BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT HAS HAD A TIME CHANGE. THE EVENT IS NOW FROM 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM. \;The Moynihan Institutes’ Law in World Affairs seminar se ries presents George P. Fletcher\, Cardozo Professor of Jurisprudence\, Co lumbia University School of Law. \;This lecture examines the American legal system compared to civil law traditions\, focusing on its distinctiv e features such as federalism\, adversarial procedure and the jury system. The lecture will also explore how legal education\, criminal procedure\, and the role of judges and prosecutors differ from other systems. The talk will offer a unique comparative lens better to understand American law’s cultural and institutional foundations.Fletcher is recognized as one of th e foremost scholars in the United States in the fields of comparative and international criminal law\, teaching courses that explore the jurispruden ce of war\, the Bible\, crime and victims’ rights. He has written more tha n 150 law review articles\, including the oft-cited Fairness and Utility i n Tort Theory. He has also written a Supreme Court amicus brief\, for Hamd an v. Rumsfield. Fletcher’s 20 books include a memoir\, a novel and schola rly tomes. They include Tort Liability for Human Rights Abuses\, Defending Humanity: When Force Is Justified and Why\, and The Grammar of Criminal L aw: American\, Comparative and International. He has also written dozens o f op-ed pieces and longer articles forThe New York Times\, The New Republi c\, The New York Review of Books \;and The Washington Post.Conversant in seven foreign languages\, Fletcher has lectured and conducted media int erviews in Russian\, French\, German\, Hebrew\, Spanish\, Hungarian and It alian. He is the only scholar writing in English to be cited by the Intern ational Criminal Court. \; DTEND:20250423T193000Z DTSTAMP:20260513T033800Z DTSTART:20250423T181500Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:George Fletcher | The American Legal System in Comparative Perspect ive UID:RFCALITEM639142258807445330 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

THIS EVENT HAS HAD A TIME CHANGE. THE EVENT IS NOW FROM 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM. \;

The Moynihan Institutes’ Law in World Affairs seminar series presents George P. Fletch er\, Cardozo Professor of Jurisprudence\, Columbia University School of La w. \;

This lecture examines the American legal system compared t o civil law traditions\, focusing on its distinctive features such as fede ralism\, adversarial procedure and the jury system. The lecture will also explore how legal education\, criminal procedure\, and the role of judges and prosecutors differ from other systems. The talk will offer a unique co mparative lens better to understand American law’s cultural and institutio nal foundations.

Fletcher is recognized as one of the for emost scholars in the United States in the fields of comparative and inter national criminal law\, teaching courses that explore the jurisprudence of war\, the Bible\, crime and victims’ rights. He has written more than 150 law review articles\, including the oft-cited Fairness and U tility in Tort Theory. He has also written a Supreme Court amicus brief\, for Hamdan v. Rumsfield.

Fletcher’s 20 b ooks include a memoir\, a novel and scholarly tomes. They include Tort Liability for Human Rights Abuses\, Defending Humanity: When For ce Is Justified and Why\, and The Grammar of Criminal Law: Americ an\, Comparative and International. He has also written dozens of op- ed pieces and longer articles forThe New York Times\, The New Republic\, The New York Review of Books \;and The W ashington Post.

Conversant in seven foreign languages\, Fletche r has lectured and conducted media interviews in Russian\, French\, German \, Hebrew\, Spanish\, Hungarian and Italian. He is the only scholar writin g in English to be cited by the International Criminal Court. \;

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