Our 2023 conference will take place in St Andrews, Monday 28-Wednesday 30 August 2023. The theme will be ‘Law in the Christian Life’.
Accommodation is from Sunday 27-Tuesday 29 August, inclusive, and is for 2 nights dinner, bed & breakfast, and 1 night bed & breakfast in en-suite rooms at Agnes Blackadder Hall. The registration fee includes all tea/coffee, 3 lunches, and the conference dinner.
Provisional programme:
| Sunday 27 August | Monday 28 August | Tuesday 29 August | Wednesday 30 August | |
| 0700-0930 | Breakfast (Agnes Blackadder) | Breakfast (Agnes Blackadder) | Breakfast (Agnes Blackadder) | |
| 0900-1030
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The Natural Law
Chair Ashley Beck Gerard Loughlin Philip Reynolds |
Human rights
Chair Simon Gaine OP Ethna Regan Stephen McKinney |
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| 1030-1130 | Coffee (Parliament Hall) | Coffee (Parliament Hall) | Coffee (Parliament Hall) | |
| 1130-1300 | Registrations (Parliament Hall) | Short papers | Short papers
Summary & conclusion |
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| 1300-1400 | Lunch (Parliament Hall) | Lunch (Parliament Hall) | Lunch (Parliament Hall) | |
| 1400-1530 | Residential delegates arrive
(Agnes Blackadder) |
Welcome to St Andrews
Prof Oliver Crisp Introductory Keynote Chair Stephen McKinney Simon Gaine OP |
The legal wisdom of the Church
Chair Michael Kirwan SJ Gregory Pearson OP Peter Magee |
Departures
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| 1530-1600 | Tea (Parliament Hall) | Tea (Parliament Hall) | ||
| 1600-1730 | Residential delegates arrive
(Agnes Blackadder) |
Law in the Scriptures
Chair Beáta Tóth Susan Docherty Madhavi Nevader Dominika Kurek-Chomycz |
Optional tour of St Andrews
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| 1800-1900 | AGM (Agnes Blackadder) | Mass for deceased members | ||
| 1900 | Dinner (Agnes Blackadder) | Dinner (Agnes Blackadder) | Conference dinner (Lower College Hall) |