Prosecuting Presidents: Trump, Zuma, and Beyond

Speakers

Corey Brettschneider (Brown University) and
Catherine O’Regan (Oxford University, UCL Laws Honorary Doctorate, 2017)

About the event

How should presidents be held accountable for alleged criminal conduct? Specifically, under what conditions can, and should, sitting or former heads of state be criminally prosecuted? Join us for a conversation between one of the leading authorities on South African constitutional law, Judge Catherine O’Regan, and the U.S. constitutional law scholar and political philosopher, Professor Corey Brettschneider. We will consider the proper role of courts in holding presidents accountable for alleged crimes, discussing the leading arguments against indicting sitting presidents. In so doing, we will bring abstract questions of comparative constitutional theory to bear on pressing challenges in contemporary politics—in the U.S., South Africa, and beyond.

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