Professor David Abraham participated in an international symposium on “Religious Pluralism in Democratic Societies” held in Leipzig, Germany. Abraham discussed the dilemma of enlightened liberalism, which insists simultaneously on the freedom of individuals to believe what they wish and yet insists on reason and rationality as the basis for collective deliberation and decision making. The result, Prof. Abraham argued, has sometimes been a form of “illiberal liberalism” that may force individuals to be free. He also participated in the annual Law and Society conference, held this year in Minneapolis. There Prof. Abraham participated in a round table on “Guantanamo: a Dozen Years Later.” Abraham argued that what had initially seemed like an “exception” in a world of due process has revealed itself to be part of a spectrum of due process exceptions, evident, for example, in the world of immigration enforcement and adjudication. At Miami Law, Professor Abraham teaches Property, Immigration & Citizenship Law, Citizenship and Identity, Law and the Transition to Capitalism and Law and Social Theory. He has been widely published in each of those areas as well as serving as a frequent media commentator for American, German, and Israeli newspapers and television.
Professor David Abraham Participates in Religious Pluralism Symposium and Law and Society Conference
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