Past Event
The Great Charter: What Makes Magna Carta Mythic?
Since 2001, the American Bar Association Division for Public Education has conducted the Leon Jaworski Public Program series to commemorate Law Day. The Jaworski Public Programs have examined themes of law, politics, and culture and have operated on the premise that exploring fundamental legal identities and attributes help us better understand who we are as Americans and as global citizens.
The 2015 Leon Jaworski Public Program will focus on the symbolic attributes of the Great Charter to examine “what makes Magna Carta mythic.” Exploring the mythic and iconic qualities of Magna Carta can help us better understand an eight-century-long legal-political tradition, its endurance, and continuing significance for the twenty-first century.
Speakers
Stephen G. Breyer
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
John Milewski
Director of Digital Programming; Moderator, Wilson Center NOW
Akhil Reed Amar
Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science, Yale University
H. Robert Baker
Associate Professor of History, Georgia State University
Daniel Magraw
Professional Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies
Joyce Lee Malcolm
Patrick Henry Professor of Constitutional Law and the Second Amendment, George Mason University
Kenton Worcester
Professor of Political Science, Marymount Manhattan College