Marking the ten-year anniversary of collaboration between the Robbins Collection and the Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies, the 2020 Robbins Collection Annual Lecture on Jewish Thought was given by Professor Rabbi Sharon Shalom. Don Seeman, an Anthropologist from Emory University, and Rabbi Shalom discussed the history, customs, and laws of Ethiopian Jews, the […]
From Sinai to Ethiopia, and Back to Israel
POSTPONED: 60 Years of Chinese Legal Reform: A Berkeley Perspective
Due to travel concerns because of the coronavirus situation, this event is being postponed. We will communicate a new date and other updates as soon as logistics have been finalized. Thanks The Robbins Collection is co-hosting an upcoming symposium, “60 Years of Chinese Legal Reform: A Berkeley Perspective,” with the Berkeley Center […]
Upcoming Robbins Collection Annual Lecture: From Sinai to Ethiopia, and Back to Israel
Join us for this year’s Robbins Collection Annual Lecture in Jewish Law, Thought and Identity on Tuesday, February 4, from 5:30 to 7:30pm. Rabbi Shalom delves into the history, customs, and law of the Beta Israel, codifying the ancient cultural heritage of Ethiopian Jewry for the first time and contrasting it with Orthodox rabbinic law. […]
Symposium Explores Legacy of Judge John T. Noonan
At a time when stark lines are drawn around political and moral questions, the scholarship and judicial opinions of the late Judge John T. Noonan Jr. defy categorization. An enlightened reader of our legal traditions’ fundamental texts, Judge Noonan could not understand why scholars might ask abstractly, “What is Law? How can that question be […]
Judge and Scholar: Perspectives on the Intellectual Legacy of John T. Noonan
Judge John Noonan’s commitment to justice and the rule of law shaped his life as a judge and a legal scholar. His scholarship and judicial decisions span more than six decades and cover an amazing range of ethical and legal issues that defined in his view the Western legal tradition. This event will bring together judges, […]
Lecture: Discretionary Referendums in Constitutional Amendment
On March 14, Professor Richard Albert, the William Stamps Farish Professor of Law at the University of Texas at Austin, spoke on comparative referendums. His event, “Discretionary Referendums in Constitutional Amendment: A Comparative Perspective,” was hosted by the Robbins Collection. The timing for Professor Albert’s talk was fortuitous, as the U.K. Parliament was in the […]
Lecture: Jewish Law and the #MeToo Movement
In October 2017 the #MeToo movement became an internationally viral phenomenon, due to the sexual abuse allegations against Harvey Weinstein and other men in media. The movement encouraged women to share their experiences of sexual assault and harassment, to draw attention to the fact that many women face these experiences at some point in their […]
Discretionary Referendums in Constitutional Amendment: A Comparative Perspective
The Robbins Collection is pleased to host Professor Richard Albert, William Stamps Farish Professor of Law at the University of Texas at Austin to Berkeley Law, for his talk, “Discretionary Referendums in Constitutional Amendment: A Comparative Perspective.” Professor Albert focuses his research on constitutional amendment from comparative, doctrinal, historical and theoretical perspectives. The talk will be in R230 in […]
The 2019 Robbins Collection Lecture on Canon Law
In 2013, Dr. Jennifer Haselberger made national news when she publicly resigned as the top canon lawyer for the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis and exposed their mishandling of sexual abuse. On February 25, 2019, Dr. Haselberger gave the 2019 Robbins Collection Lecture on Canon Law, “How the Church Can Overcome the Sexual Abuse […]
Lecture: How the Church Can Overcome the Sexual Abuse Crisis
The 2019 Robbins Collection Lecture on Canon Law, titled “How the Catholic Church can Overcome the Sexual Abuse Crisis,” will be delivered by Dr. Jennifer Haselberger on February 25th. In 2013, Dr. Haselberger made national news when she resigned as the top canon lawyer for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and publicly exposed […]