Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Stephen G. Breyer in 2023
Henry J. Abraham Distinguished Lecture
Justice Stephen Breyer: 'Reading the Constitution'
Justice Stephen Breyer, Risa Goluboff (co-moderator), Barbara Perry (co-moderator)
11:00AM - 12:00PM (EDT)
Event Details
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The 24th annual Henry J. Abraham Distinguished Lecture features retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Stephen Breyer. He joins Barbara Perry, the Miller Center’s Gerald L. Baliles Professor of Presidential Studies and co-director of the Presidential Oral History Program, and Risa Goluboff, former UVA Law School dean and the David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law, for a wide-ranging conversation on Justice Breyer’s new book, Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism. Together they will discuss Justice Breyer’s judicial philosophy through an examination of some of the Court’s most historic cases.
The Abraham Distinguished Lecture honors renowned constitutional law scholar Henry J. Abraham (1921–2020), who was the James Hart Professor of Government Emeritus at the University of Virginia.
The annual Abraham Lecture was established in 1999 by his students, colleagues, family, and friends to recognize Dr. Abraham’s profound contributions to judicial studies in political science. His life story of escaping the Nazis in 1937 at the age of 15, serving as a U.S. Army interpreter during WWII, and then devoting his life to the U.S. Constitution is as compelling as it is poignant. Previous lecturers have included Chief Justice William Rehnquist, Justice Antonin Scalia, Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III, Judge J. Michael Luttig, John Jeffries, Ted Olson, General William Suter, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Nadine Strossen, Ambassador Thomas Pickering, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Tinsley Yarbrough, Kenneth Feinberg, and journalists Linda Greenhouse, Joan Biskupic, Jan Crawford, Marcia Coyle, and Evan Thomas.
This event takes place in Caplin Auditorium at the University of Virginia School of Law. Parking will be available in Law School lots D2 and D3.
When
11:00AM - 12:00PM (EDT)
Where
University of Virginia School of Law
580 Massie Road
Charlottesville, VA
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Speakers
Justice Stephen Breyer
Risa Goluboff (co-moderator)
Barbara Perry (co-moderator)