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ALBANY GOVERNMENT LAW REVIEW hosted its third Annual Fall Symposium titled, \"Lincoln\'s Legacy: Enduring Lessons of Executive Power,\" which will took place September 30 and October 1, 2009. The Government Law Center co-sponsored the program. Papers presented will be published in the law review\'s Spring 2010 issue. Dr. Paul Finkelman, the President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law and Public Policy at Albany Law School and adviser to the Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, is co-faculty adviser to the law review and directed the symposium.
2009 was been a momentous year for discussion of Abraham Lincoln\'s life and presidency, and our symposium promises to add great depth to this ongoing conversation. While the symposium reflected upon President Lincoln\'s use of executive power in a historical context, the presentations focused on applying a prospective analysis of modern trends in the use and abuse of executive power, and the legal implications of an expanded executive role in a number of substantive areas that are relevant to the world we live in today.