Evaluating Resistance to Autocracy: The Trump Cases and the Rule of Law

October 25, 2024 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM

Evaluating Resistance to Autocracy: The Trump Cases and the Rule of Law
Book cover: How Autocrats Seek Power, Resistance to Trump and Trumpism. Richard L. Abel. Rutledge Publishing.

Book cover: How Autocrats Seek Power, Resistance to Trump and Trumpism. Richard L. Abel. Rutledge Publishing.

Prof. Rick Abel will discuss his forthcoming book on judicial independence as seen in the various cases against Donald Trump. He will evaluate how judges decide these cases and what the effect on the rule of law in America has been.

Prof. Stephen Gardbaum will moderate, putting these cases in a comparative perspective with other democratic systems.

Speakers

Prof. Rick Abel
- UCLA Law's Michael J. Connell Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus
- Distinguished Research Professor

Prof. Stephen Gardbaum
- UCLA Law's Stephen Yeazell Endowed Chair in Law

Friday, October 25, 2024

12:15 PM Pacific Time Zone

Hybrid: Online and In-Person at UCLA School of Law, Room 1457

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