Common Good Constitutionalism Symposium/a

A Roundup of Writings and Events

In late October of 2022, the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, aka the best legal journal at Harvard Law School, organized a major symposium on Common Good Constitutionalism. Among the participants were three of The New Digest editors (Casey, Foran, and Vermeule); two federal appellate judges, James C. Ho of the Fifth Circuit and Paul Matey of the Third Circuit; Justice April Farris of the Texas First Court of Appeals, who moderated a panel; and a host of eminent scholars.

The symposium is now published and available online here.

Casey’s article is here.

Foran’s article is here.

Judge Ho’s article is here.

Judge Matey’s article is here.

Vermeule’s response to the whole symposium is here.

For convenience, below are further links to a few of the more significant symposia or events on the book to date, with Vermeule’s responses to questions and arguments. Among the ones still to come, keep an eye out for a symposium in the American Journal of Jurisprudence featuring a number of leading British scholars, and an edited volume featuring a number of leading European scholars. (Casey, in classic Irish style, keeps a foot in both the European and British worlds and appears in both symposia).

Balkinization symposium, and Vermeule’s response.

Ius & Iustitium symposium, and Vermeule’s response.

A panel in Berlin featuring some eminent legal theorists, with a keynote and responses to the panelists by Vermeule (leading to lively exchanges with Joseph Weiler), plus Q & A.

Book event at the National Press Club with an eminent panel, including Judge Amul Thapar of the Sixth Circuit; responses to the panelists by Vermeule; and Q & A.

Lecture at the Oxford Common Good Project with Q&A.

Lecture at Toledo Law with Q & A.

Lecture at Ave Maria Law with Q & A.

Episode of the (highly recommended) Ius Commune podcast with questions from the host.

Special bonus: Lecture by Casey at Benedictine College, Kansas with Q&A.

Enjoy!