Heavily Accented Philosophy of Law ALF Project

The guest for this third episode of the HAPL podcast is Domingos Soares Farinho, currently professor auxiliar at the Faculdade de Direito of the Universidade de Lisboa, member of the Centro de Investigação em Direito Público (CIDP) do Instituto de Ciências Jurídico-Políticas da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa, and member of Lisbon’s ALF team.



In the first part of this highly interactive interview with Julieta Rabanos and Bojan Spaić, Farinho introduces his academic genealogy and discusses with the hosts about the relation between legal theory and legal practice, focusing on Portugal’s experience on the matter and his personal experience as a practitioner. In the second part of the interview, Farinho discusses with the hosts about the relation and influence between technology development, law, and philosophy of law. The
debate goes on to touch upon regulation of digital content, artificial intelligence, science fiction, production of texts by artificial intelligence, autonomy and liability, criteria for legal personhood, and much more.



(00:00:00) HAPL Introduction

(00:00:15) Interview Introduction – Welcome to Domingos Farinho (& General Rumbling)

(00:04:25) Academic Genealogy and Non-Academic Experience

(00:12:57) Relationship between Legal Theory and Legal Practice: Portugal’s experience

(00:29:20) Relationship between Legal Theory and Legal Practice: Farinho’s experience

(00:37:38) Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms and Autonomy

(00:53:49) When does AI Matter to Law? Embodied Artificial Intelligence and the Possibility of Lawyer’s Replacement

(01:09:27) Artificial Intelligence, Legal Personhood, and Science Fiction

(01:23:41) Artificial Intelligence, Autonomy, and Liability

(01:52:29) Interview end – Farewell to Domingos Farinho

(01:53:16) HAPL Outro



[This episode was hosted by Julieta Rabanos and Bojan Spaić; edited by Bojan Spaić; uploaded and formatted by Julieta Rabanos]

The guest for this second episode of the HAPL podcast is Marco Segatti, currently senior researcher at the Tarello Institute for Legal Philosophy – University of Genoa and member of UNIGE’s ALF team.

In the first part of this highly interactive interview with Julieta Rabanos and Bojan Spaić, Segatti first introduces his academic genealogy and discusses with the hosts about the high importance of research groups for academy and the potential societal impact of philosophy and its branches. Then, he discusses about research methodology and his preferred topics of research.

In the second part of the interview, Segatti discusses with the hosts about Habits and the Law, and his research towards a new definition of habits. The debate goes on to touch upon the relation between habits, behaviours, and the explanation of (social) rules, to finally conclude on the interactions between habits and rules.

(00:00:00) HAPL Introduction

(00:00:24) Interview Introduction – Welcome to Marco Segatti (& General Rumbling)

(00:04:18) Academic Genealogy, Importance of Research Groups & Societal Impact of Philosophy

(00:24:50) Research Methodology and Preferred Topics of Research

(00:43:16) Habits and the Law: towards a new definition of habits

(01:10:59) Habits, Behaviours, and the Explanation of (Social) Rules

(01:27:37) Interaction between Habits and Rules

(01:50:58) Interview end – Farewell to Marco Segatti

(01:51:46) HAPL Outro



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[This episode was hosted by Julieta Rabanos and Bojan Spaić; edited by Bojan Spaić; uploaded and formatted by Julieta Rabanos]

The guest for this first episode of the HAPL podcast is Gerald J. Postema, Cary C. Boshamer Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

In conversation with Julieta Rabanos, he discusses his last book “Law’s Rule: The Nature, Value, and Viability of the Rule of Law” (OUP, 2022), paying particular attention to his conception of the Rule of Law and how to address both the threats and the challenges he identifies regarding the Rule of Law. In the final part of the conversation, Postema discusses one of the questions posited in the last chapters of the book: “AI in the Law or AI in the Place of Law?”

This episode was hosted by Julieta Rabanos and edited by Bojan Spaić.



Follow the ALF Project on social media:


Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ALF.AdvancingCooperationOnTheFoundationsOfLaw
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alfhorizon/
X (ex-Twitter): https://twitter.com/ALFHorizon
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@alfhorizon9951



(PS: Sorry for the audio - we will make it better next time!)