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The Curious Lawyer: Presidential Pardons & Legal Boundaries

Explore the history, power, and limitations of presidential pardons, from Nixon to WikiLeaks, including the self-pardon debate.

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The Curious Lawyer: Presidential Pardons & Legal Boundaries

What You'll Learn

check_circleDescribe the constitutional foundations and scope of presidential pardon power.
check_circleDifferentiate between a pardon and a commutation and their respective legal impacts.
check_circleAnalyze landmark cases that shaped presidential clemency and its limits.
check_circleExplain the legal arguments for and against the concept of a presidential self-pardon.

About This Course

What are the legal framework and historical basis for presidential pardons, and can a president self-pardon or issue pre-emptive pardons?

In the latest installment of this popular series, Peter Afrasiabi answers these and many other interesting questions while discussing the laws that govern presidential pardons.

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New Media Legal Publishing, Inc.
New Media Legal Publishing, Inc.

Legal Technology & Education

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New Media Legal Publishing, Inc. is a legal publishing company based in Los Angeles, California, that develops, produces, markets, and distributes innovative legal education content for law firms and companies. For more information about NMLP and its products, please visit  http://www.newmedialegal.com .

Peter  Afrasiabi
Peter Afrasiabi

Founding Partner at One, LLP

Peter Afrasiabi is a founding partner at One LLP and focuses his practice on copyright, patent, trademark, and entertainment litigation. In addition, Peter is a professor and the Director of the Appellate Clinic at the University of California, Irvine School of Law. Peter graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Southern California Gould School of Law.

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