One or more presenters to be selected from Call for Papers.
There is a rich tradition of legal scholars exploring uncommon connections between music and the law. Richard Posner, for example, has argued that understanding the authentic music movement (the insistence that period music be played with period instruments) can help us better understand, and critique, constitutional originalism. Other scholars have noted the connection between jazz and the law, argued that music can be used to reduce crime, and explored the jurisprudence of Bob Dylan. And of course, Paul Butler has argued that punishment theorists can learn much from hip-hop.
What are we to make of these and other uncommon connections between the law and music? What role does the digitalization of music play in how we think about law and music? Are there connections to be made between law and music in our legal scholarship and in our law teaching as well? If being attentive to law and literature can make us better lawyers and scholars, what does being attentive to law and music do? And last, but certainly not least, what’s on your playlist? This program will explore these issues with several invited panelists and panelists who were accepted through a call for papers.
Business Meeting at Program Conclusion.