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In a special partnership with The University of Chicago Law Review Online and the Academy for Justice , Ipse Dixit brings you a three part series on COVID-19 and Criminal Justice. This symposium of essays , hosted by The University of Chicago Law Review Online , was organized by the Academy for Justice. The contributors include leaders of criminal justice and health law centers, and scholars...

In this episode, Gregory M. Dickinson , a Fellow at the Stanford Law School Program in Law, Science and Technology, discusses his article " Rebooting Internet Immunity ," which will be published in the George Washington Law Review. Dickinson begins by explaining what Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act does and why it was enacted. He reflects on how it has shaped the evolution of the int...

This episode of Columbia Workshop, a dramatization of Stephen Vincent Benet's The Devil and Daniel Webster, first aired on August 6, 1938. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Katya Assaf Zakharov , Assistant Professor of Law in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Law and the DAAD Center for German Studies, and Tim Schnetgoeke , a professional photographer, discuss their article " Reading the Illegible: Can Law Understand Graffiti? ," which will be published in the Connecticut Law Review. They begin by explaining what graffiti is and what make...

In this episode, Clark Neily, Vice President for Criminal Justice at the Cato Institute, discusses his book, " Terms of Engagement: How Our Courts Should Enforce the Constitution’s Promise of Limited Government ," which is published by Encounter Books. Neily begins by explaining how judges decided constitutional questions, and how they distinguish between different kinds of constitutional question...

In this episode, Virginia Postrel , an award-winning journalist and independent scholar, discusses her new book " The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World ," which is published by Basic Books. Postrel begins by explaining why fabric, a product we now take for granted, used to be very costly. She discusses the different technologies that enabled the mass-production of fiber, thread,...

In this episode, Lori D. Johnson , Associate Professor of Law at the University of Nevada Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law, and Melissa Love Koenig , Associate Professor of Legal Writing at Marquette University Law School, discuss their article " Walk the Line: Aristotle & The Ethics of Narrative ," which is published in the Nevada Law Journal. They observe that the power of narrative c...

On December 3, 2020, Maybell Romero , Associate Professor of Law at Northern Illinois University College of Law, commissioned Rod Blagojevich , former Governor of Illinois, to create a Cameo for her criminal law class. The result is truly epic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Guha Krishnamurthi , Assistant Professor of Law at South Texas College of Law Houston, discusses his article " The Case for the Abolition of Criminal Confessions ," which was honored in the 2021 AALS scholarly papers competition. Krishnamurthi begins by explaining why confessions are terrible evidence of guilt. He observes that criminal defendants often have incentives to falsely...

In this episode, Brian Leiter , Karl N. Llewellyn Professor of Jurisprudence, Director of the Center for Law, Philosophy, and Human Values at the University of Chicago Law School, discusses his article " The Roles of Judges in Democracies: A Realistic View ," which is published in the Journal of Institutional Studies, and will appear in his forthcoming book From a Realist Point of View. Leiter beg...

In this episode, Liam Sunner, Assistant Lecturer in the Maynooth University Department of Law, discusses his work on international trade agreements, human rights, and intellectual property. He describes the introduction of human rights clauses in international trade agreements, as well as neo-colonialist critiques of their use. He observes that countries are increasingly forming international inte...

Copyright in a Nutshell for Artists & Filmmakers Brian L. Frye Introduction Hello! Welcome to this introduction to copyright for artists and filmmakers. I’m Brian L. Frye. I’m a professor of law at the University of Kentucky College of Law, where I teach copyright law, among other things. But I’m also an artist and a filmmaker. I earned an MFA in film from the San Francisco Art Institute, was...

In this episode, Carmen G. Gonzalez , Morris I. Leibman Professor of Law at Loyola University Chicago School of Law, discusses her article " Climate Change, Race, and Migration ," which is published in the Journal of Law and Political Economy. Gonzalez begins by explaining the relationship between capitalism and climate change. She observes that th...

