Conference on Torture, Law, and War (Part 1)
Torture, Law, and War: What are the moral and legal boundaries on the use of coercion in interrogation?a conference atThe University of Chicago Law SchoolFebruary 29-March 1, 2008Recent events combined with shifts in government policy have reopened que...
The Second Amendment: The Constitution's Most Mysterious Right
On October 23, students, faculty, and at least a few alums packed into Room II of the Law School to hear Cass Sunstein deliver our first CBI of the year, "The Second Amendment: The Constitution's Most Mysterious Right." Here's the blurb for the talk:"W...
Geof Stone on The Roberts Court
On Oct. 1st, 175 Law School Alumni and guests gathered for the annual First Monday lecture at Chicago's University Club (similar lectures were also held in Washington and New York). This year's talk, by Geoffrey Stone, was "The Roberts Court: STARE WHA...
An Epistemic Case for Legal Moralism
On January 16, Robert E. Goodin, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and of Social & Political Theory in the Research School of Social Sciences at Australian National University, presented the 2007-2008 John Dewey Lecture on Jurisprudence. Entitled "...
The 2008 Fulton Lecture in Legal History: Gerhard Casper, "Forswearing Allegiance"
Each year the Law School holds the Maurice and Muriel Fulton Lecture in Legal History. Created in 1985, the Fulton lecture brings a prominent legal historian to campus to discuss an issue in legal history. The 2008 lecture, presented on May 1, featured...
Mary Anne Case on "Feminist Fundamentalism"
On April 9, Mary Anne Case, Arnold I. Shure Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School, gave a Chicago's Best Ideas talk entitled "Feminist Fundamentalism."At a time when so many different religious fundamentalisms are coming to the fore...
The Next Great Clash
In The Next Great Clash, Michael Levin presents evidence of a global political order on the verge of a historic power shift from West to East. A reemerging China is the only nation with the latent capacity to challenge American hegemony, and Levin demo...