Description
The Gauer Distinguished Lecture Series, the complete twelve-volume series from 1990 – 2002, inscribed to the Gauer Family by the lecturers, including President Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, Colin Powell, William Rehnquist and more.
Octavo, [twelve volumes]. Publisher’s green hardcover, title stamped in gilt on cover and spine. All volumes with some light shelf wear, a few bumped corners, internally all fine.
All are inscribed to members of the Gauer family, except Volume VII, which is signed by President George H.W. Bush on a bookplate.
Includes seven event programs and additional tickets for the Gauer family. A unique collection of inscribed works.
The twelve volumes include the following lecture topics:
- The Constitution and The Spirit of Freedom by Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy (Vol. I: 1990);
- The Presidency and Separation of Powers by President Ronald Reagan (Vol. II: 1992);
- The Rule of Law In a Dangerous World by Margaret Thatcher (Vol. III: 1993);
- The United Nations and Democracy by Butros Butros-Ghali (Vol. IV: 1994);
- The Life Of The Law: Principles Of Logic and Experience by Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor (Vol. V: 1995);
- Civil Liberty And The Civil War by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist (Vol. VI: 1996);
- The American Press and the American Presidency by President George H.W. Bush (Vol. VII: 1997);
- President Truman And The Desegregation Of The Armed Forces by Gen. Colin Powell (Vol. VIII: 1998);
- Juries and Justice by Judge Kenneth W. Starr (Vol. IX: 1999);
- The Legal Profession and Public Service by Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer (Vol. X; 2000);
- The Economic Arsenal in the War Against Terrorism by Peter S. Watson (Vol. XI: 2001);
- Protecting Our Homeland, Preserving Our Values by William H. Webster (Vol. XII: 2002).
The Gauer Distinguished Lecture Series was founded in 1990 by a grant from Edward and Marion Gauer, in conjunction with the National Legal Center for the Public Interest. The National Legal Center was merged with the conservative-leaning American Enterprise Institute in 2007.
Past speakers include: Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush; Chief Justice of the United States William H. Rehnquist; General Colin S. Powell; Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher; associate justices Anthony M. Kennedy, Sandra Day O’Connor, and Stephen G. Breyer; then national security advisor Condoleezza Rice; Judge William H. Webster, former director of the FBI and CIA; and Christopher Cox, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
