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Professors, Author Akhil Amar Critique America 3/29/06 - The Constitution was far more democratic, slavocratic, geostrategically motivated, and unfinished at its inception than contemporary wisdom often suggests, Yale Law School Professor Akhil Amar explained during a panel discussion of his most recent book, America |
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Public Service, the Constitution, and the Rule of Law 3/18/06 - Public service lawyers are the perfect models for how to face the decisive issues of the 21st century while upholding the values and ideas of the Constitution, said Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) in his keynote address March 18 at the Law School's seventh annual Conference on Public Service & the Law. Kennedy, a 1959 graduate of the School of Law, stressed the importance of working towards the common good and also offered tough words for the Bush administration. |
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Comptroller General Predicts Fiscal Crisis Unless Government Reforms 3/17/06 - The government must change how it does business now or the United States will face a serious fiscal crisis in the future, said David Walker, Comptroller General of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), at the Law School's Conference on Public Service & the Law March 17. |
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9 Days From Execution: Lessons from the Earl Washington Case 2/2/06 - Virginia death-row inmate Earl Washington's exoneration due to DNA testing may have changed forever how the commonwealth handles death penalty cases. Peter Neufeld, co-founder of the Innocence Project, spoke at the Law School about lessons learned from the case and proposed further reforms to criminal investigations and trials. |
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The Treatment and Interrogation of Detainees 11/17/05 - While U.S. officials in the past have made mistakes regarding the treatment of detainees, the Department of Defense and lawmakers are taking steps to clarify procedures and ensure that the United States is transparent in its policies, said panelists at a Nov. 17 discussion at the Law School. Speakers include the general counsel for the Senate Armed Services Committee, Department of Defense officials, and a Human Rights Watch military analyst. |
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The Global War on Terrorism: Defining the Roles of Law Enforcement and Military Force 11/10/05 - How can the United States balance preventing terrorist attacks and the rights of enemy combatants and terror suspects, when neither the military or domestic legal systems are well equipped to address the issue? Panelists at a forum sponsored by the Law School's Center for National Security Law, including the executive director of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School, the director of the FBI's Intelligence Issues Group, and a member of the secretary of state |
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Politics and the Death Penalty 11/4/05 - In states that have capital punishment, institutional pressures in the justice system skew the outcome in death penalty cases toward conviction and execution. That's what law professor Stephen Smith said during remarks at a recent Board of Trustees and Alumni Council meeting. Smith suggests better funding for indigent defense would likely result in more life sentences and make execution more rare. |
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U.Va Law School Supreme Court Round-up 9/6/05 - How did the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist affect the Supreme Court during his 33-year stint? That's one of the topics of the U.Va Law School's annual Supreme Court Round-up, recorded on September 6, 2005. The panel was moderated by Professor A.E. Dick Howard, with Dean John Jeffries (pictured) and professors John Harrison, Lillian BeVier, and Thomas Nachbar as commentators. |
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