Several law-related programs are included in the annual Chicago Humanities Festival, “Peace and War: Facing Human Conflict,” which is scheduled Oct. 28 through Nov. 12 at various locations.

At 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, Judge Richard Posner of the U.S. Court of Appeals and Prof. Geoffrey Stone of the University of Chicago Law School will discuss “Rights During Wartime” at the Chicago History Museum.

They will debate the question of what limits of First Amendment rights and personal liberties may be required to wage an effective war on terrorism. Each has published a recent book on the subject.

Posner's is “Not a Suicide Pact: The Constitution in a Time of National Emergency,” and Stone's is “Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime from the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorism.”

At 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 5, several international law scholars will participate in the panel discussion, “Peace Through Justice,” in the Rubloff Auditorium at Loyola University.

They are Lydia Lazar and Bart Brown of nthe Chicago-Kent College of Law, Daniel Rothenburg of the DePaul University Human Rights Institute, and Andrew Wachtel of the Northwestern University Center for International and Comparative Studies.

They will debate whether the International Criminal Court and ad hoc tribunals provide justice and promote peace, act as deterrents and advance the rule of law, or merely assuage international guilt, waste money and provide public platforms for mass murderers.

At 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, a panel of law enforcement experts at Northwestern University will discuss “The War on Crime” in Thorne Auditorium at the School of Law.

They are Wes Skogan of the Institute for Policy Research, Rob Warden of the Center on Wrongful Convictions, and Leigh Bienen of the Chicago Historical Homicide Peoject.

At 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12, the panel discussion, “Chicagoans in Conflict,” at the Chicago History Museum will have museum president and attorney Gary Johnson as moderator.

Speakers are James Green, on the 1886 Haymarket Riot; Peter Ascoli, on the 1919 race riots, and Christopher Manning, on connections between the race riots and “council wars” during Mayor Harold Washington's administration.

For a complete schedule of Humanities Festival events and registration information, access www.chfestival.org any time, or call (312) 494-9509 between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. weekdays.