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Chapman University prepares for legal debate
John Yoo and others will discuss presidential power tomorrow in university's Memorial Hall.
Larry UrishPublished: April 20, 2009
Does the Geneva Convention apply to unlawful combatants in times of crisis, and is the use of torture ever justified? These topics will be the subject of a debate, “Presidential Power and Success in Times of Crisis,” to be conducted by a panel of distinguished legal experts tomorrow at Chapman University’s Memorial Hall.
John Yoo, the Fletcher Jones Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law this semester at Chapman – and a controversial member of the former Bush Administration – will be among those participating in the debate. Yoo and John Eastman, dean and Donald P. Kennedy Chair in Law of Chapman’s University School of Law, will debate university law professors M. Katherine Darmer and Lawrence Rosenthal.
Yoo, a professor of law at the University of California, Berkeley’s Boalt Hall, held the Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Law at the University of Trento, in Italy, in 2006. A former law clerk for Justice Clarence Thomas and D.C. Circuit Judge Laurence Silberman, he served as general counsel for the Senate Judiciary Committee from 1995 to 1996 and was a Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, for the U.S. Department of Justice from 2001 to 2003.
“Presidential Power and Success in Times of Crisis” is the final event of the year in the Chapman University School of Law’s “Chapman Dialogues” series.
Admission to the debate is free. Seating in Memorial Hall, which will open at 11 a.m., will not be reserved.
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Does the Geneva Convention apply to unlawful combatants in times of crisis, and is the use of torture ever justified? These topics will be the subject of a debate, “Presidential Power and Success in Times of Crisis,” to be conducted by a panel of distinguished legal experts tomorrow at Chapman University’s Memorial Hall. John Yoo, the Fletcher Jones Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law this semester at Chapman – and a controversial member of the former Bush Administration – will be among those participating in the debate. Yoo and John Eastman, dean and Donald P. Kennedy Chair in Law of Chapman’s University School of Law, will debate university law professors M. Katherine Darmer and Lawrence Rosenthal. Yoo, a professor of law at the University of California, Berkeley’s Boalt Hall, held the Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Law at the University of Trento, in Italy, in 2006. A former law clerk for Justice Clarence Thomas and D.C. Circuit Judge Laurence Silberman, he served as general counsel for the Senate Judiciary Committee from 1995 to 1996 and was a Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, for the U.S. Department of Justice from 2001 to 2003. “Presidential Power and Success in Times of Crisis” is the final event of the year in the Chapman University School of Law’s “Chapman Dialogues” series. Admission to the debate is free. Seating in Memorial Hall, which will open at 11 a.m., will not be reserved. Related headlines: UC Irvine gears up for biotechnology conference 'OC METRO Minute,' April 17: UCI's Sustainable Transportation Program awarded by EPA Irvine Valley College holds debate with Chinese students Chapman University launches free lecture series |
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