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"Catholic Natural Law and Criminal Law: Norms, Substance, Procedure" with Matthew Cavedon
Date & Time
Wed, Feb 18, 2026 • 2:00 pm
Organization
JWI & The CRCD
Venue
Online Webinar
Webinar Information
Matthew Cavedon will consider the reasons society imposes the criminal sanction, and limits on doing so, in the light of the Catholic natural law tradition. Then, he will examine how protections for the accused reflect natural law principles. The presentation will identify anthropological commitments that should inform the criminal law, then evaluate the extent to which modern American criminal law aligns with them.
Meet Matthew Cavedon
Matthew Cavedon is the Director of the Cato Institute's Project on Criminal Justice. Formerly a Georgia public defender and fellow at the Institute for Justice, Cavedon has taught law school courses on criminal law and procedure, as well as the First Amendment. Cavedon clerked for a U.S. district court and the Supreme Court of Georgia. He also completed a fellowship at the Emory University Center for the Study of Law and Religion, where his scholarship focused on Catholic legal history and criminal law. Cavedon is a CRCD Fellow.
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