Lincoln’s Constitutionalism in Time of War: Lessons for the Current War on Terror? – Orange, CA

Chapman University Law Review’s 2009 Symposium, Lincoln’s Constitutionalism in Time of War: Lessons for the Current War on Terror?, will take place on January 30, 2009. Panels will compare constitutional approaches to the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus by President Lincoln in the Civil War and President Bush during the War on Terror, the effect of war on the American economy during the Civil War and the War on Terror, and related topics.