Annual Nathaniel L. Nathanson Memorial Lecture Series

Annual Nathaniel L. Nathanson Memorial Lecture Series

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The Nathaniel L. Nathanson Memorial Lecture Series was established in 1984 to honor the esteemed law professor who devoted his life to the law and legal education. This lecture series brings distinguished speakers to the University of San Diego to discuss issues of national significance. Nathanson,…

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    • Dec 11, 2013 LATEST EPISODE
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    Post rejects the traditional analogy between academic freedom and individual First Amendment rights. He denies that the university constitutes a simple "marketplace of ideas." He instead argues that the constitutional concept of academic freedom ultimately derives from the constitutional value of democratic competence, which refers to the creation and dissemination of knowledge necessary for the maintenance of democratic self-determination.

    2012: Brown v. Board in the World: How the Global Turn Matters for School Reform, Human Rights, and Legal Knowledge

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2012 35:14


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    2010: Fundamental Questions about the Religion Clauses: Reflections on Some Critiques

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2010 82:12


    Greenawalt discussed the nature of reasoning about basic moral, political, and constitutional issues, the relevance of relying on religious perspectives in addressing the religion clauses and the defensibility of justifications. He also discussed the legal standards that rely on multiple considerations and the wisdom of judges deferring to the political branches in this domain of constitutional law.

    2009: The Poverty of Public Meaning Originalism

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2010 94:23


    Pulitzer Prize winning author Jack Rakove discusses the currently fashionable “public meaning” theory of constitutional interpretation which suggests that the best way to reconstruct the original meaning of the Constitution is to imagine how a somewhat neutral but informed and literate observer would have read the language of the constitutional text. For more information about this event, go to law.sandiego.edu/nathanson25.

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