Law and Security Colloquium
Professors David Golove and Stephen Holmes
Fall 2008
Monday, 4:05-5:55 p.m.
Vanderbilt Hall, Room 202
L05.3572.001
2 credits
This colloquium will deal with the broad set of legal issues arising from 9/11 and the war against terrorism. Of special interest to the conveners are problems associated with international law-enforcement cooperation, preserving the government's capacity for self-correction under emergency conditions, the stabilization and reconstruction of failed states, the gradual democratization of previously autocratic Islamic states, and the role of international law and multilateral institutions in counter-terrorism and counter-proliferation. The colloquium aims to foster productive discussion on these issues between legal academics and government officials with practical experience.
Fall 2008 Schedule of Presenters
September 3
Stephen Holmes and David Golove
Introduction
September 8
Stephen Holmes and David Golove
The Enemy Combatant Cases
September 15
Eric Posner
Terror in the Balance: Security, Liberty, and the Courts
September 22
Peter Clarke
Counterterrorism in the UK - Intersection or End of the Road?
October 6
Lawrence Wright
The Spymaster: Can Mike McConnell fix Americas intelligence community?
October 13
Barton Gellman
Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency
October 20
Martin Lederman
The Commander in Chief at the Lowest Ebb- Framing the Problem, Doctrine, and Original Understanding
October 27
Deborah Pearlstein
Form and Function in the National Security Constitution
November 3
Marc Sageman
Leaderless Jihad: Terror Networks in the Twenty-First Century
November 10
Charles Zerner
Extraordinary Renditions: Mediating the Weaponized Insects of the United States' Department of Defense
November 17
David Bowker
Unwise Counsel in the Wake of 9/11: How Bad Legal Advice and the
Avoidance of Process Led to Unlawful Conduct in the War on Terrorism
November 24
Benjamin Wittes
Law and the Long War
December 1
Jane Mayer
The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals