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A Journey From The Heart Of Apartheid Darkness Towards A Just Society: Salient Features Of The Budding Constitutionalism And Jurisprudence Of South Africa, Dikgang Moseneke
A Journey From The Heart Of Apartheid Darkness Towards A Just Society: Salient Features Of The Budding Constitutionalism And Jurisprudence Of South Africa, Dikgang Moseneke
Philip A. Hart Memorial Lecture
On April 4, 2012, Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke of the Republic of South Africa delivered the Georgetown Law Center’s thirty-second annual Philip A. Hart Lecture: “A Journey from the Heart of Apartheid Darkness towards a Just Society: Salient Features of the Budding Constitutionalism and Jurisprudence of South Africa.”
Moseneke earned a BA in English and political science, as well as a B Juris degree from University of South Africa and later completed an LLB. Justice Moseneke began his professional career in 1976 as an attorney’s clerk in Pretoria. In 1978 he was admitted and practiced for five years as …
Courts, Social Change, And Political Backlash, Michael Klarman
Courts, Social Change, And Political Backlash, Michael Klarman
Philip A. Hart Memorial Lecture
On March 31, 2011, Professor of Law, Michael Klarman of Harvard Law School delivered the Georgetown Law Center’s thirty-first annual Philip A. Hart Lecture: “Courts, Social Change, and Political Backlash.” Included here are the speaker's notes from this lecture.
Michael Klarman is the Kirkland & Ellis Professor at Harvard Law School. Formerly, he was the James Monroe Distinguished Professor of Law, Professor of History, and the Elizabeth D. and Richard A. Merrill Research Professor at the University of Virginia School of Law. Klarman specializes in the constitutional history of race.
Klarman holds a J.D. from Stanford Law School, a D.Phil. …
Constitutionalism: A Skeptical View, Jeremy Waldron
Constitutionalism: A Skeptical View, Jeremy Waldron
Philip A. Hart Memorial Lecture
On March 17, 2010, Professor Waldron, University Professor and Professor of Law at New York University, Chichele Chair of Social and Political Theory at All Souls College, Oxford delivered the Georgetown Law Center’s thirtith annual Philip A. Hart Lecture: “ Constitutionalism: A Skeptical View.”
Professor Waldron teaches legal and political philosophy at New York University School of Law. He was previously University Professor in the School of Law at Columbia University. He holds his NYU position conjointly with his position as Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory at the University of Oxford (All Souls College). For 2011-2013, he is …
Constitutional Law And International Law: National Exceptionalism And The Democratic Deficit?, Michael Kirby
Constitutional Law And International Law: National Exceptionalism And The Democratic Deficit?, Michael Kirby
Philip A. Hart Memorial Lecture
On April 16 2009, Former Justice of the High Court of Australia, the Honorable Michael Kiryby delivered the Georgetown Law Center’s twenty-ninth annual Philip A. Hart Lecture: “ Constitutional Law and International Law: National Exceptionalism and the Democratic Deficit?”
When he retired from the High Court of Australia on February 2, 2009, Michael Kirby was Australia’s longest serving judge.
He was first appointed in 1975 as a Deputy President of the Australian Conciliation & Arbitration Commission. Soon after, he was seconded as inaugural Chairman of the Australian Law Reform Commission (1975-84). Later, he was appointed a judge of the Federal …
The Future Of International Criminal Justice, Richard Goldstone
The Future Of International Criminal Justice, Richard Goldstone
Philip A. Hart Memorial Lecture
On March 19, 2008, the Honorable Richard Goldstone, former justice on the Constitutional Court of South Africa, delivered the Georgetown Law Center’s twenty-eithth Annual Philip A. Hart Memorial Lecture: "The Future of International Criminal Justice."
Goldstone graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand with a BA LLB cum laude in 1962. After graduating, he practiced as an advocate at the Johannesburg Bar.
In 1976 he was appointed senior counsel and in 1980 was made a judge of the Transvaal Supreme Court. In 1989 he was appointed to the Appellate Division.
From 1991 to 1994 he served as the chairperson of …
The Refund Booth: Using The Principle Of Symmetric Information To Improve Campaign Finance Regulation, Ian Ayres, Bruce Ackerman
The Refund Booth: Using The Principle Of Symmetric Information To Improve Campaign Finance Regulation, Ian Ayres, Bruce Ackerman
Philip A. Hart Memorial Lecture
On March 22, 2006, Professor of Law, Ian Ayres of Yale Law School, delivered the Georgetown Law Center’s twenty-sixth Annual Philip A. Hart Memorial Lecture: "The Refund Booth: Using the Principle of Symmetric Information to Improve Campaign Finance Regulation." The article, The Secret Refund Booth, was co-authored with Professor Bruce Ackerman of Yale University.
Ian Ayres is a lawyer and an economist. He is the William K. Townsend Professor of Law and Anne Urowsky Professorial Fellow in Law at Yale Law School and a Professor at Yale's School of Management. He is the editor of the Journal of Law, …
Welfare, Children And Families: The Impact Of Welfare Reform In The New Economy, William Julius Wilson
Welfare, Children And Families: The Impact Of Welfare Reform In The New Economy, William Julius Wilson
Philip A. Hart Memorial Lecture
In 2001, University Professor, William Julius Wilson of Harvard University, delivered the Georgetown Law Center’s twenty-first Annual Philip A. Hart Memorial Lecture: "Welfare, Children and Families: The Impact of Welfare Reform in the New Economy."
