Law

“The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law.” — Aristotle

In Praise of Incivility: The Appropriate Posture in a State of Emergency
Incivility to Trump administration public officials is, in itself, an insufficient response. They deserve much worse.
Marc CooperJul 10, 2018
- Law
- Politics
A Talk About Democracy
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier's speech, delivered at the Getty Center, about the legacy of Thomas Mann and the state of democracy today.
Don Franzen, Frank-Walter SteinmeierJul 1, 2018
- Law
- Politics
Hate Speech: An Imaginary Debate
Stephen Rohde offers an imaginary debate between Nadine Strossen and Richard Delgado.
Stephen RohdeJun 17, 2018
- Law
Reasonableness Without Reasons: Yascha Mounk’s “The People vs. Democracy”
Is populism a reaction against oligarchy, or is it part of the oligarchic plan?
Jonny ThakkarJun 6, 2018
- Law
- Politics
Totalitarian Politics Are Local
A flawed but spirited attempt to develop a grand theory of the 21st-century autocratic revival.
Benjamin CunninghamJun 6, 2018
- Law
- Politics
An Imagined Insurgency: A Conversation with Bernard E. Harcourt
A law professor argues that counterinsurgency is no longer a temporary emergency measure but a permanent state of being.
Luca ProvenzanoJun 3, 2018
- Law
- Politics
Higher Loyalty? James Comey and the Failure of Leadership
Unintentionally, "A Higher Loyalty" teaches us more about “ethical leadership” by showing not what Comey has done in his career but what he has failed to do.
Stephen RohdeMay 24, 2018
The Court’s Supreme Injustice
Allen Mendenhall passes judgment on “Supreme Injustice: Slavery in the Nation’s Highest Court” by Paul Finkelman.
Allen MendenhallMay 24, 2018
- History
- Law
Human Rights Lawyers — A Stalwart Breed
Mark Ellis reviews Michael Sfard's "The Wall and the Gate: Israel, Palestine, and the Legal Battle for Human."
Mark EllisMay 12, 2018
After a Grim Year for LGBT Rights, the Way Forward
Graeme Reid, director of the LGBT Rights Program at the Human Rights Watch, on a grim year in LGBT civil rights and what it means for the path forward.
Graeme ReidApr 16, 2018
“Weapons Not of the Weak, but of the Strong”: On Nikolay Koposov’s “Memory Laws, Memory Wars: The Politics of the Past in Europe and Russia”
Douglas Smith on “Memory Laws, Memory Wars,” by Nikolay Koposov, which “makes clear the dangers in trying to legislate our understanding of the past.”
Douglas SmithApr 8, 2018
- History
- Law
The Long March of the Corporate Rights Movement
Ryan Azad reviews Adam Winkler's "We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights."
Ryan AzadMar 22, 2018