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SUMMARY:2026 George S. Parthemos Lecture
DESCRIPTION:George S. Parthemos Lecture\n鈥淒emocracy and the Courts鈥漒npresented by \nProfessor Jack Knight\nFrederic Cleaveland Distinguished Professor of Law and Political Science\nDuke University \nWHEN:\nFriday\, April 17\, 2026\n3:00-4:00 pm\nA reception will immediately follow the lecture. \nWHERE:\nRichard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries\nAuditorium (271)\n300 S. Hull Street\nAthens\, GA 30605 \nACCESSIBILITY:\nAccess can be provided for people with disabilities. Contact Lauren Ledbetter at聽lledbetter@uga.edu by Wednesday\, April 8\, 2026聽 for specific requests. \nA renowned political scientist and legal theorist\, Professor Jack Knight鈥檚 scholarly work focuses on modern social and political theory\, law and legal theory\, and political economy. He holds a joint appointment with Duke Law School and Duke鈥檚 Trinity College of Arts and Sciences\, where he teaches in the Politics\, Philosophy and Economics Program. At the Law School\, he teaches courses on social scientific approaches to law and courts\, as well as courses on the political economy of social institutions. He is co-director of the Duke Law Center for Judicial Studies. \nProfessor Knight鈥檚 research focuses on the rules and norms that organize human activities in nations. In addition to study of the motivations and decisions of judges\, he has examined the effects of the norm of extensive prior judicial experience as a prerequisite for service on the U.S. Supreme Court\, as well as several other aspects of how courts make decisions and how judges choose their positions in opinions. \nProfessor Knight is the author of several books: Institutions and Social Conflict (Cambridge University Press\, 1992)\, Explaining Social Institutions (with Itai Sened) (The University of Michigan Press\, 1995)\, and The Choices Justices Make (with Lee Epstein) (Congressional Quarterly Press\, 1997)\, which won the American Political Science Association鈥檚 C. Herman Prichett Award for the best book published on law and courts. He co-edited Courts\, Judges and Politics (McGraw-Hill\, 6th Edition\, 2005) and has published numerous articles in journals and edited volumes on such topics as democratic theory\, the rule of law\, judicial decision-making\, and theories of institutional emergence and change. Learn More \n\nSPONSORED BY: \nThe Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research & Studies \n\nThis lecture series is named after George S. Parthemos\, who served the 快猫短视频 with great distinction for over 30 years until his death in 1984. During that time he served as Head of the Department of Political Science and Vice President for Instruction. He was also an extraordinary teacher. This series\, sponsored by the Department of Political Science\, honors his commitment to education. Each year\, the Parthemos Scholar not only delivers this lecture\, but teaches classes and interacts with students and faculty over two to three days. \n\nThis lecture is part of the University鈥檚 2026 Spring Signature Lecture Series. \n\nThe content and opinions expressed during events hosted by the School of Public & International events do not necessarily reflect the views of nor are they endorsed by the 快猫短视频 or the University System of Georgia.
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LOCATION:Richard B. Russell Special Collections Library Auditorium\, 300 S Hull Street\, Athens\, GA\, 30602\, United States
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