Creating Capabilities: Sources and Consequences for Law and Social Policy
April 23-24, 2010
Organizers
- James Heckman, University of Chicago
- Martha Nussbaum, University of Chicago
- Robert Pollak, Washington University in St. Louis
Recent research on the role of families, schools, governments, and other societal institutions on the formation of capabilities in children, adolescents, and young adults suggests that a broader framework for the Human Development Approach would be useful. This conference aimed to integrate the Human Development Approach with new advances on how capabilities are shaped and to study the policy and legal implications of the revised research program. (Co-sponsored with the Center for Law, Philosophy, and Human Values at the University of Chicago Law School; the American Bar Foundation; and the Spencer Foundation).
Sponsors
- The Center for Law, Philosophy and Human Values
- The University of Chicago Law School
- The Milton Friedman Institute for Research in Economics
- The American Bar Foundation
- The Spencer Foundation