Breaking The Law

Making a law is one thing. Actually enforcing it is something else entirely. In episode four, Heather and Sean turn their attention to the people and systems tasked with making sure the law means something in practice — from civil disputes to criminal cases, and everything in between. Who decides what gets enforced? Who decides what doesn't? And what happens when the power to enforce the law gets...

You've probably seen the cartoon. A little piece of paper with a face, sitting on the steps of Capitol Hill, explaining how he might one day become a law. Sweet, simple, optimistic. The reality, it turns out, is none of those things. Heather and Sean get into the actual mechanics — how does a law get made? Who proposes it, who argues about it, who quietly rewrites it at midnight, and how does some...

Season 1 : Episode 2 — Do The Best You Can Until You Know Better. Then, Do Better Every law starts with a reason. Or at least, it's supposed to. In episode two, Heather and Sean dig into the question underneath all the others — why laws are made? Is it to protect people, to maintain order, to reflect what a society values? One of them has studied the theory. The other has lived with the consequenc...

Season 1 : Episode 1 — My Aim Is Not To Be Right, Just Effective Welcome to Braking the Law — the podcast where a legal professional and someone who definitely isn't one sit down to ask a simple, uncomfortable question: what happens when the systems meant to deliver justice... don't? Heather Anson has spent years inside the law. Sean Colley has spent years outside it, mostly confused by it. Togeth...