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Colloquium: Nature, Morality and Law in the Anthropocene

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November 5, 2015
5:45AM - 6:45AM
Saxbe Auditorium, Moritz College of Law, 55 W. 12th Ave.

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Add to Calendar 2015-11-05 05:45:00 2015-11-05 06:45:00 Colloquium: Nature, Morality and Law in the Anthropocene Time: 4 p.m. Event Host: COMPAS Short Description: Professors Sarah Krakoff (Law, Colorado) and Jedediah Purdy (Law, Duke) will discuss the implications of the anthropocene era for law and morality. The discussion will be moderated by Professor Cinnamon Carlarne (Law, Ohio State). Professors Sarah Krakoff (Law, Colorado) and Jedediah Purdy (Law, Duke) will discuss the implications of the anthropocene era for law and morality. The discussion will be moderated by Professor Cinnamon Carlarne (Law, Ohio State).Sarah Krakoff teaches and writes in the areas of American Indian law, natural resources law, environmental ethics, public lands and global warming. Her current projects include a book (currently titled Parenting the Planet) about the different stages of the human relationship to nature.Jed Purdy teaches constitutional, environmental and property law and writes in all of these areas. He also teaches legal theory and writes on issues at the intersection of law and social and political thought. He is currently completing a book, After Nature: A Politics for the Anthropocene.Cinnamon Carlarne is a leading expert in environmental law and climate change law and policy. Her scholarship focuses on the evolution of systems of domestic and international environmental governance and includes a book, Climate Change Law and Policy: EU and US Approaches. She is also one of the editors for Oxford University Press’ forthcoming Handbook of International Climate Change Law.This event is co-sponsored by the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, the Moritz College of Law and the Center for Interdisciplinary Law and Policy Studies.To ask questions about accessibility or request accommodations, please contact Michelle Brown at 614-292-7914 or brown.930@osu.edu.Visit the Conversations on Morality, Politics, and Society (COMPAS) program for more information.  Saxbe Auditorium, Moritz College of Law, 55 W. 12th Ave. College of Arts and Sciences asccomm@osu.edu America/New_York public
Time: 4 p.m.
Event Host: COMPAS
Short Description: Professors Sarah Krakoff (Law, Colorado) and Jedediah Purdy (Law, Duke) will discuss the implications of the anthropocene era for law and morality. The discussion will be moderated by Professor Cinnamon Carlarne (Law, Ohio State).


Professors Sarah Krakoff (Law, Colorado) and Jedediah Purdy (Law, Duke) will discuss the implications of the anthropocene era for law and morality. The discussion will be moderated by Professor Cinnamon Carlarne (Law, Ohio State).

  • Sarah Krakoff teaches and writes in the areas of American Indian law, natural resources law, environmental ethics, public lands and global warming. Her current projects include a book (currently titled Parenting the Planet) about the different stages of the human relationship to nature.
  • Jed Purdy teaches constitutional, environmental and property law and writes in all of these areas. He also teaches legal theory and writes on issues at the intersection of law and social and political thought. He is currently completing a book, After Nature: A Politics for the Anthropocene.
  • Cinnamon Carlarne is a leading expert in environmental law and climate change law and policy. Her scholarship focuses on the evolution of systems of domestic and international environmental governance and includes a book, Climate Change Law and Policy: EU and US Approaches. She is also one of the editors for Oxford University Press’ forthcoming Handbook of International Climate Change Law.

This event is co-sponsored by the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, the Moritz College of Law and the Center for Interdisciplinary Law and Policy Studies.
To ask questions about accessibility or request accommodations, please contact Michelle Brown at 614-292-7914 or brown.930@osu.edu.

Visit the Conversations on Morality, Politics, and Society (COMPAS) program for more information.