Ars Iuris Legal Potentials Conference
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2nd Ars Iuris Legal Potentials Conference
Law and Politics in a Polarized World
In 2024, more than half of the world's population will live in countries where nationwide elections are held. Lines of social conflict are revealed with particular clarity as a result. The public narrative paints a picture of an irreconcilable and divided society in which communication between the increasingly fragmented sub-publics comes to a standstill and some groups abandon the common democratic system altogether. Against this backdrop, the question of the relationship between law and politics in a conflict-ridden world arises: To what extent does the legal system depend on social consensus? Is the law itself a driving factor of social polarization? Can the law mediate and counteract polarizing tendencies? Join us as we explore these critical questions at the 2nd Ars Iuris Legal Potentials Conference.
September 30th, 2024 | Federal Ministry of Justice | Vienna, Austria
Conference Program
09:00 Welcome
Dr. Alma Zadić, LL.M. (Federal Minister of Justice - Republic of Austria)
Presentations
Between Conflict and Cooperation: Regulating the Relationship Between Law and Politics
Barbara Zeller
How to Measure Polarization: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Sara Sampayo Sande
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 Presentations
Making Europe Fit for the Digital Age?':
The EU's Approach to Regulating Online Disinformation from a Human Rights Perspective
Miriam Soldan
Toxic Unilateralism:
How the EU's Unilateral Trade Measures Drive Polarization in Global Trade Relations
Sophie Bohnert
12:00 Lunch Break
13:00 Presentations
Sovereignty Discourse Instrumentalization: Cases of Russia and China
Ksenia Radchenkova
Challenging the Global Herrenhaus:
The Unending Quest to Democratize International Relations Within, and Beyond, the United Nations
Daniel Ricardo Quiroga Villamarin
14:00 Coffee Break
14:30 Presentations
Blasphemy Law: A Threat to Plarizing Indonesian Society
Amira Paripurna
Why and How Law Must Be Woke
Lisa Chi & Christian Demmelbauer
15:30 Get-Together