FW from James Fleming: conference on "A New Constitutional Order?"

Bob Sheridan bobsheridan at earthlink.net
Wed Mar 1 10:35:40 PST 2006


Looks great to me.

But for a wedding...

rs

Scott Gerber wrote:
> More elitism, and more of the same old same old.  It would be nice to 
> hear from a new voice once in a while.
> sdg
>
> Volokh, Eugene wrote:
>
>
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: James Fleming [mailto:jfleming at law.fordham.edu] 
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 7:11 AM
>> Subject: Fwd: conference on "A New Constitutional Order?"
>>
>> . . .
>>
>> Conference Announcement
>>
>> A New Constitutional Order?
>>
>> Conference at Fordham University School of Law on March 24-25, 2006
>> 							
>> Fordham University School of Law is pleased to announce "A New
>> Constitutional Order?," the fourth in a series of conferences in
>> constitutional and legal theory at Fordham that began with "Fidelity in
>> Constitutional Theory" and continued with "The Constitution and the Good
>> Society" and "Rawls and the Law." The Fordham Law Review will publish
>> the papers and proceedings.	
>>
>> As we celebrate the Centennial of Fordham University School of Law, and
>> contemplate the Post-September 11 World Order and the dawn of the
>> Roberts Court, it is fitting to ask whether we have entered a new
>> constitutional order. If so, what are its contours, distinctive
>> features, and commitments? If not, are we on the verge of doing so?
>> Bruce Ackerman will give the keynote address: "Terrorism and the
>> Emergency Constitution: Beyond the Myth of Rediscovery." The conference
>> will include the following panels.
>>
>> For more information, contact Professor James E. Fleming,
>> jfleming at law.fordham.edu, (212) 636-6839. To register, (1) go to
>> http://law.fordham.edu/cle.htm and click on:  "A New Constitutional
>> Order?" or (2) contact  Darin Neely, dneely at law.fordham.edu, (212)
>> 636-6984 (fax).
>>
>> Program:
>>
>> Friday, March 24:
>>
>> I.	The Rehnquist Court and Beyond: Revolution, Counter-Revolution,
>> or Mere Chastening of Constitutional Aspirations? (9:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m.)
>>
>> Jack Balkin, Yale Law School, and Sanford Levinson, University of Texas
>> School of Law Robert Post & Reva Siegel, Yale Law School Jed Rubenfeld,
>> Yale Law School Michael Seidman, Georgetown University Law Center
>> Moderator: James E. Fleming, Fordham University School of Law
>>
>> Keynote Address: Terrorism and the Emergency Constitution: Beyond the
>> Myth of Rediscovery  (11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m.)
>>
>> Bruce Ackerman, Yale Law School
>>
>> Lunch (12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m.)
>>
>> II.	The Emergency Constitution in the Post-September 11 World Order
>> (2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.)
>>
>> Philip Bobbitt, University of Texas School of Law
>> Martha Minow, Harvard Law School
>> Kim Lane Scheppele, Princeton University Program in Law and Public
>> Affairs Adrian Vermeule, University of Chicago Law School 
>> Moderator: Thomas Lee, Fordham University School of Law (visiting at
>> Columbia)
>>
>> III.	Constitutions in Exile: Is the Constitution a Charter of
>> Negative Liberties or a Charter of Positive Benefits? (3:45 p.m.-5:00
>> p.m.)
>>
>> Sotirios A. Barber, University of Notre Dame Department of Government
>> Randy E. Barnett, Boston University School of Law Lawrence G. Sager,
>> University of Texas School of Law
>> Moderator: Eduardo Penalver, Fordham University School of Law (visiting
>> at Yale)
>>
>> IV.	Towards Juristocracy: The Origins and Consequences of the New
>> Constitutionalism (5:15 p.m.-6:30 p.m.)
>>
>> Mark A. Graber, University of Maryland Department of Government and
>> School of Law Ran Hirschl, University of Toronto Department of Political
>> Science and Faculty of Law Mark Tushnet, Georgetown University Law
>> Center
>> Moderator: Tracy Higgins, Fordham University School of Law
>>
>> Reception (6:30 p.m.)
>>
>> Saturday, March 25:
>>
>> V.	Subnational Norms in the New Constitutional Order: Federalism
>> (9:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m.)
>>
>> Richard Thompson Ford, Stanford Law School
>> Rick Hills, University of Michigan Law School
>> Kathleen Sullivan, Stanford Law School
>> Moderator: Abner S. Greene, Fordham University School of Law
>>
>> VI.	Subnational Norms in the New Constitutional Order: Civil Society
>> and Families (11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m.)
>>
>> William Galston, University of Maryland Department of Government Stephen
>> Macedo, Princeton University Center for Human Values Linda C. McClain,
>> Hofstra University School of Law (visiting at Pennsylvania)
>> Moderator: Dorothy Roberts, Northwestern University School of Law
>> (visiting at Fordham)
>>
>> Lunch (12:15 p.m.-2:00 p.m.) 
>>
>> VII.	The International Migration of Constitutional Norms in the New
>> World Order (2:00-3:30)
>>
>> Noah Feldman, New York University School of Law
>> Martin Flaherty, Fordham University School of Law
>> Vicki Jackson, Georgetown University Law Center
>> Alec Stone Sweet, Yale Law School
>> Moderator: Catherine Powell, Fordham University School of Law
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