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“Is America is Undermining the Global Legal Order?”

Date:
Monday, October 31, 2005
Time:
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Event Type:
Panel Discussion
Organizer/Author:
Location Details:
The Council

Who: Philippe Sands, Professor of Law, University College London; International Lawyer representing British detainees at Guantánamo; author of Lawless World; John Yoo, Professor of Law, University of California at Berkeley; Former Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
Event: Philippe Sands argues "Recent American actions are undermining the global legal order established after WW2 and promoting its economic interests at the expense of human rights and the environment." John Yoo says, “Pressing challenges to the international order and to American national security, such as international terrorism, WMD proliferation, and rogue states, have highlighted the failure or obsolescence of some elements of the international legal system.”
When: Mon., 10/31; check-in: 5:30 PM, program: 6:00 PM
Where: World Affairs Council, 312 Sutter St., 2nd Floor Conference Room, San Francisco
Admission Costs: Members: FREE; Students w/ ID: $5; Non-members: $15; Co-sponsors: $7
Info: (415) 293-4600, http://www.itsyourworld.org
Added to the calendar on Fri, Sep 16, 2005 2:52PM
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