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Harold J. Berman Lecture

Description

The Berman Lecture was founded in 2009 with a generous grant from the Berman family, friends, and supporters to honor the intellectual legacy of Harold J. Berman (1918-2007). Berman was Emory’s first Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Law and is considered the father of the modern study of law and religion.

Speakers

Irwin Cotler, former Canadian Minister of Justice; Martha A. Fineman, Emory University; Mary Ann Glendon, Harvard University; Seyyed Hossein Nasr, George Washington University; Tibor Varady, Professor of Law, Emory University

Webcasts

"Religious Freedom-- A Second Class Right?", September 20, 2011
Happiness and the Pursuit of Happiness-- The Islamic Perspective, October 18, 2010
Harold J. Berman Lecture: The Danger of a Nuclear and Genocidal Iran: The Responsibility to Prevent, March 16, 2009

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"An Apt and Cheerful Conversation on Marriage," February 7, 2001

In this essay, John Witte, Jr. argues that modern Anglo-American marriage law was formed out of two traditions–one rooted in Christianity, a second in the Enlightenment. Each of these traditions has... MORE