Journal of Law and Religion CLE Symposium 2009

The Journal of Law and Religion Editorial Board and Hamline University School of Law present

The Global Economic Crisis, Law and the Religious Traditions

Thursday evening and Friday, October 15 and 16, 2009

A program to explore insights from the world's religious traditions on the role of law and legal insitutions in stemming the worldwide economic crisis.

5.5 CLE credits being applied for from the Minnesota Board of Continuing Legal Education

Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Luigino Bruni, winner of the 2008 Templeton Enterprise Awards second prize and author of Reciprocity, Altruism and Civil Society (2008); Civil Happiness: Economics and Human Flourishing in Historical Perspective (2007); and a Handbook on the Economics of Happiness (with Porta and Elgar, 2007).

Panels On:
- Perspectives of the world's religions on legal responses to the economic crisis.
- Human rights traditions, economic need and the common good.
- Regulating markets through law and the religious traditions.
- Religion, culture and law: how local communities respond to economic need and opportunity.

For further information, visit the Journal of Law and Religion website, www.hamline.edu/jlr

Date: Oct, 15 7:00pm - Oct, 16 4:15pm
Cost: To be determined
Contact: Linda Berglin lberglin@hamline.edu
Location:

Hamline University School of Law
1536 Hewitt Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55104