Welcome to the new website for the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy. Current and recent members, we encourage you to renew your membership through this site. If clicking on "renew" does not work, try clicking on "join." If you are considering becoming a new member, please review the benefits of membership under the "Membership" tab above.

If you have any problems with or suggestions concerning the site, please contact James Fleming, the Secretary-Treasurer, at theasplp@gmail.com.

The 2020 conference, to be held on September 25, will be on “Reconciliation and Repair: Mending Frayed Civic Bonds." Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, we have decided to hold the conference remotely, via Zoom meeting. More details about registration will follow. 

Editors Melissa Schwartzberg and Eric Beerbohm have assembled the following excellent slate of speakers:

Law

• Principal paper: Roy Brooks (University of San Diego)
• Commentator: Vesla Weaver (Johns Hopkins University, Political Science)
• Commentator: Colleen Murphy (University of Illinois, Philosophy)

Political Science

• Principal paper: Catherine Lu (McGill University)
• Commentator: Saira Mohamed (University of California-Berkeley, Law)
• Commentator: Ryan Preston-Roedder (Occidental College, Philosophy)

Philosophy

• Principal paper: Linda Radzik (Texas A & M University)
• Commentator: Martha Minow (Harvard University, Law)
• Commentator: Burke Hendrix (University of Oregon, Political Science)

ASPLP members will have access to copies of the papers ahead of the conference.

Based on a vote of the members, the theme of our 2021 meeting will be “Civic Education” (in Circumstances of Extreme Polarization). The details of the meeting are yet to be determined. Stay tuned!