Thursday, August 9, 2012

September 7/Cleveland+Web: Presidential Power, Foreign Affairs, and the 2012 Election

Two dozen former high-level government officials and leading academics will discuss:
  • Presidential Power in a War without End; 
  • The War Powers Resolution at 40; 
  • Rendition and Targeted Killings of Americans; 
  • The President’s Power to Manage International Economic Affairs; 
  • The President’s Power to Implement International Law after Medellin v. Texas; and
  • Comparing the Approach of the Presidential Candidates.
This symposium is serving as the Annual Meeting of the American National Section of the International Association of Penal Law, and is being co-sponsored by the American Society of International Law, the American Branch of the International Law Association, the Cleveland Council for World Affairs, and the Public International Law and Policy Group. It was made possible by a generous grant by the Wolf Family Foundation.
Title:
Presidential Power, Foreign Affairs, and the 2012 Election
When/Where:
September 7
8:30 AM - 5:30 PM (Eastern)
Moot Courtroom (A59)
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
11075 East Blvd
Cleveland, Ohio 44106
Also Available As Webinar
CLE Credit:7 hrs. of CLE credit available
By:
Frederick K. Cox International Law Center
War Crimes Research Symposium
Keynote Speaker:
Jack Goldsmith is Henry L. Shattuck Professor of Law at Harvard University. He is the author, most recently, of The Terror Presidency: Law and Judgment Inside the Bush Administration (W.W. Norton 2007), as well as of other books and articles on many topics related to terrorism, national security, international law, conflicts of law, and internet law. Before coming to Harvard, Goldsmith served as Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, from October 2003 through July 2004, and Special Counsel to the General Counsel to the Department of Defense from September 2002 through June 2003. 
More:
http://law.case.edu/Lectures.aspx?lec_id=307

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