In this episode, Dr. Jeffrey Ian Ross , Professor in the School of Criminal Justice and College of Public Affairs and Research Fellow at the Center for International and Comparative Law and the Schaefer Center for Public Policy at the University of Baltimore, discusses his work on street culture and convict criminology. Ross begins by explaining the study of street culture as an academic disciplin...

In this episode, Tara Leigh Grove , Charles E. Tweedy, Jr. Endowed Chairholder in Law at the University of Alabama School of Law, discusses her article " Which Textualism? ," which is published in the Harvard Law Review. Grove begins by explaining the conventional understanding of statutory interpretation as a disagreement between purposivism and textualism. She observes that there is a split with...

In this episode, Elizabeth Berenguer , Associate Professor of Law at Stetson University College of Law, discusses her article "Gut Renovations: Using Critical and Comparative Rhetoric to Remodel How the Law Addresses Privilege and Power," which is co-authored by Lucy Jewel and Teri A. McMurtry-Chubb, and which will be published in the Harvard Latinx Law Review. Berenguer begins by explaining how t...

In this episode, Ilan Wurman , Associate Professor of Law at Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, discusses his new book " The Second Founding: An Introduction to the Fourteenth Amendment ," which is published by Cambridge University Press. Wurman begins by explaining his concept of constitutional originalism and how it applies to the 14th Amendment. He discusses the concep...

In this episode, Roy Shapira , Associate Professor at IDC Herzliya in Israel, discusses his book " Law and Reputation: How the Legal System Shapes Behavior by Producing Information ," which is published by Cambridge University Press. Shapira begins by describing the law and economics argument that reputation effects can make legal enforcement unnecessary, as well as responses to that argument. He...

In this episode, Etienne C. Toussaint , Associate Professor of Law at the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law, discusses his article " Dismantling The Master’s House: Toward A Justice-Based Theory of Community Economic Development ," which is published in the University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform. Drawing on personal experience, Toussaint begins by describin...

In this episode, Marie-Amélie George , Assistant Professor of Law at Wake Forest Law, discusses her article " Expanding LGBT ," which will be published in the Florida Law Review. George begins by providing a brief history of the LGBT movement. She introduces the concept of LGBTQIA, which includes queer, intersex, and asexual persons. She explores how those identities broaden and complicate sexual...

In this episode, G. Alex Sinha , Assistant Professor of Law at Quinnipiac University School of Law, discusses his article " Virtuous Law-Breaking ," which will be published in the Washington University Jurisprudence Review. Sinha begins by explaining what virtue ethics and virtue jurisprudence are, and how they differ from other ethical and jurisprudential theories. He observed that virtue ethics...

On October 13, 1932, Guy A. Thompson , President of the American Bar Association, delivered an address in Washington, D.C., on the occasion of the laying of the cornerstone for the new Supreme Court Building. The address was recorded on an acetate disc, which was donated to the Supreme Court by Thompson's grandson. The recording begins with a reporter setting the scene, followed by Thompson's addr...

In this episode, Samantha Zyontz , postdoctoral research fellow in intellectual property at Stanford Law School and a fellow of the Stanford Center for Law and the Biosciences, discusses her new article Does Alice Target Patent Trolls? , coauthored with Mark Lemley . They argue that the Supreme Court’s 2014 patent-eligibility decision in Alice v. CLS Bank has had a mixed impact, including som...

In this episode, Dan L. Burk , Chancellor’s Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the AI Global Public Policy Institute at the University of California Irvine School of Law, discusses his article " Thirty-Six Views of Copyright Authorship, By Jackson Pollock ," which will be published in the Houston Law Review. Burk begins by explaining the origin of his article in a short story by Roger Zelazn...

In this episode, Ezra Rosser , Professor of Law and Associate Dean of the Part-Time and Evening Division at American University Washington College of Law, discusses his essay " On Becoming 'Professor:' A Semi-Serious Look in the Mirror ," which was published in the Florida State University Law Review. Rosser begins by explaining the context in which he wrote the essay. He reflects on storytelling...