Wednesday, March 30, 2016


Susanne Baer: “Rights Under Pressure"

Justice Susanne Baer of the Federal Constitutional Court in Germany delivered the Judge Jon O. Newman Lecture on March 28, 2016 on “Rights Under Pressure: Practicing Constitutional Law in Turbulent Times.” Baer spoke from her perspective as a sitting Justice on the German Constitutional Court to discuss how the dynamics of globalization put pressure on national legal systems.