“The Rule of Law and the American Civil War: A Dilemma”
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
James Madison’s Montpelier Visitor Center, Grand Salon
Reception at 5:30 p.m.
Panel Discussion at 6:00 p.m.
Featuring Professor Elizabeth Varon, Corcoran Department of History at The University of Virginia; Christy S. Coleman, President, The American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar; S. Waite Rawls, III, Executive Director, Museum of the Confederacy;H. Timothy Isaacs, Education Coordinator, The Virginia Bar Association Rule of Law Project; andG. Michael Pace, Jr., Creator, The Virginia Bar Association Rule of Law Project
The Civil War split the union of states and tested the very existence of the nation and the strength of our Constitution. This discussion will focus on the tension between the rule of law in theory (an ideal) vs. the rule of law in practice (circumstantial), using the events leading up to, throughout, and after the Civil War as examples of the presence and absence of the rule of law in American history.
There is no charge to attend this symposium. The program will be recorded and made available to civic groups, educators, and other audiences.
Co-sponsored by the Virginia Law Foundation and the Center for the Constitution at James Madison’s Montpelier