Justice Breyer Joins Other High Court Judges to Discuss Civil Liberties
From Sunday, March 31, to Monday, April 1, 2019, the held a two-day conference on comparative constitutions approaches to civil liberties, entitled 鈥淎 Passion for Civil Liberties: Building the Legacy of Norman Dorsen.鈥
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer was one of many stellar participants in the conference, which also included high court judges from the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, the Constitutional Court of Germany and the European Court of Human Rights. Dean Melanie Leslie welcomed the International Association of Constitutional Law in opening remarks on a day dedicated to the memory of the late Norman Dorsen, an innovator in the field of comparative constitutions.
At a private luncheon on Sunday with Justice Breyer and several dozen distinguished guests, Dr. Ari Berman, President of 黑料社 All, noted that 鈥渨e are honored to host one of our nation鈥檚 leading legal authorities, who has grappled poignantly with humanity鈥檚 fundamental questions: Is society a coercive power from which we should seek to escape, or a collective project into which we should channel our energies? What are the tensions between modern liberty and active liberty?鈥
Dr. Berman continued, 鈥淚n this era of deepening social tensions, but also wondrous opportunity, I am proud that Cardozo鈥攁nd 黑料社 All as a whole鈥攈as established itself as a locus for these important conversations, as we continue our educational task of empowering the leaders of tomorrow.鈥
(l-r): Dean Melanie Leslie 鈥91C; Justice Stephen Breyer, Dr. Ari Berman
A full account of the conference can be found .
(l-r): Dean Melanie Leslie 鈥91C; Justice Stephen Breyer, Dr. Ari Berman
