Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchGregory Makoff, "Default: The Landmark Court Battle over Argentina's $100 Billion Debt Restructuring" (Georgetown UP, 2024)
Episode 108
The dramatic inside story of the most important case in the history of sovereign debt law Unlike individuals or corporations that become insolvent, n…
1 year, 8 months ago
Maria Dimova-Cookson, "Rethinking Positive and Negative Liberty" (Routledge, 2019)
Episode 55
Maria Dimova-Cookson's new book Rethinking Positive and Negative Liberty (Routledge, 2019) offers an analysis of the distinction between positive and…
1 year, 8 months ago
Justine Bendel, "Litigating the Environment: Process and Procedure Before International Courts and Tribunals" (Edward Elgar, 2023)
Episode 230
In Litigating the Environment: Process and Procedure Before International Courts and Tribunals (Edward Elgar, 2023), Dr Justine Bendel scrutinises ho…
1 year, 8 months ago
Raj Jayadev, "Protect Your People: How Ordinary Families Are Using Participatory Defense to Challenge Mass Incarceration" (New Press, 2023)
Episode 187
Over two million Americans are currently in prison or jail. Another 4.5 million are on probation or parole. And nearly one in two Americans have a fa…
1 year, 8 months ago
Shaun S. Yates, "Over-Efficiency in the Lower Criminal Courts: Understanding a Key Problem and How to Fix it" (Policy Press, 2024)
Episode 229
In our pursuit of efficiency in the lower criminal courts, have we lost sight of quality justice? Through the critical examination of original stenog…
1 year, 8 months ago
12 Angry Alaskans: Re-Examining the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Case
Episode 67
This is part #2 of a the (ir)Rational Alaskans, a Cited Podcast series that re-examines the legacy of the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
Last episode, the sp…
1 year, 8 months ago
Peter Charles Hoffer, "The Supreme Court Footnote: A Surprising History" (NYU Press, 2024)
Episode 728
When the draft majority decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health was leaked, the media, public officials, and scholars focused on the overturning …
1 year, 8 months ago
Daniel Kahneman’s Forgotten Legacy: Investigating Exxon-Funded Psychological Research
Episode 68
After the unprecedented Exxon Valdez oil spill, a jury of ordinary Alaskans decided that Exxon had to be punished. However, Exxon fought back against…
1 year, 8 months ago
Samuel Ely Bagg, "The Dispersion of Power: A Critical Realist Theory of Democracy" (Oxford UP, 2023)
Episode 727
This year, many countries around the world, including most of the world's most populous democracies, have consequential nation-wide elections. In man…
1 year, 8 months ago
Thomas A. Kerns and Kathleen Dean Moore, "Bearing Witness: The Human Rights Case Against Fracking and Climate Change" (Oregon State UP, 2021)
Episode 53
Bringing together philosophy, jurisprudence, and a deep concern for the environment, Bearing Witness: The Human Rights Case Against Fracking and Clim…
1 year, 8 months ago