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The Future of Afghanistan and the Rule of Law
Episode 103
In 2007, Erik Jensen, helped launch the Afghanistan Legal Education Project, a collaboration with with Stanford Law School and the American Universit…
4 years, 7 months ago
California Burning: Fire, Drought, and Climate Change
Episode 102
Western states are once again in severe drought with water in short supply. And California’s fire season is starting earlier and causing more devasta…
4 years, 8 months ago
Conservatorships, Britney Spears, and the Law
Episode 101
Legal issues surrounding the elderly and mentally incapacitated have been making headlines lately, particularly the conservatorship for popstar Britn…
4 years, 9 months ago
Taxes, Wealth, and Poverty with Joe Bankman
Episode 100
We complain about paying taxes, but appreciate the roads, bridges, safety net, and more that they pay for. But is the U.S. tax system fair? Should th…
4 years, 10 months ago
Democracy in Crisis?: The Aftermath of Election 2020, Trump, Facebook’s Oversight Board, and the Rollback of Election Laws
Episode 99
The 2020 Election continues to have an unprecedented impact on the country, the “big lie” about fraud spread by some media outlets and used by at lea…
4 years, 10 months ago
Exploring Alternatives to Policing
Episode 98
While calls to "defund the police" have made headlines, a new Stanford Law report "Safety Beyond Policing: Promoting Care Over Criminalization" explo…
5 years ago
Three Strikes and You’re Out: Revisiting Laws that Lock Up Nonviolent Offenders w/ Michael Romano
Episode 97
Imagine serving a life sentence in prison for stealing a floor jack from a tow truck? Many of the clients our guest today, Michael Romano, has repres…
5 years, 1 month ago
Classifying Crimes as Violent and What it Means for Justice
Episode 96
In this episode David Sklansky, a criminal law expert and former federal prosecutor, discusses his new book A Pattern of Violence: How the Law Classi…
5 years, 1 month ago
What How We Dress Matters and Why
Episode 95
Modern day fashion says a lot about who we are and the image we project. Join Stanford Law Professor Richard Thompson Ford for this episode for a dis…
5 years, 1 month ago
Vaccines, Testing, and President Biden's Plan to Tackle COVID-19
Episode 94
As deaths from COVID-19 surge to the half million mark, health law expert and Stanford Professor Michelle Mello joins Pam and Joe to discuss the many…
5 years, 3 months ago