Please join the Runnymede Society’s McGill University Chapter for a panel discussion with Professor Maxime St-Hilaire (Université de Sherbrooke) and Professor Victor Muñiz-Fraticelli (McGill University), on Monday, March 16th.

This panel will explore the longstanding debate between legal positivism and natural law theory, with particular attention to their implications for public law and legal education. Can law be fully understood and justified as a system of social facts, or does its authority rest on a connection to moral reasoning and the common good?

The discussion will examine different positivist traditions—including descriptive, normative, and institutional approaches—and contrast them with the revival of natural law thought in contemporary scholarship. It will also consider the implications of legal theory for legal pluralism, the rule of law, and the professional identity of jurists.

Register by scanning the QR code or clicking here.