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________________________________ From: Boyle, Francis Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 10:48 AM To: 'nytr at olm.blythe-systems.com' Subject: Law and Resistance Sensitivity: Private Francis A. Boyle Law Building 504 E. Pennsylvania Ave. Champaign, IL 61820 USA 217-333-7954 (Voice) 217-244-1478 (Fax) (personal comments only) ________________________________ From: Boyle, Francis Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 10:46 AM To: Boyle, Francis Subject: 11_20_07_blurb1.doc Sensitivity: Private Law and Resistance: The Republic in Crisis and the People's Response featuring Prof. Francis Boyle, University of Illinois College of Law, and Bill Goodman, Center for Constitutional Rights (former Executive Director) Tuesday, November 20, 2007 6 p.m. Northwestern University School of Law Lincoln Auditorium 357 E. Chicago Avenue Sponsored by: National Lawyers Guild, Northwestern University Student Law School chapter and Chicago Chapter of the NLG 312-913-0039 www.nlgchicago.org contact at nlgchicago.org Prof. Francis Boyle teaches law at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is an internationally-recognized expert in international law and human rights. His latest book, Protesting Power: War, Resistance and Law, offers legal information and political insight to those who resist illegitimate power and will be available at this event. "In this expert and lucid manual, international lawyer Francis Boyle focuses his attention on civil resistance, a category that he distinguishes sharply from civil disobedience. Civil resistance, he persuasively argues, is a 'basic right' of American citizens under international and domestic law, as 'it is the civil resisters who are the sheriffs and that the U.S. government officials committing state crimes are the outlaws.' The historical and legal analysis provide information and understanding of inestimable value to all citizens who care about their country." Noam Chomsky Bill Goodman led the Center for Constitutional Rights, the leading international human rights and humanitarian law litigation project in the U.S., into its early and sharp challenges to the Bush regime's "War on Terror." Under his leadership, CCR took the lead in organizing defense of Guantanamo detainees and transforming the political discourse on what has been described as a "law-free zone" and continuing attacks on fundamental rights, such as habeas corpus. Bill Goodman is the author of many articles critical of U.S. violations of human rights at home and around the world. He recently returned from New York to his home, Detroit, where he continues his lifelong commitment to public-interest law.
