There are Reports Tonight that a us official says israel intends to launch a Ground Offensive in lebanon, which could begin as soon as today. Israeli tanks are gathering by the countrys northern border. Israels Defence Minister, who was visiting troops today, told them the next phase of the war will begin soon. Hezbollah has said its prepared for all out war. Lets go straight to lebanon and the capital beirut, anna foster. There is a realfeeling of momentum in the Middle East tonight, after the israeli Defence Minister told his troops on the board at that the military would use force by air, Sea And Land to achieve the aim of returning displaced israelis back to their homes. They said the killing in beirut of the hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah was not the final step. There have been reports that israeli Special Forces had launched some raids inside lebanon but that has not been confirmed. Lucy williamson has been to northern israel and sent this report. Israels army is moving close
The National Archives hosted the event in conjunction with their centennial exhibit, rightfully hers. American women and the vote. Tonights discussion is part of a series of programs related to our recently opened exhibit, rightfully herself. American women and the vote. Rightfully hers commemorates the anniversary and tells of womens struggles for Voting Rights towards equal citizenship, explores how women across the spectrum of race, ethnicity and class advanced the cause of suffrage and follows struggles for Voting Rights beyond 1920. The decadeslong fight for the vote in the 19th and early 20th century engaged large numbers of women in the political process. A critical part of that campaign was getting their message out to the nation and shifting Public Opinion to support their cause. Tonight well learn about the Suffrage Movement the communication machine and how it contributed to the movements success. To introduce our panelists id like to welcome nancy tate to the stage. Since 2
We are going to be looking at and wire mental legal doctrine, more broadly its social philosophical, kind of issues to grapple with. We also talked at the beginning of the semester, about how society deals with times of aggregate. The big pitchers the effects of large numbers of individual personal disputes on the big picture. And we will be dealing in talking about aggregates a little bit today. The class will lead to a couple of Big Questions big question number one, how much can we regulate in the interest of protecting the environment, big question number two who actually gets to advocate on behalf of the environment, or governmental issues. Those are the two things we are going to be focusing on all right, im going to begin today on talk about environmental change in u. S. History, including what was and what was not instinctive about the consciousness we refer to as environmentalism. When it came onto the scene in the mid 20th century. And let me introduce you to problems. And he
Class and we talked about what law and society is, we talked about how law and society is often the study of law and legal issues outside of the box of legal doctrine or sort of outside the box of legal logic, all right . Well be looking at environmental law and litigation, not simply through questions and american legal doctrine but more broadly as kind of social, philosophical issues to grapple with, all right . We also talked in the beginning of the semester how law and society deals, at times, in aggregates, right . Its sort of the big picture or sort of the effects of large numbers of kind of individual personal disputes on the big picture, all right . Well be dealing and thinking in aggregates a little bit today as well, all right . Its a class that will lead to a couple of big questions, all right . Big question number one, how much can we regulate private property in the interest of protecting the environment, all right . Big question number two, who actually gets to advocate o
Everything there is to say about the subject, which could obviously be an entire course in its own right, but rather today im going to focus on a few recurring big picture problems that Environmental Issues pose for the subject matter of this class, namely law and society. If you remember when we went back to day one, day two of this class and we talked about what law and society is, we talked about how law and society is often the study of law and legal issues outside of the box of legal doctrine or sort of outside the box of legal logic, all right . Well be looking at environmental law and litigation, not simply through questions and american legal doctrine but more broadly as kind of social, philosophical issues to grapple with, all right . We also talked in the beginning of the semester how law and society deals, at times, in aggregates, right . Its sort of the big picture or sort of the effects of large numbers of kind of individual personal disputes on the big picture, all right