welcome, Faculty Room Law |
11.30 - 12.30 |
Lunch |
12.30 -13:45 |
Keynote Lecture |
13:45 - 14:15 |
Break |
14:15 - 15:30 |
Mark Warren (Political Science, University of British Columbia) and Jane Mansbridge (Harvard University) |
15:30 - 16:00 |
Break |
16:00 - 17:15 |
William Smith (Government and Public Administration, The Chinese University of Hong Kong) Chair and commentator: Manohar Kumar (Aix-Marseille School of Economics) |
18:00 |
Dinner |
Thursday 14 September 2017
Venue: Paviljoen in Museum Volkenkunde, Steenstraat 1, Leiden
09:00 |
Coffee & tea, Museum Volkenkunde |
09:30 - 10:45 |
Keynote Lecture Rahul Sagar (Political Science, New York University Abu Dhabi) |
10:45 - 11:15 |
Break |
11:15 - 12:30 |
Eric R. Boot (Philosophy, Leiden University) Obligatory Whistleblowing: Civil Servants and the Complicity-Based Obligation to Disclose Government Wrongdoing Abstract |
12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch |
13:30 – 14:45 |
Emanuela Ceva (Political and Social Science, Pavia) |
14:45-15:15 |
Break |
15:15 – 16:30 |
Candice Delmas (Philosophy, Northeastern University) |
17:00 – 18:00 |
Boat tour |
Friday 15 September 2017
Venue: Faculty Club-Faculty Room Law, Rapenburg 73, Leiden
09:00 |
Coffee & tea, Faculty Room Law |
09:30 - 10:45 |
Keynote Lecture |
10:45 - 11:00 |
Break |
11:00 – 12:15 |
Dorota Mokrosinska (Philosophy, Leiden University) |
12:15 – 13:45 |
Mark Fenster (Law, University of Florida) |
13:45 | Lunch |