ACLU in American Life
Panelists discussed many of the issues on which national debate has been promoted by litigation and public education from the American Civil Liberties Union. Topics included national securit…
439 viewsPanelists discussed many of the issues on which national debate has been promoted by litigation and public education from the American Civil Liberties Union. Topics included national securit…
439 viewsVijay Padmanabhan and others talked about the Guantanamo Bay detention center. Mr. Padmanabhan was formerly an attorney-adviser in the Office of the Legal Adviser at the U.S. Department of S…
397 viewsFlora Jessop, a former fundamentalist Latter Day Saints member, took part in a forum on three books about abuse in religious communities. Her book, Church of Lies (Jossey-Bass; January 8, 20…
511 viewsJustices from the European Court and the U.S. Supreme Court discussed the work of their respective courts as well as the issues of federal power over states. They explored ways in which thes…
205 viewsRobert Bennett, a legal counsel to President Bill Clinton (D) spoke about how the adversarial process influences the ethics and morality of court officers. Among the issues he discussed were…
342 viewsJustice Stephen Breyer and several academics discussed the legal aspects of building a global civil society. Their discussion focused on the ability of international organizations to make an…
152 viewsPanelists discussed Mr. Schlink’s novel The Reader, a fictional account of an illiterate girl in Nazi Germany who learns to read while a guard in a concentration camp. The panel used the boo…
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