Legal Theory Festival - Day 3

The 18th Legal Theory Festival at Edinburgh Law School will take place on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd of June 2026. We will have five workshops over the three days, with papers from a mix of local and invited speakers, and headed by the Annual Lecture of the Edinburgh Centre for Legal Theory, which will this year be given by Professor Helena Alviar García. On the evening Tuesday 2nd, there will be a wine reception to launch the Research Handbook on Legal Argumentation recently published by Elgar, followed by a Festival dinner at the Hotel du Vin.
Agenda of the day
Wednesday 3 June 2026
9.30-12.30 Teaching Room 3

Narrative and Practical-Wisdom in Legal Decision-Making

“The politics of justice v the politics of civic maturity”
Veronica Rodriguez Blanco (Surrey)

“Phronesis in legal practice: Can lawyers afford to be human?”
Iwona Barwicka-Tylek (Jagiellonian University, Kraków)

13.30-17.00, Teaching Room 3
Constitutional Problems and the Classical Legal Tradition
“Constitutional change and normative hierarchy: When amendment power escapes control”
Carla Huerta (UNAM, Mexico City)
“Critical Iusnaturalism in Vitoria and Veracruz”
Ambrosio Velasco (UNAM, Mexico City)