Spring 2005

Organized by Professors Andrew Koppelman and Steven Calabresi

SPRING 2005

January 19
Stanley Fish, Professor and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago
"There Is No Textualist Position"

February 3
Charles Fried, Beneficial Professor of Law, Harvard University

"Saying What the Law Is"

February 16
Lecture postponed to April 19

March 2
Charles Lawrence III, Professor of Law, Georgetown University
"Forbidden Conversations: On Race, Privacy and Community"

March 30
Hon. Guido Calabresi, U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit; Sterling Professor Emeritus of Law and Professorial Lecturer in Law, Yale University
"Foreward: Antidiscrimination and Constitutional Accountability"
"Thoughts on Equality in the American Constitution"

April 13
Adrian Vermeule, Bernard D. Meltzer Professor of Law, University of Chicago
"Is Capital Punishment Morally Required? The Relevance of Life-Life Tradeoffs"

April 19 (rescheduled from February 16)
Donald Kommers, Joseph and Elizabeth Robbie Professor of Political Science and Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame
"Constitutional Interpretation in Germany: Balancing Rights and Duties"