LEGAL PHILOSOPHY MOOT
TOPIC: The Fictional Case of the Speluncean Explorers, which raises the philosophical question of whether it is ever appropriate to kill another person in order to aid your own survival http://www.nullapoena.de/stud/explorers.html
The Legal Philosophy Moot involves:
• Brief written submissions appealing the case, and defending it
• A focus on legal reasoning, not reading cases
• Teams of three
§ QUESTIONS & ENTRIES: contact alpsa2008@gmail.com
§ More info: http://alpsa-alpsa.blogspot.com/
§ Location: The University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus
RELEVANT DATES
§ Registration opens: 31 JULY 2008 (alpsa2008@gmail.com)
§ Registration closes: 15 AUGUST 2008 (alpsa2008@gmail.com)
§ Written submissions: 20 SEPTEMBER 2008 (alpsa2008@gmail.com)
§ MOOT DATES: 27-28 SEPTEMBER 2008
More on the topic
Earlier this year, the Supreme Court of Newgarth heard The Case of the Speluncean Explorers. The decision of the court to convict (and therefore execute, as mandated by Newgarth law) the surviving explorers has been the subject of considerable public debate. There are strong supporters of the decision, as well as those who think that the decision was an abomination of justice. Bowing to public pressure, the Chief Executive stayed the execution which was scheduled for Friday April 2 of this year, 4300. The Chief Executive has convened an Executive Clemency Board to hear a final appeal on the matter. The Executive Clemency Board will be prepared to listen to legal argument, jurisprudential reasoning, and general philosophical argument made persuasively. As Newgarth is a common law country, the Board will treat decisions from other common law counties as persuasive – if their reasoning is persuasive – but not binding. You must prepare written & oral submissions appealing & defending the decision.
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