"Law, Liberty, and Democracy: the liberal perspective "

(Italiano)

STATUS: the course (free of charge) is scheduled to take place in winter 2011. The exact dates will be advertised when available. Registrations are open (pls send an email to info at catallaxy . org)

Date: to be confirmed
Time: to be confirmed
Location: Rome
Address:
c/o "Servizi di segretariato"
via della Fonte di Fauno 35 (Aventino, Circo Massimo)

Details:

> To whom the course is directed
> Abstract
> Structure of the course
> Fees
> Number of participants
> Pre-requisites
> Language
> Applications
> Deadline for applications
> Additional benefits
> Updates
> No affiliation policy

To whom the course is directed: the course is intended for individuals who have no or very little study experience of political philosophy but who are personally interested in (or sensitive to) issues regarding political philosphy in general and the concepts of liberty, democracy and law in particular. The course is intended for individuals who are 16 years old or older.

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Abstract: The present course will introduce and discuss the concepts of law, equality before the law, liberty and democracy as viewed by the tradition of classical liberalism, and in particular by Friedrich von Hayek.

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Structure of the course: the course will be articulated in lectures, seminars and in the production of a piece of work.

- Lectures (Thursdays):

During the lectures (2 hrs each), the lecturer will synthetically introduce the issue that will be discussed in the following seminar and will distribute the key notes of the lecture (so that it will not be necessary to take notes). The participants will choose a book within a selection that will be offered as a present by Catallaxy Institute: the lecturer will therefore agree with every participant the text from that book that the participant will introduce in one of the seminars.

- Seminars (Tuesdays):

During the seminars, one participant will synthetically introduce the chosen text (15 mins) and a discussion among all the other participants and the lecturer as moderator will follow (45 mins). Each seminar (2 hrs) will include 2 text intorductions followed by the relative discussion.

- Piece of work

After the completion of the course, participants will be asked to produce a piece of work of their own choice. This piece of work should be the expression of the participant's individual talent or ability (e.g. a paper, a poetry, a picture, a video, a script, a painting, etc.) and should be relative to the issues discussed during the course. All works will be published or mentioned in a special section of Catallaxy Institute's website.

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Fees: the course is free of charge.

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Number of participants: up to 6.

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Pre-requisites: four conditions are necessary for participation: a good knowledge of English language; being able to have productive and respectful conversations; capability of individual criticism; being open minded.

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Language: unless one or more of the selected participants are foreigner and can speak English but not Italian, the language used during lectures and seminars will be Italian, otherwise it will be English. Most readings will be in English.

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Applications: in order to register it is sufficient to send an email to info at catallaxy . org . Catallaxy Institute reserves the right to select the participants, for example in case the number of applications exceeds the number of places available.

The registration email should necessarily include the authorization to use personal information for the purposes related to the organization of the course (your contacts, names and details will not be disclosed to third parties), e.g.: "autorizzo Catallaxy Institute al trattamento dei miei dati personali per le sole finalità connesse a questo corso, nel rispetto della vigente normativa sulla privacy".

Catallaxy institutes would also appreciate (and give priority to) applications that include:
a) a short presentation of the candidate;
b) a short passage illustrating his/her motivations for wanting to participate in this programme;
c) a good-faith description of his knowledge of English language, also mentioning relevant qualifications if available (e.g. Cambridge Proficiency; TOEFL; study experience abroad; work experience abroad; etc.).

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Deadline for applications: the deadline will be published when available.

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Additional benefits: at the end of the course, each participant will receive a certificate of participation and the book he will have chosen for the seminar.

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Updates: this page will be updated as soon as new information will become available. Catallaxy Institute reserves the right to change the information included in this page until the date of the beginning of the course: registered participants will be advised of relevant changes via email; unregistered or willing-to-be participants are advised to check regularly this page for updates.

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No affiliation policy: Catallaxy Institute is a private, independent association. It is not affiliated with political parties or representatives of political groups. Catallaxy Institute's activities (including its courses) are neither sponsored by public agencies or institutions nor financed (not even in part) with public funds.

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