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Conference on Critical Infrastructure Protection To Be Held At Law School on May 9, 2003


Critical Infrastructure Protection:
Legal Questions at the Forefront of National Security

A Conference of the Critical Infrastructure Protection Project at George Mason University School of Law’s National Center for Technology and Law

May 9, 2003, 9:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Join leading academics and policymakers in National Security law, Internet and e-commerce law, Constitutional law, and other fields with a connection to Critical Infrastructure Protection when they convene to ask three questions:

Terrorism and Tribunals: What is the proper forum for prosecuting terrorists?

Cybersecurity and Self-Help: Do UCITA and the Berman Bill create a precedent in law that harms or helps Critical Infrastructure Protection, and what self-help regime would be socially optimal for protecting critical infrastructures?

Limits on Government Responses to Terrorism: What are the roles of the First Amendment, posse comitatus, and the right of privacy in circumscribing government action to quell terrorism?

Luncheon Keynote: James Gilmore, former Governor of Virginia and Distinguished Professor of Law

Presenters include AMITAI ETZIONI (The Limits of Privacy); MAJ. GEN. JOHN ALTENBURG (former Deputy Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Army); DAVID RIVKIN (former White House counsel); LAWRENCE GREENBERG (General Counsel of the Motley Fool), and many other exciting and provocative figures.

Lunch will be provided.

STUDENTS AND FACULTY ARE INVITED TO ATTEND

Registration is free, but RSVPs are required.
Contact Emily Frye at 703-993-4170 or ffrye@gmu.edu