The workshop takes place fortnightly on Wednesdays, 4.15-6.00pm, Room 4.B54. 

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FS 23: How Does Law Create Inequality?

Discussion Text: Katharina Pistor, The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality (2021)

• 22.02.23. Einführungsveranstaltung für Studierende
• 08.03.23. Kapitel 1: Ein Imperium des Rechts (S. 15-49)
• 22.03.23. Kapitel 2: Die Codierung von Grund und Boden (S. 49-85) & Kapitel 3: Das Klonen juristischer Personen (S. 85-129)
• 05.04.23. Kapitel 4: Schulden produzieren (S. 129-175)
• 19.04.23. Kapitel 5: Die Einhegung des Codes der Natur (S. 175-211) & Kapitel 6: Ein Code für die Welt (S. 211-251)
• 03.05.23. Kapitel 7: Die Herren des Codes (S. 251-289)
• 17.05.23. Kapitel 8: Ein neuer Code? (S. 289-321) & Kapitel 9: Das Kapital regiert durch das Recht (S. 321-367)

* Please note that unless otherwise indicated, the discussion of the texts will be in German *

Spring 22: Facts and Fakes

Autumn 21: Legal Anthropology

Spring 2021: Law and Emotions

Autumn 2020: Law and Futurity

Spring 2020: Legal Fictions

Autumn 2019: The Nature of Legal Personhood

Spring 2019: Theories of Self-Determination

Autumn 2018: The Media of Law

Spring 2018: Constructing the Other

Autumn 2017: Law - Truth or Technology?

The law and theory workshop is a fortnightly gathering of students, PhDs, postdocs and staff, who meet to discuss select essays and book chapters on key legal and theoretical issues. Each semester is organised around a particular thematic focus, which is looked at from a range of critical perspectives.

The workshop provides a relaxed space for open discussion and exchange. As much as it is an intellectual exercise for members of the institute, it is also designed as an opportunity for students to gain exposure to advanced critical reading and thinking in law and theory.