Call for Papers: Speech and Silence in American Law

                        CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT

                   SPEECH AND SILENCE IN AMERICAN LAW

                 The University of Alabama School of Law
                        Friday, February 27, 2009


      The conference, "Speech and Silence in American Law," is
      the fifth installment in the law school's Law, Knowledge &
      Imagination symposia, which are organized by Professor
      Austin Sarat, the Justice Hugo L. Black Visiting Senior
      Faculty Scholar at Alabama School of Law. The three-year
      series is designed to challenge and reassess conventional
      wisdom associated with a broad range of topics including
      law, history and scientific analysis.

      This symposium will examine how the law values silence,
      focusing on the right not to speak, as well as the decision
      not to select a speaker, in both private and government
      discourse. Panelists will analyze compelled speech, in
      contexts ranging from the flag salute to the Solomon
      Amendment cases, as well as instances where individuals are
      forced to be identified with a particular message.

      Cambridge University Press will publish the papers in this
      symposium as well as those in Alabama Law's October 2008
      Law, Knowledge & Imagination forum titled, "Sovereignty,
      Emergency and Legality."


      CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS:

      Danielle Allen (Institute for Advanced Study)
      Peter Brooks (Yale University)
      Marianne Constable (University of California at Berkeley)
      Martin Redish (Northwestern University School of Law)
      Louis Seidman (Georgetown Law Center)


      REGISTRATION/FURTHER INFORMATION:

      Registration is free. Please visit:

                 http://www.AlabamaSymposia.com

      for more information.
Posted 2/12/09