Autonomy and The Law

This interdisciplinary workshop is tailored specifically for social scientists and legal scholars. The event will explore the complex interplay between autonomy and legal frameworks, with a focus on the right to housing, the concept of autonomy in law, child autonomy, digital markets, and a conceptual inquiry into the limits of autonomy. Key themes include the legal and social dimensions of securing housing rights, the philosophical and practical facets of autonomy within legal systems, the unique challenges of children’s autonomy in legal contexts, the impact of digital markets on individual agency, and the theoretical boundaries of autonomous action. Critical issues to be addressed encompass systemic barriers to housing access, the balance between individual autonomy and societal obligations, protections for minors in legal decision-making, privacy and consumer rights in digital ecosystems, and the ethical and legal constraints on autonomy. This workshop provides an interdisciplinary platform for social scientists and legal scholars to engage in dialogue on the pressing legal, ethical, and societal questions shaping autonomy across these domains.

The workshop is organized by Marc Goetzmann (Université de Tours) and Nathanaël Colin-Jaeger (AUP).

10:00 - Welcome & Coffee
10:30 - Introductory remarks: Marc Goetzmann (Université de Tours)
10:40 - Oriane Roty (Université de Tours) Community Land Trust from the US to France - A Tale of Subsidiarity)
11:25 - Bartosz Biskup (Université de Tours), Mapping the Meaning of ‘Home’: A Corpus-Based Study of ECtHR Language
12:10 - Marc Goetzmann (Université de Tours) & Nathanaël Colin-Jaeger (AUP), A Typology of Right to Housing
13:00 - Break
14:15 - Bartłomiej Brzozowski (Jagiellonian University), Limits of autonomy in the interpretation process: The condition of the interpreter in hermeneutics, post-structuralism, and neopragmatism
15:00 - Roman Zinigrad (AUP), Child Autonomy and Parental Control over Education: Who Defines the Best Interests of the Child?
15:45 - Katarzyna Wiśniewska (Jagiellonian University), Autonomy, Vulnerability, and the Changing Nature of Consumer Protection in the Digital Market
16:30 - Pierre-François Mouraud (EHESS), The Moral autonomy of the person as law's basis