Horace E. Read Memorial Lecture: The Spirit of Liberty
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The Read Lecture series was inaugurated in 1975 to honour the memory of the late Horace E Read, OC, QC, Dean of ±«Óãtv Law School from 1950-1964, in recognition of his contribution to legal education and legal scholarship.
Dr. Read's areas of interest were broad: law reform, legislation and the legislative process, conflict of law, labour law and legal education, and this is well reflected in the diversity of the lectures.
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The celebrated judge Learned Hand delivered a speech in 1944 in which he suggested that Americans tend to put too much faith in lawyers and legal institutions. "Liberty lies in the hearts of men," he said. "When it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can even do much to help it."
In this address, Canadian human rights lawyer , who directs the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, asks what Judge Hand's observation can tell us about the United States' astonishing, precipitous descent into illiberalism over the past year.
Categories
Speaker Series, Student Interest, Faculty Interest, Staff Interest
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Location
Weldon Law Building, Room W104
6061 University Ave.
Cost
No cost.