#  Mahindra Humanities: "Courting Death: The Supreme Court and Capital Punishment" 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **October 27, 2016** 

 06:00PM - 06:00PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Emerson Hall Rm. 210, Harvard Yard**  



 

 



 

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Seminar on Violence and Non-Violence

Courting Death: The Supreme Court and Capital PunishmentA discussion with Carol S. Steiker and Jordan M. Steiker on their [new book](http:/www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674737426)

### Speakers

**Carol S. Steiker**  
Henry J. Friendly Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

**Jordan M. Steiker**  
Judge Robert M. Parker Endowed Chair in Law, The University of Texas at Austin Law School

### Additional Panelists Include

**Lawrence D. Bobo**  
W. E. B. Du Bois Professor of the Social Sciences, Harvard University

**Charles Fried**  
Beneficial Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

**Gregory Fried**  
Professor of Philosophy, Suffolk University

**Elaine Scarry**  
Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and General Theory of Value, Harvard University

### Moderator

**Homi Bhabha**  
Director, Mahindra Humanities Center, Harvard University

POSTER

- [Click here](http:/mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/MHCH%20Courting%20Death%20V2.pdf) to view a poster promoting this event.



 

 



 

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