Sep 27/Seattle, WA - Civil Society and the Making of Public International Law

Historian Lawrence S. Wittner, Ph.D., will discuss his research and books on the nuclear disarmament movement, U.S. foreign and nuclear policy, and international law. A former president of the Council on Peace Research in History, and the recipient of major grants and fellowships from the MacArthur Foundation and National Endowment of the Humanities, he is the author of the recently published book, Confronting the Bomb: A Short History of the World Nuclear Disarmament Movement (Stanford). Title:  "Civil Society and the Making of Public International Law: The Nuclear Disarmament Movement's Effect on Nuclear Weapons Policy and Treaties" Sponsor: WSBA World Peace Through Law Section When: September 27, 2010 Where: WSBA-CLE Conference Center at Century Square 1501 Fourth Ave., Ste. 308, Seattle Approved for 1.5 general credits Cost: WPTL Section members – Free Non-WPTL Section members – $25 (NOTE: you can join the section for $25, then attend for free. Join Now at http://www.wsbacle.org/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=WS&Product_Code=WORLDPEACE&Category_Code=sec_mem ) Law students – Free   Please click on the following link to register for this timely seminar: https://pro.wsba.org/forms/cle/M100927.asp More Info: http://www.wsba.org/lawyers/groups/worldpeace/worldpeacecalendar2009.htm