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Santa Clara University Law School symposium examines Supreme Court's tilt toward business.Friday, Jan. 16, 2009SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 16--- Has the Supreme Court of the United States abandoned its historical role of protecting the economically powerless, and instead pursued an agenda that protects the most economically powerful? Are large punitive damages an endangered species at the nation's highest court? How many more ways will federal rules pre-empt state autonomy over products liability law? These questions and others are the subject of an all-day Santa Clara University Law School symposium Friday, Jan. 23, entitled "Big Business and the Roberts Court: Constitutional Developments and Explaining the Court's Receptiveness to Business Interests." The symposium will provide a forum for dialogue, debate, and analysis of the various constitutional issues and explanations for what some have called the Court's extreme friendliness to American business interests. Speakers at the day-long event will include noted Supreme Court experts such as:
Events are being held in the Williman Room of the Benson Memorial Center from 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. More information can be found at: http://law.scu.edu/news/pr/santa-clara-law-review-presents-annual-symposium-on-january-23rd.cfm About Santa Clara University Santa Clara University, a comprehensive Jesuit, Catholic university located 40 miles south of San Francisco in California's Silicon Valley, offers its 8,685 students rigorous undergraduate curricula in arts and sciences, business, and engineering, plus master's and law degrees and engineering Ph.D.s. Distinguished nationally by one of the highest graduation rates among all U.S. master's universities, California's oldest operating higher-education institution demonstrates faith-inspired values of ethics and social justice. For more information, see www.scu.edu. Media contact: Deborah Lohse | SCU Media Relations | dlohse@scu.edu | (408) 554-5121
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