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March 1, 2001
F.A. Hayek Auditorium
Cato Institute
Washington, D.C. 		James Madison and the Future of Limited Government

Conference Program

James Madison
8:00-9:00 a.m. Registration: Winter Garden
Watch Part 1 of the RealVideo Presentation
9:00-9:10 a.m. Welcoming Remarks:
John Samples
Director, Center for Representative Government,
Cato Institute
9:10-9:45 a.m. Keynote Address:
Judge Alex Kozinski, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
The Future of Constitutionalism
9:45-11:00 a.m Panel 1: Madison's Constitutional Vision: Assessing His Legacy

Roger Pilon, Cato Institute
Enumerated Powers and Constitutional Limits

Robert M. S. McDonald, United States Military Academy
The Madisonian Legacy: A Jeffersonian Perspective

Joyce Malcolm, Bentley College
Madison and Constitutionalism
11:00-11:15 a.m. Break
11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Panel 2: Madison and Emerging Nations

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Stanford University
Prosperity and Limited Government

James A. Dorn, Cato Institute
The Rule of Law and Freedom in Emerging Democracies

Roberto Salinas León, TV Azteca
Madison and Emerging Nations
12:30-1:45 p.m. Luncheon: Wintergarden
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1:45-2:30 p.m. Luncheon Address:
James Buchanan, George Mason University
Madison's Angels
2:30-2:45 p.m. Break
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2:30-4:15 p.m. Panel 3: Madison and "From Many, One"

Tom G. Palmer, Cato Institute
Multiculturalism and Constitutionalism:
The Case Against Balkanization

John Tomasi, Brown University
Madison and Global Governance

Jacob T. Levy, University of Chicago
Madison and the Multiculturalism of Fear
4:15-4:30 p.m. Break
4:30-6:00 p.m. Panel 4: Religion in a Free Republic

John Samples, Cato Institute
Madison, Religion, and Contemporary Conservatism

Michael Hayes, Colgate University
Madison and God in Pluralist America

Walter Berns, American Enterprise Institute
Madison, Religion, and the Founding
6:00-7:30 p.m. 250th Birthday Celebration in Honor of James Madison
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