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April 15, 2009, C-SPAN broadcast a panel discussion of “Enemy of the State” and its relevance to the upcoming trials of Radovan Karadzic in The Hague and the Khmer Rouge leaders in Cambodia. Watch Now>

View the discussion of "Enemy of the State" featuring co-author Michael Scharf, Nuremberg Prosecutor Henry King, and National Public Radio commentator Daniel Maulthrop, held at the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage on December 10, 2008.

"[Enemy of the State] offers a detailed, inside account of the court's creation and its proceedings, including gavel-to-gavel coverage of the trial itself and legal analysis of its decision. The book offers many insights and revelations omitted by contemporary media accounts, and places the tribunal in its broader international law context."
--The Volokh Conspiracy Blog (Read more)

On the two year anniversary of Saddam's execution, WCPN interviews Michael Scharf. Listen Now>

Gulf News, book review of "Enemy of the State," October 24, 2008, at p. 24

"When Saddam was being tried in Baghdad, no one needed to issue orders for a curfew, as the people remained at home, their eyes glued to the televisions.
'Enemy of the State,' a book authored by Newton and Scharf, has the same effect on readers. The book is a chronicle of the trial and a behind-the-scenes account of its goings-on - where the phrase 'one of the most important chaotic trials in history' seems to become an understatement." Read more>

Watch Michael Newton on WSMV 4 News with Dennis Ferrier

Watch the “Enemy of the State” Panel Discussion

Listen to an interview with Newton and Scharf discuss their book and the Saddam trial on PRI "The World", July 16, 2008.
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Listen to the authors read excerpts from the book.

 

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A selection of readings and interviews with Michael Newton and Michael Scharf.

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Watch Michael Scharf's December 2015 "Faculty View from CWRU" ten-minute video webcast about the new phase in the war on ISIS.


View "Talking Foreign Policy," a quarterly radio show hosted by Michael Scharf, and featuring Mike Newton and other experts (September 2015: US-Iran Nuclear Accord; February 2015: Immigration Reform; September 2014: Combating the Islamic State; May 2014: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine; Feb 2014: Cyberwar; September 2013: Maritime Piracy; May 2013: Accountability for Assad) -- broadcasts available at law.case.edu/TalkingForeignPolicy.


On April 11, 2009, C-SPAN broadcast a panel discussion of “Enemy of the State” and its relevance to the upcoming trials of Radovan Karadzic in The Hague and the Khmer Rouge leaders in Cambodia, featuring co-authors Michael Scharf and Mike Newton, Iraqi High Tribunal judge Ra’id Juhi, and Karadzic’s lead counsel, Peter Robinson. Watch Now>


View the discussion of "Enemy of the State" featuring co-author Michael Scharf, Nuremberg Prosecutor Henry King, and National Public Radio commentator Daniel Maulthrop, held at the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage on December 10, 2008.

 

Watch Michael Newton on WSMV 4 News with Dennis Ferrier, September 30, 2008


“Enemy of the State” Panel Discussion, featuring Michael Scharf, Michael Newton, IHT Investigative Judge Ra’id Juhi Hamadi Al Saedi, and Executive Director of the International Bar Association Mark Ellis at Vanderbilt University Law School, September 29, 2008

 


Watch an interview with Michael Newton discussing the Saddam Trial, September 2008


Watch video of Vanderbilt law professor Michael Newton discussing "The Iraq Genocide: Personal Perspectives and Legal Residue." The lecture is part of the university's 30th annual Holocaust Lecture Series. (October 26, 2007)


Watch an Interview of Michael Scharf on the Nuremberg Legacy and the Saddam Trial, at the Robert Jackson Center, August 5, 2006


Watch Michael Newton talk on the Nuremberg Legacy, at the Robert Jackson Center,  September, 28 2005)


Watch videos of Michael Newton from VUCast: Vanderbilt University's News Network
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Watch video of Michael Scharf’s interview on NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, “Trying Saddam,” June 30, 2004

 


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The Trial and Execution of Saddam Hussein
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