The Uses of Literature in the Public Sphere and the Law: Martha Nussbaum's Proposal

On Wednesday, March 13, 2024, Jimena Sáenz (CONICET, Argentina) will participate in the 92nd session of the TDJ workshop to present the paper: "Los usos de la literatura en la esfera pública y el derecho: la propuesta de Martha Nussbaum".

Jimena Sáenz is a lawyer and Professor of Literature, graduated from the National University of La Plata (UNLP), with postgraduate studies in Constitutional Law and Human Rights (University of Palermo, UP) and in Human Rights and Gender (University of Chile). She earned her PhD in Law from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and was a Postdoc Research Fellow at the Schell Center for International Human Rights at Yale University (2020). Currently, she is a researcher at CONICET-Argentina, a visiting researcher in the Legal Philosophy department at UAM, and a professor of Philosophy of Law (UBA) and Constitutional Law (UNLP). She is the author of the books Las audiencias públicas de la Corte Suprema. Aperturas y límites de la participación ciudadana en la justicia (Siglo XXI, Buenos Aires - co-authored with Miguel A. Benedetti) and Las relaciones entre el derecho y la literatura. Una lectura del proyecto de Martha Nussbaum (Marcial Pons, Barcelona), as well as various works in the fields of constitutional justice and interdisciplinary studies. 

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Date: Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Time: 11:30 am
Location: Room 5.1.05 (Getafe Campus, UC3M)