Working group The constitutive role of law in capitalism Add to calendar 2024-05-23 10:00 2024-05-23 12:00 Europe/Rome The constitutive role of law in capitalism Sala degli Stemmi and Zoom Hybrid Event YYYY-MM-DD Print Share: Share on Facebook Share on BlueSky Share on X Share on LinkedIn Send by email Scheduled dates May 23 2024 10:00 - 12:00 CEST Sala degli Stemmi and Zoom, Hybrid Event Organised by Department of Law The Private Law Working Group hosts a workshop with Dr. Ioannis Kampourakis (Erasmus University Rotterdam). Whilst it is widely acknowledged that the law is important to the functioning of capitalism, and capitalist development, the manner in which it is important is far from settled. For some, there is no capitalism without the legal institutions that support it, for others the law is merely a reflection of the conditions capitalism needs for its reproduction. In this workshop, each of the speakers will offer their interpretation of the constitutive role of law in capitalism in light of their ongoing research. A Q&A session will follow the presentations, where workshop participants will offer their views.The first part of the event will be dedicated to a presentation by Ioannis Kampourakis on 'A Post-Neoliberal Shift? Public Purpose and Private Accumulation in the Green Transition', an inquiry into whether the EU's Green Industrial Plan marks a departure from the neoliberal consensus on the relationship between law, the state and market ordering. The paper describes how, firstly, the Green Industrial Plan sets out a vision of market instrumentalism that is at odds with the law's role as the safeguard of the competitive order under neoliberalism. Secondly, the Green Industrial Plan also interprets the role of the state as an enabler of private accumulation, as opposed to a depoliticising force excluding the market from public contestation.In the second set of presentations, Carolina Paulesu will offer a reflection on the constitutive role of European Private Law with regards to the injustices arising from mass consumption. Elisabeth (Flips) Schöyen will present on the implications of the contractarian conception of the person in EU (free movement) law, in particular for the valuation of care work/reproductive labour. Niall O'Shaughnessy will discuss the history of employee participation in EU company law and its relation to the neoliberal transformation of capitalism.