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Twenty-Third Lecture

Daniel B. Rodriguez
Warren Distinguished Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law
"State Constitutionalism and Modern Governance: What's the Big Idea?"
April 19, 2007

Twenty-Second Lecture

Georg Ress
Professor of International Law, International University Bremen, and Former Judge of the European Court of Human Rights
“Property as a Human Right, According to the European Convention of Human Rights”
April 4, 2006

Twenty-First Lecture

Gordon S. Wood
Alva O. Way University Professor and Professor of History, Brown University
“The Origins of American Constitutionalism”
February 2, 2005

Twentieth Lecture

The Honorable John Paul Stevens
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
“Memories”
April 7, 2004

Nineteenth Lecture

Victor G. Rosenblum
Nathaniel L. Nathanson Professor Emeritus, Northwestern University
“A Pertinent Message for Today from Yesterday’s Administrative Law Rulings”
April 10, 2003

Eighteenth Lecture

John H. Garvey
Dean, Boston College Law School
“A Plea for Complexity”
February 20, 2002

Seventeenth Lecture

Lee C. Bollinger
President, University of Michigan
“Observations on the Modern Affirmative Action Debate”
March 27, 2001

Sixteenth Lecture

Mary Murphy Schroeder
United States Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
“The Brandeis Legacy”
March 29, 2000

Fifteenth Lecture

Gerhard Casper
President, Stanford University
“The United States at Fin de Siècle: The Rule of Law or Enlightened Absolutism”
March 2, 1999

Fourteenth Lecture

Shirley S. Abrahamson
Chief Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court
“Federalism: Let Fifty Flowers Bloom”
April 15, 1998

Thirteenth Lecture

John P. Frank
Partner, Lewis and Roca
“Lincoln as a Lawyer”
April 14, 1997

Twelfth Lecture

Ambassador Sol M. Linowitz
“Reflections on The Betrayed Profession
March 20, 1996

Eleventh Lecture

Carl A. Auerbach
Distinguished Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law
Dean and Professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota Law School
“Is Government the Solution or the Problem?”
March 27, 1995

Tenth Lecture

Louis Henkin
Professor Emeritus, Columbia University
“An Immigration Policy for a Just Society”
January 13, 1994

Ninth Lecture

The Honorable Harry A. Blackmun
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
An Address
April 7, 1993

Eighth Lecture

The Honorable Sandra Day O’Connor
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
“They Often Are Half Obscure: The Rights of the Individual and the Legacy of Oliver Wendell Holmes”
April 9, 1992

Seventh Lecture

W. Willard Wirtz
Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of San Diego School of Law
Former Secretary of Labor, Kennedy and Johnson Administrations
“Human Rights in the Work Place”
March 19, 1991

Sixth Lecture

Willard H. Pedrick, Professor Emeritus
Founding Dean, Arizona State University, School of Law
“Dignified Death and Legal Liability”
March 30, 1990

Fifth Lecture

The Honorable Charles Fried
Solicitor General of the United States (1985-1988)
Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
“The Supreme Court and Affirmative Action”
March 29, 1989

Fourth Lecture

The Honorable Abner J. Mikva
The United States Court of Appeals, Washington, D.C.
“The Rise and Fall of un-Americanism”
March 17, 1988

Third Lecture

Kenneth Culp Davis
Distinguished Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law
“Judicial, Legislative and Administrative Lawmaking: A Proposed Research Service for the Supreme Court”
April 30, 1987

Second Lecture

The Honorable Carl McGowan
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
“The President’s Veto Power: An Important Instrument of Conflict in Our Constitutional System”
January 30, 1986

First Lecture

The Honorable John Paul Stevens
Associate Justice Supreme Court of the United States
“Judicial Restraint”
October 18, 1984