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A provocative new history of America's constitution and an urgent call to action for a nation confronted by challenges its founders could never have imagined

The American Revolution occurred at a time when Britain's constitutional order failed to ad... more

Recovering the Internet: How Big Tech Took Control-And How We Can Take It Back (Columbia Global Reports, 2026)is an indictment of how Big Tech cloaks ruthless commercial exploitation in the language of free speech. Olivier Sylvain, a leading legal sc... more

Today we think of land as the paradigmatic example of property, while in the past, the paradigmatic example was often a slave. In this seminal work, James Q. Whitman asserts that there is no natural form of ownership. Whitman dives deep into the lon... more

In Treaty Ground: Diplomacy and the Politics of Sovereignty, from Roanoke to the Republic (U Nebraska Press, 2026), Professor Charles W. A. Prior offers a new account of the sovereign claims of Native Americans, the Crown, and colonies in early Ameri... more

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Olivier Sylvain
Professor of law at Fordham University and senior policy research fellow at Columbia University's Knight First Amendment Institute
Fordham University; Knight First Amendment Institute
Episode: Olivier Sylvain, "Recovering the Internet: How Big Tech Took Control-And How We Can Take It Back" (Columbia Global Reports, 2026)
Dr. Mark Peterson
Edmund S. Morgan Professor of History at Yale University
Yale University
Episode: Mark Peterson, "The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution: A Thousand-Year History" (Princeton UP, 2026)
James Whitman
American Lawyer and Ford Foundation Professor of Comparative and Foreign Law at Yale University
Yale University
Episode: James Q. Whitman, "Masters of Slaves to Lords of Lands: The Transformation of Ownership in the Western World" (Cambridge UP, 2025)
Charles Prior
Professor of History at the University of Birmingham
University of Birmingham
Episode: Charles W. A. Prior, "Treaty Ground: Diplomacy and the Politics of Sovereignty, from Roanoke to the Republic" (U Nebraska Press, 2026)
Maureen Hiebert
Associate Professor in Political Science, University of Calgary
University of Calgary
Episode: Roundtable on Genocide Studies on the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of Genocide Studies International
Cheng Xu
Professor (sociology) with focus on memory and memorialization
City University of New York / CUNY
Episode: Roundtable on Genocide Studies on the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of Genocide Studies International
Amy Sodaro
Professor of sociology with focus on memory and post-genocide representation
City University of New York, Spur of Manhattan Community College
Episode: Roundtable on Genocide Studies on the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of Genocide Studies International
Alba Kapoor
Amnesty International UK's racial justice lead
Amnesty International UK
Episode: Radio ReOrient 14:5: Racial Justice, Human Rights and Surveillance, with Alba Kapoor, hosted by Claudia Radiven and Amina Easat-Daas
Manoel Gehrke
Research fellow at the University of Pisa; works on political accountability and judicial politics
University of Pisa
Episode: How Bolsonaro was Convicted: The Role of the Judiciary During and After Autocratization

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Miranda Melcher
One of the hosts focusing on literature and legal scholarship, facilitating insightful conversations with authors and experts in the field.

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4.4 out of 5 stars from 47 ratings
  • A science 'grants researcher' as an interviewer on a legal podcast??

    Not sure why the NB Network has science/medical 'grant researchers' with a pointed conservative agenda doing legal/law interviews. There are a lot of JDs out there more qualified to parse legal & religious books. Not impressive.

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  • Great way to review Law books

    Great books, and Jane Richards is a professional and insightful interviewer.

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    Dr. Lowry
    United States6 years ago

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Charles W. A. Prior, "Treaty Ground: Diplomacy and the Politics of Sovereignty, from Roanoke to the Republic" (U Nebraska Press, 2026)
Q: Could you start us off please by introducing yourself and tell us why you decided to write this book?
I am a Professor of History at the University of Birmingham. The book emerged from an effort to place sovereignty talks in a broader frame, showing how diplomacy and native polities intersect with colonial power, and arguing that treaties and laws were tools used by diverse actors, not just European powers.
James Q. Whitman, "Masters of Slaves to Lords of Lands: The Transformation of Ownership in the Western World" (Cambridge UP, 2025)
Q: But before we start, can you just very briefly introduce yourself, talk about your field of expertise?
Whitman explains his background in comparative law and his broad scholarly lens, emphasizing an interdisciplinary approach that blends anthropology, history, and legal theory to frame property not as a natural given but as a historically contingent imagination.
Roundtable on Genocide Studies on the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of Genocide Studies International
Q: How should graduate students approach publishing in this field?
Offer practical guidance: tailor work to the journal's format, read established articles, leverage advisor mentorship, and understand that graduate papers can be transformed into publishable articles with proper editing and focus.
Roundtable on Genocide Studies on the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of Genocide Studies International
Q: What is the role of the journal in advancing the field beyond traditional disciplinary boundaries?
Editors envision the journal as forward-looking and bridge-building, inviting contributions from arts, STEM, memory studies, and data-driven approaches to expand what constitutes genocide research while maintaining scholarly rigor.
Roundtable on Genocide Studies on the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of Genocide Studies International
Q: Do you agree that making a difference in the present should be an objective of genocide studies?
The group acknowledges that scholars are motivated by a desire to raise awareness and influence policy, but also notes the challenges and varying opinions about the field's ability to shape immediate policy outcomes.

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