Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law
The Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law (CERL), affiliated with the Annenberg Public Policy Center at Penn, is a non-partisan interdisciplinary institute dedicated to preserving and promoting ethics and the rule of law in national security, warfare, and democratic governance. CERL draws from the study of law, philosophy, and ethics to answer the difficult questions that arise in domestic and transnational crises and conflicts.
Symposium on Threats to the Rule of Law and U.S. Democracy
National Security and Journalism in a World of Alternative Facts
Lunch Briefings: Legal Dimensions of the Israel-Hamas War - Mar 28, 24
Lunch Briefings: Legal Dimensions of the Israel-Hamas War - Mar 14, 24
Lunch Briefings: Legal Dimensions of the Israel-Hamas War - Feb 15, 24
Lunch Briefings: Legal Dimensions of the Israel-Hamas War - Jan 25, 24
Lunch Briefing: Legal Dimensions of the Israel-Hamas War - Jan. 11, 24
Lunch Briefing: Legal Dimensions of the Israel-Hamas War - Dec 14, 23
Lunch Briefing: Legal Dimensions of the Israel-Hamas War - Nov. 30, 23
CERL Book Talk with Frank Figliuzzi
Preserving Cultural Heritage in War: Lessons from Ukraine, Afghanistan, and Iraq
The COVID Origins Debate: What Is at Stake for U.S. National Security?
Should We Create Gods of War? Assessing the Ethical and Legal Posture of Soldier Enhancements
The President Who Would Not Be King: Executive Power under the Constitution
CERL Book Talk with David Philipps
CERL Book Talk with Ira Shapiro
Panel: Perspectives on Domestic Violent Extremism
Is Violent Extremism a Threat to Democracy? Reflections on Current Challenges in U.S. Nat'l Security
Report Launch | Beyond Guantánamo: Restoring the Rule of Law to the Law of War, September 12, 2022
The legacies of Guantánamo: Twenty years after Military Commission Order No. 1
Moral, legal, and tactical issues in the war in Ukraine
CERL Book Talk - Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump