Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchM. Margaret McKeown, "Citizen Justice: The Environmental Legacy of William O. Douglas" (Potomac Books, 2022)
Episode 171
U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas was a giant in the legal world, even if he is often remembered for his four wives, as a potential vice-…
3 years, 5 months ago
Andrew Porwancher et al., "The Prophet of Harvard Law: James Bradley Thayer and His Legal Legacy" (UP of Kansas, 2022)
Episode 170
Though relatively short, the 2022 book The Prophet of Harvard Law: James Bradley Thayer and His Legal Legacy (UP of Kansas, 2022) by Andrew Porwanche…
3 years, 5 months ago
René Provost, "Rebel Courts: The Administration of Justice by Armed Insurgents" (Oxford UP, 2021)
Episode 168
Warzones are sometimes described as lawless, but this is rarely the case. Armed insurgents often replace the state as the provider of law and justice…
3 years, 5 months ago
Mark Neocleous, "A Critical Theory of Police Power: The Fabrication of the Social Order" (Verso, 2021)
Episode 321
A Critical Theory of Police Power: The Fabrication of Social Order (Verso, 2021) offers a critical look at policing and the power of the state, exami…
3 years, 5 months ago
Monika Nalepa, "After Authoritarianism: Transitional Justice and Democratic Stability" (Cambridge UP, 2022)
Episode 623
Transitional justice – the act of reckoning with a former authoritarian regime after it has ceased to exist – has direct implications for democratic …
3 years, 5 months ago
Noah Shusterman, "Armed Citizens: The Road from Ancient Rome to the Second Amendment" (U Virginia Press, 2020)
Episode 1270
Although much has changed in the United States since the eighteenth century, our framework for gun laws still largely relies on the Second Amendment …
3 years, 5 months ago
Kermit Roosevelt III, "The Nation That Never Was: Reconstructing America's Story" (U Chicago Press, 2022)
Episode 167
There's a common story we tell about America: that our fundamental values as a country were stated in the Declaration of Independence, fought for in …
3 years, 5 months ago
James Bessen, "The New Goliaths: How Corporations Use Software to Dominate Industries, Kill Innovation, and Undermine Regulation" (Yale UP, 2022)
Episode 44
In The New Goliaths: How Corporations Use Software to Dominate Industries, Kill Innovation, and Undermine Regulation (Yale UP, 2022), James Bessen ex…
3 years, 5 months ago
Chitranshul Sinha, "The Great Repression: The Story of Sedition in India" (India Viking, 2019)
Episode 161
Chitranshul Sinha is an advocate on record of the Supreme Court of India and a partner in Dua Associates, Advocates and Solicitors, who primarily pra…
3 years, 5 months ago
Keri Blakinger, "Corrections in Ink: A Memoir" (St. Martin's Press, 2022)
Episode 50
Corrections in Ink (St. Martin's Press, 2022) is an electric and unforgettable memoir about a young woman's journey-from the ice rink, to addiction a…
3 years, 5 months ago