Legal Aesthetics/Philosophy of Art Law Prize

The American Society for Aesthetics is pleased to announce the establishment of a new prize to recognize outstanding published work in legal aesthetics/philosophy of art law, broadly understood. The prize awards $1000 for the prize itself and $1400 for travel to the ASA Annual Meeting to accept the prize. The Program Committee for the Annual Meeting will be encouraged to schedule a session discussing the winning essay, with a summary presentation by the author(s) and commentators. Nominations will be judged based on significance of the topic or issue, quality of the research, quality of the writing, originality, and contribution to the literature in legal aesthetics/philosophy of art law, broadly construed. Nominations also will be assessed on their rigorous inclusion of references representing the diversity of contributors to the relevant scholarly dialogue. The ASA reserves the right to decline the award of the prize in years in which no suitable entries are received. Funds to endow this prize in perpetuity have been provided by Julie C. Van Camp to honor Monroe C. Beardsley's work in aesthetics and Elizabeth Lane Beardsley's work in ethics and philosophy of law.