| Why It Mattered That Lincoln Was a Lawyer - Abraham Lincoln, the Law & Civic Education |
February 2009 marks the bicentennial of President Abraham Lincoln’s birth. The Indiana Supreme Court is pleased to join in the national celebration with this special lecture featuring Professor Brian Dirck, author of Lincoln the Lawyer.
The session will conclude by providing attendees with information about how lawyers can volunteer to visit classrooms in February 2009 to talk to students about why Lincoln thought every citizen should “know a little about the law.”
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| 221 Years of Unsettled Borders: Indiana and the Northwest Ordinance |
This year’s program will concentrate on Indiana’s southern border—the Ohio River. A specialist will examine and discuss the primary sources that demonstrate how the border was originally documented, and how the border does not change despite changes in the course of the river. With this information as a backdrop, the rest of the presentation will be related to commercial activities on the Indiana shoreline between Indiana and Kentucky including a dispute over discharges from the Marble Hill Nuclear Power Plant in Madison, Indiana. |
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| International Prosecution of War Crimes, Genocide, & Crimes Against Humanity |
This program will discuss the differences between and among war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity. The featured speakers, Judge Vaidik and Professor Edwards, have recent and direct experience with this topic including the training of UN prosecutors (Vaidik) and working on the defense teams for the Slobodan Milosevic and for Guantanamo Bay detainees (Edwards). |
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| Hoosier Justice at Nuremberg |
This program will highlight the service of former Indiana Supreme Court Justices Frank Richman and Curtis Shake who were a part of the American judicial presence at the Nuremberg tribunals. It will also include a brief overview of the current international crisis in Kenya and whether or not military tribunals might become necessary. |
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| Slavery and the Indiana Supreme Court: For and Against? |
This program features Professor Paul Finkelman – a nationally recognized speaker on topics related to slavery and the law. Professor Finkelman will discuss the complexity of the fight for and against slavery in Indiana and the United States in the 19th century. |
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Mendez v. Westminster : “Para Todos Los Niños”
School Segregation in the post-Brown Era? |
This Law Day 2007 Celebration event examines a California school segregation case that predates Brown v. Board of Education. |
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"Three Generations of Imbeciles are Enough":
Reflections on 100 Years of Eugenics in Indiana |
This panel discussion, with supporting materials, about the history of Indiana's eugenics laws, was held in conjunction with the Indiana Eugenics Centenary. |
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| Accessing Indiana's Past: Isaac Blackford and 19th Century Slavery Cases |
Showcases the Court's efforts to develop new ways to access information about Indiana 's legal past including: a searchable database of early Indiana cases, dramatic re-enactments about the lives of key figures in Indiana legal history, and a biography series about Indiana lawyers and judges. |
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