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Back to SearchYoucef L. Soufi, "The Rise of Critical Islam: 10th-13th Century Legal Debate" (Oxford UP, 2023)
Episode 318
Youcef Sufi's book The Rise of Critical Islam: 10th-13th Century Legal Debate (Oxford University Press, 2023) is a fascinating and engaging explorati…
2 years, 7 months ago
Nicole Nguyen, "Terrorism on Trial: Political Violence and Abolitionist Futures" (U Minnesota Press, 2023)
Episode 201
Rather than functioning as a final arbiter of justice, U.S. domestic courts are increasingly seen as counterterrorism tools that can incapacitate ter…
2 years, 7 months ago
Greg Glasgow and Kathryn Mayer, "Disneyland on the Mountain: Walt, the Environmentalists, and the Ski Resort That Never Was" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023)
Episode 175
A fascinating look at Walt Disney's last, unfinished project and the controversy that surrounded it. It was going to be Disneyland at the top of a mo…
2 years, 7 months ago
Jeff Kosseff, "Liar in a Crowded Theater: Freedom of Speech in a World of Misinformation" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2023)
Episode 200
Thanks to the First Amendment, Americans enjoy a rare privilege: the constitutional right to lie. And although controversial, they should continue to…
2 years, 7 months ago
Aaron Tang, "Supreme Hubris: How Overconfidence Is Destroying the Court--And How We Can Fix It" (Yale UP, 2023)
Episode 678
The American public’s confidence in the United States Supreme Court is a historic low – in part based on a belief that the Supreme Court is increasin…
2 years, 7 months ago
Campbell F. Scribner, "A Is for Arson: A History of Vandalism in American Education" (Cornell UP, 2023)
Episode 221
In A Is for Arson: A History of Vandalism in American Education (Cornell UP, 2023), Campbell F. Scribner sifts through two centuries of debris to unc…
2 years, 7 months ago
Matthew Guariglia, "Police and the Empire City: Race and the Origins of Modern Policing in New York" (Duke UP, 2023)
Episode 17
During the years between the Civil War and World War II, police in New York City struggled with how to control a diverse metropolis. In Police and th…
2 years, 7 months ago
Alexandre Baril, "Undoing Suicidism: A Trans, Queer, Crip Approach to Rethinking (Assisted) Suicide" (Temple UP, 2023)
Episode 177
Note: This episode contains a discussion of suicide. A list of resources is available below.
In Undoing Suicidism: A Trans, Queer, Crip Approach to R…
2 years, 7 months ago
The Future of Incarceration: A Discussion with Colleen P. Eren
Episode 82
The United States has long been associated with a very harsh criminal justice system with, in some cases, people serving long sentence for minor crim…
2 years, 7 months ago
Javier Garcia Oliva and Helen Hall, "Constitutional Culture, Independence, and Rights: Insights from Quebec, Scotland, and Catalonia" (U Toronto Press, 2023)
Episode 681
In Constitutional Culture, Independence, and Rights: Insights from Quebec, Scotland, and Catalonia (University of Toronto Press, 2023), Dr. Javier Ga…
2 years, 7 months ago