Posner

Gracias al mensaje enviado por James, A.K.A Hamlet Au al grupo de Libre Cultura en Second Life, me enteró de la conferencia gratuita que Richard A. Posner, juez del Sétimo Circuito de la Corte de Apelaciones de los Estados Unidos dará este Martes 7 de Diciembre del 2006 en Second Life para discutir el contenido de su nuevo libro, “Not a Suicide Pact: The Constitution in a Time of National Emergency”, un caso provocativo sobre el balance de nuestras libertades civiles con la seguridad nacional después del 11 de Setiembre.

La descripción del libro dice:

“Eavesdropping on the phone calls of U.S. citizens; demands by the FBI for records of library borrowings; establishment of military tribunals to try suspected terrorists, including U.S. citizens–many of the measures taken by the Bush administration since 9/11 have sparked heated protests. In Not a Suicide Pact , Judge Richard A. Posner offers a cogent and elegant response to these protests, arguing that personal liberty must be balanced with public safety in the face of grave national danger”

Critical of civil libertarians who balk at any curtailment of their rights, even in the face of an unprecedented terrorist threat in an era of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, Posner takes a fresh look at the most important constitutional issues that have arisen since 9/11. These issues include the constitutional rights of terrorist suspects (whether American citizens or not) to habeas corpus and due process, and their rights against brutal interrogation (including torture) and searches based on less than probable cause. Posner argues that terrorist activity is sui generis –it is neither “war” nor “crime”–and it demands a tailored response, one that gives terror suspects fewer constitutional rights than persons suspected of ordinary criminal activity. Constitutional law must remain fluid, protean, and responsive to the pressure of contemporary events. Posner stresses the limits of law in regulating national security measures and underscores the paradoxical need to recognize a category of government conduct that is at once illegal and morally obligatory”.

Larry Lessig acompañará a Posner en su conferencia y James, A.K.A Hamlet Au, estará realizándole una entrevista en SL (Le recomiendo leer el blog de James).

  • Cuando: Jueves, 07 de Diciembre, 2006 de 6-8pm SL/PST

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