Schedule

Friday, April 19

• Christopher Morris, “Sovereignty,” Encyclopedia of Utilitarianism, edited by James E. Crimmins and Douglas G. Long. London and New York: Continuum Press, forthcoming.
• Christopher Morris, “The Modern State,” The Handbook on Political Theory, edited by Gerald Gaus and Chandran Kukathas. London: Sage Publications, 2004, pp. 198-209.
• Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, ed. Edwin Curley. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, 1994. Chapters 18, 21, and 28
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract, trans. and ed. Donald A. Cress. Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., 2011. (Excerpted: Book I, Chapter 7.)
• David Gauthier, Notes on Sovereignty. [Abstract]
• Claire Finkelstein, “Rational Contractarianism and International Law.” (Excerpted) [Paper]

• Sanford Levinson, “Divided Loyalties: The Problem of Dual Sovereignty and Constitutional Faith.” [Paper]
• David Linnan, “Sovereignty and Legitimacy in the Rule of Law Equation.” [Abstract] [Paper]
• Rudy Barnes, “Religion, the Rule of Law and Military Legitimacy.” [Abstract] [Paper].

• Eric Posner and Adrian Vermeule, Terror in the Balance: Security, Liberty and the Courts, “Introduction,” Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.
• Memorandum for Alberto R. Gonzales, Counsel to the President, August 1, 2002 (written by John Yoo, signed by Jay Bybee) (Excerpted)
• John Yoo, “The Continuation of Politics by Other Means,” California Law Review, Vol. 84, March 1996, No. 2. (Excerpted, pp. 241-256, 295-305)
• John Yoo, War by Other Means, Atlantic Monthly Press, 2006. (Excerpted, pp 52-64)
• Janet Alexander, “John Yoo’s War Powers: The Law Review and the World,” California Law Review, April 2012, Centenial Tribute Issue. (Excerpted, pp. 338-343, 347-352, 363-364)
• Glenn Sulmasy and John Yoo “Challenges to Civilian Control of the Military: A Rational Choice Approach to the War on Terror,”  UCLA Law Review, Vol. 54, Aug 2007, No. 6.
• Alexander Guerrero, “National Insecurity: Democracy, War, and Popular Sovereignty.” [Abstract] [Paper]

• Sharon Anderson-Gold, “Terrorism and the Politics of Human Rights,” Social Philosophy Today, 2004.
• Christopher Wellman, “Taking Human Rights Seriously,” Journal of Political Philosophy, 2012, (Excerpted, pp. 126-130.)
• Jens Ohlin, “Disentangling the Unwilling or Unable Standard for Foreign Intervention.” [Abstract]
• Kevin Govern, “Smart Power For Hard Problems: The Role of Special Operations Forces Strengthening the Rule of Law and Human Rights in Africa.” [Abstract] [Paper]

Drinks and Dinner
The Racquet Club of Philadelphia
215 South 16th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102
 
Keynote Address: Mary Ellen O’Connell
“Sovereign Myths.” [Abstract]

Saturday, April 20

• Nasser al-Aulaqi v. Obama, Gates and Panetta, Complaint and Decision of the D.C. Circuit (2010), (Excerpted.) [Complaint ] [D.C. Circuit Decision (Excerpted, pp. 1-4, 49-65, 80-83)]
• Department of Justice White Paper, Lawfulness of a Lethal Operation Directed Against a U.S. Citizen Who is a Senior Operational Leader of Al’Qa’ida or An Associated Force
• Claire Finkelstein, “Secrecy, Targeted Killing and the Rule of Law.” [Abstract]
• American Civil Liberties Union v. Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Decided March 15, 2013.
• Jules Zacher, “Presidential Authority and Nuclear Weapons: Taking Back our Rights.”
• Glenn Sulmasy, “Executive Power: The Last Thirty Years,” University of Pennsylvania International Law Journal, Volume 30, Summer 2009, No. 4. 

• Thomas Pogge, “Cosmopolitanism and Sovereignty,” Ethics Vol. 103 No. 1 (1992). (Excerpted, pp. 57 – 71.)
• Anne-Marie Slaughter, “Disaggregated Sovereignty: Towards the Public Accountability of Global Government Networks,” Government & Opposition 2004, (Excerpted, pp.162-163, 174-190)
• Ekow Yankah, “The Sovereign and the Republic: A Republican View of Political Obligation.” [Abstract] [Paper]

Lunch
Keynote Address and Film
Levy Conference Room, Silverman 245

Keynote Address: Peter Galison
“Secrecy and the Centralization of Power.”

Clips from Secrecy, A film by Peter Galison and Rob Moss (2008). Website

• Matthew Lister, “Contract, Treaty, & Sovereignty.” [Abstract] [Paper]
• Gordon Smith, “Russian Exceptionalism: Putin’s Assertion of Sovereignty at Home and Abroad.” [Abstract] [Paper]