As we approach Holocaust Remembrance Days, I wanted to mention two upcoming law-related events that may be of particular interest to our readers.
First, for those in the Boca Raton area, on Friday morning Professor John Barrett of St. John’s Law School, who is a leading scholar on the life and work of Robert Jackson, will be lecturing on Jackson’s work as chief prosecutor at Nuremberg. The title of the event is “Lawyer to Lawyer–the Meaning of Nuremberg.”
Read the full postIn describing the purpose of this blog, Bob Cochran cites Tom Shaffer’s classic reference to the need for “prophetic witness” in the law. More recently, Shaffer published a series of articles describing lawyers as prophets. Others have depicted judges as prophets. For example, this past week, Sandy Levinson delivered the annual Brandeis Lecture at Pepperdine Law School, on the topic of constitutional compromises. Levinson noted that Brandeis, who earned the nickname “Isaiah,” often spoke in a prophetic voice through his forceful and compelling dissents. Indeed, Levinson observed that prophets are typically uncompromising in their commitment to truth and principle. Though Levinson cited instances in which even Brandeis resorted to compromise with other justices, the picture of Brandeis as Isaiah remains an inspiring image.
Read the full postSteve Smith’s thoughtful post on descriptions of the United States as a “Christian” or “Judeo-Christian” nation has important implications for questions about the place of religion in American law. I would like to note the significance of this issue to an emerging field of American legal scholarship, which some have termed “Religious Legal Theory” (“RLT”).
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