R: Greatness Is Above the Law
R: Greatness Is Above the Law
Thursday, November 17th, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. in the Berkeley Mendenhall Room
Thursday, November 17th, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. in the Berkeley Mendenhall Room
David, Jacques-Louis. Coronation of Emperor Napoleon I and Coronation of the Empress Josephine in Notre-Dame de Paris, December 2, 1804. circa 1805 - 1807. Oil on canvas. 621 x 979 cm. Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Has a two-tiered legal system become entrenched in our country that improperly shields political and financial elites from justice? Are there any circumstances (such as limited parliamentary immunity) when such deference is ever justified?