For more information,
please contact:
Gwen Osborne,
director of public affairs, (312) 906-5251
ADVISORY TO PRODUCERS, COLUMNISTS AND ASSIGNMENT,
LEGAL, PLANNING, BUSINESS, AND DAYBOOK EDITORS
CHICAGO-- December 22, 2003--Chicago-Kent
College of Law, the Stuart Graduate School of Business
and the Center for Law and Financial Markets have
experts available to discuss current issues. To reach
any of our experts, call Gwen
Osborne, director of public affairs, at (312)
906-5251. Copies of press releases and earlier advisories
are available on our Web site: http://www.kentlaw.edu/news/
‘Tis the season for legal disputes about displays
of religious symbols in public places. Holiday
displays of menorahs, nativity scenes and other religious
symbols on government property have often been the
subject of lawsuits. Professor Sheldon
Nahmod, a constitutional scholar, can discuss
the controversies involving the separation of church
and state, and recent court cases.
Internet retailers are projecting a 20 percent increase
in holiday sales over last year. What are your
legal rights as an online shopper? Experts from Chicago-Kent
and Stuart Graduate School of Business are available
to discuss a wide range of e-commerce issues, including
online privacy, identity theft, e-signatures, and
which laws protect online consumers.
Trying Saddam Hussein in the new International Criminal
Court (ICC) is not an option. Neither the U.S.
nor Iraq is party to the ICC. More importantly, the
court has no jurisdiction over crimes that occurred
prior to July 1, 2002. Professor Bartram
S. Brown, human rights expert and co-director
of Chicago-Kent's International and Comparative Law
Program, believes that the United States will work
to keep Hussein's trial in Iraq before an Iraqi tribunal
that was formed just last week. However, human rights
groups have expressed concern about the legitimacy
of the new tribunal. Professor Brown participated
in the 1998 Rome Diplomatic Conference on the Establishment
of an International Criminal Court as legal advisor
to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. He also is
on the board of Amnesty International, USA and served
as a law clerk at the International Criminal Tribunal
for the former Yugoslavia. Professor Brown is available
for interviews about international options for prosecuting
Saddam Hussein, the former dictator's rights under
the Geneva Conventions, and the ICC's announcement
that it will hear its first case next year.
Restoring a rule of law in Iraq. Professor Henry
H. Perritt, Jr., says the recent experience
in the Balkans provides an example of what can be
done in Iraq. Through Project Broject Bosnia and Operation
Kosovo, he is working to build a rule of law, promote
the free press, assist in economic development, and
provide refugee aid in the former Yugoslavia. Professor
Perritt, along with three Chicago-Kent students who
will be traveling to Prishtina, Kosovo next month
to continue these efforts, are available for interviews.
At the Downtown Campus:
January 13: Stuart Graduate School of Business
Information Session. Prospective students will
have an opportunity to ask questions about the business
school and its programs. For more information, call
(312)906-6524.
January 24: Chicago-Kent College of Law Open House.
Prospective students will have an opportunity to attend
mini-classes taught by the law school's faculty and
to talk with students involved in extracurricular
activities. For more information, call (312) 906-5020.
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