January 28, 2019

Antigone

This month, Lisa is joined by Carla Della Gatta and Richard Green to discuss the timeless play by Sophocles: Antigone.

The play has clear connections to political struggles we face thousands of years later. The struggle between law and norm, the struggle to define what the state can control, and more. Listen as our three scholars discuss the necessity of reading Antigone today.

December 25, 2018

On the Basis of Sex (dir. Mimi Leder)

October 2018 brought us RBG, the documentary about the Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Now we have On the Basis of Sex, a biopic starring Felicity Jones as this…

July 10, 2018

After Trump taps textualist Brett Kavanaugh for Supreme Court, the confirmation fight ahead and potential impact on midterm elections

KPCC-FM’s “AirTalk”interviewed Jody Armourof the USC Gould School about President Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee and the possible impact on civil rights and midterm elections. Jody Armour said it was…

May 8, 2018

Radical Markets

In Radical Markets, Eric A. Posner and E. Glen Weyl envision new rules for markets in order to limit the tyranny of monopolies and majority rule. Their aim, with 5 revolutionary ideas to cure what they see as the most important issue of our time: inequality.

What are some of these “radical” ideas, and does our panel think they are the revolutionary ideas we need?

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May 8, 2018

Tag: law

On the Basis of Sex (dir. Mimi Leder)

Judge in Stanford rape case faces recall over sentencing

When Politicians Get Rich and Voters Pay the Price

The Fact of a Body

PEPL at the intersections of politics, economics and the law

Federalism and the Battle for Partisan Power

The Judicial Business Cycle

Bedrosian Center