Pardon Power: How the Pardon System Works—and Why

30.04.2025

Please join Kim Wehle, legal scholar, media commentator and best-selling author of How to Read the Constitution -and Why, for a discussion of her latest book, Pardon Power: How the Pardon System Works -and Why.

In this timely work, Wehle explores one of the more contentious tools of executive power in the United States: the presidential pardon. Kim will examine the historical origins, potential political and ethical dilemmas, and the role the executive pardon plays in the American system of checks and balances. She will offer na range insights on this often underestimated tool of federal power, examining its place within the American political system.

Date: Wednesday, 30.04.2025, 6:00 p.m.

Venue: Room L619, 6th floor | Faculty of Law | Sigmund Freud University Lassallestraße 3, 1020 Vienna

The Vienna Lecture Series on Comparative Constitutional Law and Theory is organised by:

- Prof. Markus Böckenförde, Central European University

- Prof. Iris Eisenberger, University of Vienna

- Prof. András Jakab, University of Salzburg

- Prof. Konrad Lachmayer, Sigmund Freud University

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