In Times of Crisis Can We Trust the Courts?

8-9 July 2008

The Aspen Institute, Colorado

The Foundation for Law, Justice and Society held a conference at the Aspen Institute in Aspen, Colorado on 7-9 July. The conference coincided with the Aspen Ideas festival, and was opened with a public lecture by Professor AWB Simpson, whose talk on detention without trial drew a substantial audience.

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Workshop outline:

Session I: National Security Crises and the Courts

Session II: Communal Crises and the Courts

Session III: Political Crises and the Courts

Workshop programme

Workshop participants

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