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Back to SearchBarak S. Cohen, "The Legal Methodology of Late Nehardean Sages in Sasanian Babylonia" (Brill, 2011)
Episode 394
Barak S. Cohen's The Legal Methodology of Late Nehardean Sages in Sasanian Babylonia (Brill, 2011) consists of a systematic analysis of the halakhic/…
2 years, 10 months ago
Immigration, Islam, and the Erosion of Women's Rights: A Conversation with Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Season 1 Episode 24
Born in Somalia, Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a women’s rights activist, free speech advocate, and New York Times bestselling author. She joins the show to dis…
2 years, 10 months ago
Kaitlin Sidorsky and Wendy J. Schiller, "Inequality across State Lines: How Policymakers Have Failed Domestic Violence Victims in the United States" (Cambridge UP, 2023)
Episode 150
In the United States, one in four women will be victims of domestic violence each year. Despite the passage of federal legislation on violence agains…
2 years, 10 months ago
Tomiko Brown-Nagin, "Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality" (Pantheon Books, 2022)
Episode 377
With the US Supreme Court confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson, “it makes sense to revisit the life and work of another Black woman who profoundly s…
2 years, 10 months ago
Abortion and the Law
Episode 16
Today’s Postscript focuses on abortion politics in the United States, with particular attention to the April 7, 2023 federal court decisions in Texas…
2 years, 10 months ago
Nishant Kumar, "Religious Offense and Censorship of Publications: An Enquiry Through the Prism of Indian Laws and the Judiciary" (Routledge, 2022)
Episode 183
Nishant Kumar's Religious Offense and Censorship of Publications: An Enquiry Through the Prism of Indian Laws and the Judiciary (Routledge, 2022) ana…
2 years, 11 months ago
Judge Amy Coney Barrett on "The Constitution as Our Story"
Season 1 Episode 10
Amy Coney Barrett is a judge on the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. In 2019, Judge Barrett delivered the James Madison Program's Annual Walter F. …
2 years, 11 months ago
James J. Park, "The Valuation Treadmill: How Securities Fraud Threatens the Integrity of Public Companies" (Cambridge UP, 2022)
Episode 186
Public companies now face constant pressure to meet investor expectations. A company must continually deliver strong short-term performance every qua…
2 years, 11 months ago
Abortion and the Pro-Life Movement: A Conversation with Alexandra DeSanctis
Season 1 Episode 7
Alexandra DeSanctis is a Staff Writer for National Review and a Visiting Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. She joins Madison's Notes to …
2 years, 11 months ago
Ronald Niezen, "The Memory Seeker" (Black Rose Writing, 2023)
Episode 47
The Memory Seeker is a novel that, drawing upon Professor Ronald Niezen's background in researching human rights, takes on the experiences of war vio…
2 years, 11 months ago