On 10 February 2011, the Institute for Human Rights, University College London and the School of Law, University of Bristol will hold a colloquium entitled ‘Interpretivism in International Law’. It will be hosted by Macfarlanes LLP.

In the last 30 years interpretivism has developed as a general theory about the nature of law which stands as an alternative to legal positivism and traditional natural law theories. Although there is an existing literature on interpretivism in the context of national law and particular areas of international law, there has been no extended treatment of general international law from this perspective. At this colloquium a range of international lawyers and legal and political philosophers will be brought together to consider how this general theory might be applied to the study of international law.

The colloquium is organized by Patrick Capps (Bristol), George Letsas (UCL) and Saladin Meckled-Garcia (UCL). Speakers include Mattias Kumm (NYU), Nico Stavropoulos (Oxford), Pavlos Eleftheriadis (Oxford), Sabina Appelt (UCL), Julian Rivers (Bristol), Emmanuel Voyakis (Brunel), Patrick Capps, George Letsas and Saladin Meckled-Garcia.

Attendance at this event is by invitation only.

For further information contact Patrick Capps, George Letsas, or Saladin Meckled-Garcia.