An Original Theory On The Constitution
January 12, 2011
Pacific McGeorge will host a provocative discussion of a new book that offers a controversial theory of the Constitution at 12 p.m., Wednesday, January 12, 2011, in Classroom C. The forum is free and open to the public.
Professor William N. Eskridge Jr., the John A Garver Professor of Law at Yale Law School, and Professor John Ferejohn, the Samuel Tilden Professor of Law at New York University Law School, will discuss their book, A Republic of Statutes: The New American Constitution. The authors argue that the Constitution provides a vision, but our democracy advances by statutes that supplement or even supplant the written Constitution. Pacific McGeorge Professors Brian Slocum and Leslie Jacobs will provide a critique of the statutory law and constitutional law issues raised by the book.
The panel discussion is co-sponsored by the law school's Capital Center for Public Law & Policy, the Pacific McGeorge Faculty Development Committee, and the Sacramento Lawyer Chapter of the American Constitution Society.