William Julius Wilson is Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor at Harvard University. He is one of only 20 University Professors, the highest professional distinction for a Harvard faculty member. After receiving the Ph.D. from Washington State University in 1966, Wilson taught sociology at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, before joining the University of Chicago faculty in 1972. In 1990 he was …
Religious Freedom As If Religion Matters: A Tribute To Justice Brennan, Stephen L. Carter
Religious Freedom As If Religion Matters: A Tribute To Justice Brennan, Stephen L. Carter
Philip A. Hart Memorial Lecture
On April 22, 1998, Professor of Law, Stephen L. Carter of Yale Law School, delivered the Georgetown Law Center’s eighteenth Annual Philip A. Hart Memorial Lecture: "Religion-Centered Free Exercise: A Tribute to Justice Brennan."
Stephen L. Carter is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale, where he has taught since 1982. Among his courses are law and religion, the ethics of war, contracts, evidence, and professional responsibility. His most recent book is The Violence of Peace: America’s Wars in the Age of Obama (2011). Among his other books on law and politics are God’s Name in Vain: The …
The Role Of The World Bank In Controlling Corruption, Susan Rose-Ackerman
The Role Of The World Bank In Controlling Corruption, Susan Rose-Ackerman
Philip A. Hart Memorial Lecture
In 1997, Professor of Law and Political Science, Susan Rose-Ackerman of Yale University, delivered the Georgetown Law Center’s seventeenth Annual Philip A. Hart Memorial Lecture: "The World Bank’s Role in Controlling Corruption."
Susan Rose-Ackerman is Henry R. Luce Professor of Law and Political Science, Yale University, and Co-director of the Law School’s Center for Law, Economics, and Public Policy. She holds a Ph.D. in economics from Yale University and has held fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the Fullbright Commission. She was a visiting Research Fellow at the World Bank in 1995-96 where she did research on corruption and economic …
The Questions Of Authority, Frederick Schauer
The Questions Of Authority, Frederick Schauer
Philip A. Hart Memorial Lecture
In 1992, Professor, Frederick Schauer of Harvard University, delivered the Georgetown Law Center’s twelfth Annual Philip A. Hart Memorial Lecture: "Two Cheers for Authority: Should Officials Obey the Law?."
Frederick Schauer is a David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia. Previously he served for 18 years as Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, where he has served as academic dean and acting dean, and before that was a Professor of Law at the University of Michigan. He is the author of The Law …
Marital Exits And Marital Expectations In Nineteenth Century America, Hendrik A. Hartog
Marital Exits And Marital Expectations In Nineteenth Century America, Hendrik A. Hartog
Philip A. Hart Memorial Lecture
On April 10, 1991, Professor of Law, Hendrik A. Hartog of the University of Wisconsin Law School, delivered the Georgetown Law Center’s eleventh Annual Philip A. Hart Memorial Lecture: "Meanings of Marriage: The Structure of Marital Expectations in Nineteenth Century America."
Hendrik Hartog is the Class of 1921 Bicentennial Professor of the History of American Law and Liberty at Princeton University. He holds a PhD. in the History of American Civilization from Brandeis University (1982), a J.D. from the New York University School of Law (1973), and an A.B. from Carleton College (1970). Before coming to Princeton, he taught at …
A ‘Non-Power’ Looks At Separation Of Powers, Alan B. Morrison
A ‘Non-Power’ Looks At Separation Of Powers, Alan B. Morrison
Philip A. Hart Memorial Lecture
On April 6, 1989, Dean, Alan B. Morrison of George Washington Law, delivered the Georgetown Law Center’s ninth Annual Philip A. Hart Memorial Lecture: "A ‘Non-Power’ Looks at Separation of Powers."
Dean Morrison is the Lerner Family Associate Dean for Public Interest & Public Service at GW Law. He is responsible for creating pro bono opportunities for students, bringing a wide range of public interest programs to the law school, encouraging students to seek positions in the non-profit and government sectors, and assisting students find ways to fund their legal education to make it possible for them to pursue careers …
The Decline Of Cause, Judith Jarvis Thomson
The Decline Of Cause, Judith Jarvis Thomson
Philip A. Hart Memorial Lecture
On April 2, 1987, Professor of Philosophy, Judith Jarvis Thomson of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, delivered the Georgetown Law Center’s seventh Annual Philip A. Hart Memorial Lecture: "The Decline of Cause."
Judith Jarvis Thomson works in ethics and metaphysics. Her book, The Realm of Rights (Harvard University Press, 1990) is a study of the questions what it is to have a right, and which ones we have. An article entitled "Self-Defense" appeared in Philosophy and Public Affairs (Fall 1991); another entitled "On some ways in which a thing can be good" appeared in Social Philosophy and Policy (Spring 1992).
Her …
The Nativity Scene Case: An Error Of Judgment, Norman Dorsen, Charles Sims
The Nativity Scene Case: An Error Of Judgment, Norman Dorsen, Charles Sims
Philip A. Hart Memorial Lecture
On March 22, 1985, Professor of Law, Norman Dorsen of New York University School of Law, delivered the Georgetown Law Center’s fifth Annual Philip A. Hart Memorial Lecture: "Nativity Scenes and Judicial Responsibility."
Norman Dorsen is Counselor to the President of New York University and Stokes Professor of Law, NYU School of Law, where he has taught since 1961. He is co-director of the Arthur Garfield Hays Civil Liberties Program and was the founding director of NYU's Hauser Global Law School Program in 1994.
Dorsen performed military service in the office of the Secretary of the Army, where he assisted …