Annual Gathering of the Society for Law and Culture
“Moral Imagination and the Law”
Saturday. May 19, 2018
The Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal
Mecosta, Michigan
“Moral Imagination and the Law”
Saturday. May 19, 2018
The Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal
Mecosta, Michigan
SCHEDULE
9:00-9:30
Registration and Coffee
9:30-9:40
Welcome and Introduction
Maxwell Goss, Ph.D.
Attorney
9:40-9:50
Opening Remarks
Annette Kirk
President, The Russell Kirk Center
9:50-10:50
“Moral Imagination and the Trial Judge”
The Honorable Stephen Murphy
United States District Judge, Eastern District of Michigan
10:50-11:00
Break
11:00-12:00
“Knowledge and the Common Law Tradition”
Allen Mendenhall, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Blackstone and Burke Center for Law and Liberty, Faulkner University
12:00-1:00
Lunch
1:00-1:30
Table Read
Trial Scene, William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice
1:30-2:30
“William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice: When Mercy Seasons Justice”
Clare Nuechterlein
Distinguished Practitioner Emerita, Valparaiso University
2:30-3:15
Reception
3:15-4:15
Keynote Presentation
“Originalism and the Individual Jurist: Can T.S. Eliot Teach Us Anything About Constitutional Law?”
The Honorable Caleb Stegall
Justice, Kansas Supreme Court
9:00-9:30
Registration and Coffee
9:30-9:40
Welcome and Introduction
Maxwell Goss, Ph.D.
Attorney
9:40-9:50
Opening Remarks
Annette Kirk
President, The Russell Kirk Center
9:50-10:50
“Moral Imagination and the Trial Judge”
The Honorable Stephen Murphy
United States District Judge, Eastern District of Michigan
10:50-11:00
Break
11:00-12:00
“Knowledge and the Common Law Tradition”
Allen Mendenhall, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Blackstone and Burke Center for Law and Liberty, Faulkner University
12:00-1:00
Lunch
1:00-1:30
Table Read
Trial Scene, William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice
1:30-2:30
“William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice: When Mercy Seasons Justice”
Clare Nuechterlein
Distinguished Practitioner Emerita, Valparaiso University
2:30-3:15
Reception
3:15-4:15
Keynote Presentation
“Originalism and the Individual Jurist: Can T.S. Eliot Teach Us Anything About Constitutional Law?”
The Honorable Caleb Stegall
Justice, Kansas Supreme Court
