Discussion on 'Ideals in the world' by Philip Selznick
Channel: ANU TV
Date: 20/09/2012

Professor Martin Krygier, Professor Malcolm Feeley, Professor John Braithwaite and the RegNet bookclub discuss Philip Selznick's 'Ideals in the world'. 

Philip Selznick's wide-ranging writings engaged with fundamental questions concerning society, politics, institutions, law, and morals. Never confined by a single discipline or approach, he proved himself a major figure across a range of fields. 

Professor Krygier is Adjunct Professor at RegNet as well as the Gordon Samuels Professor of Law and Social Theory, and Co-Director of the Network for Interdisciplinary Studies of Law at the University of New South Wales. His areas of expertise include: Law and social theory, Legal theory, Law after communism, Rule of law, Normative social theory, Interactions between state and non-state law.

Professor Malcolm Feeley holds the Claire Sanders Clements Dean's Chair in Law at Berkeley Law School, University of California. From July to December 2012 he will be at Flinders University as the Fulbirght Distinguished Chair in American Political Science.

Professor John Braithwaite is an Australian Research Council Federation Fellow and Founder of RegNet. He has been active in social movement politics for 40 years in Australia and internationally. He is now undertaking a 20-year comparative project called 'Peacebuilding Compared'.

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