TAACS’ Second International Conference
Justice and Morality in the North American Context
Where: Faculty of Arts and Humanities of Sousse
When: October 23rd-October 24th, 2025
Description: The legal maxim Fiat justitia ruat caelum, or “let justice be done though the heavens fall”, holds the belief that justice must be realized despite all the odds. Yet the term “justice” is rooted in the Latin word jungere, which means to bind and tie together (Duggal and Gohil 2021). As such, while the legal maxim cited above embodies the notion of absolute justice, the etymology of the word hints at justice’s ultimate goal which is creating unity and harmony in society through enforced laws. However, and despite existing solid justice systems, both national and international, humanity at times faces the impossibility of achieving justice.
What is justice then? Is it merely the application of legal texts and immutable standards within national and international judicial frameworks? Or is it the alignment of such standards to societal, cultural, and humanitarian dimensions? What if legal texts fail to achieve social harmony? This conference on Justice and Morality endeavors to rethink these notions and their conceptualization as they span over humanity with a specific focus on issues pertaining to North American history, politics, media, and culture while looking at the philosophical, political, cultural, humanitarian, and historical underpinnings of justice.
Institution: The Tunisian Association for American Cultural Studies (TAACS)
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