Henry J. Abraham Distinguished Lecture: Justice Stephen Breyer on ‘Reading the Constitution’

Stephen Breyer
Thursday, October 17, 2024 11:00 - Thursday, October 17, 2024 12:00

The 24th annual Henry J. Abraham Distinguished Lecture features retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Stephen Breyer. He joins Barbara Perry, the Miller Center’s Gerald L. Baliles Professor of Presidential Studies and co-director of the Presidential Oral History Program, and Risa Goluboff, former UVA Law dean and the David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law, for a wide-ranging conversation on Justice Breyer’s new book, “Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism.” Together they will discuss Breyer’s judicial philosophy through an examination of some of the court’s most historic cases.

Constitutional Law
Faculty
Supreme Court and Appellate Litigation
When
Thursday, October 17, 2024, 11 a.m.-12 p.m.
Where
Caplin Auditorium/Online
Sponsor
UVA Miller Center of Public Affairs