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This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: newbooksnetwork.com Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to ge... more

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Deana Heath
Professor of Indian and Colonial History
University of Liverpool
Episode: Deana Heath and Jinee Lokaneeta, "Policing and Violence in India: Colonial Origins and Contemporary Realities" (Speaking Tiger, 2025)
Jinee Lokaneeta
Professor of Political Science and International Relations
Drew University
Episode: Deana Heath and Jinee Lokaneeta, "Policing and Violence in India: Colonial Origins and Contemporary Realities" (Speaking Tiger, 2025)
Danielle Allen
A faculty member at Harvard and author of Justice by Means of Democracy
Harvard University
Episode: Danielle Allen, "Justice by Means of Democracy" (U Chicago Press, 2023)
Dr. Marion Gibson
A professor at Exity University and author of 'Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials'
Exity University
Episode: Marion Gibson, "Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials" (Scribner, 2023)
Agata Fijalkowski
Reader in Law at the School of Law, Leeds Beckett University, focusing on international criminal law and visual culture.
Leeds Beckett University
Episode: Agata Fijalkowski, "Law, Visual Culture, and the Show Trial" (Routledge, 2023)
Alastair McClure
Professor and author of 'Trials of Sovereignty'
Cambridge University Press
Episode: Alastair McClure, "Trials of Sovereignty: Mercy, Violence, and the Making of Criminal Law in British India, 1857-1922" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
Dr. Joanna Siekiera
Expert in International Law, NATO consultant, and educator for the US military.
War Studies University in Warsaw, Poland
Episode: Joanna Siekiera, "International Law and Security in Indo-Pacific: Strategic Design for the Region" (Routledge, 2025)
Dr. Negar Mansouri
Postdoctoral researcher in historical sociology and law
Copenhagen Business School
Episode: Negar Mansouri and Daniel R. Quiroga-Villamarín eds., "Ways of Seeing International Organisations: New Perspectives for International Institutional Law" (Cambridge UP, 2025
Dr. Daniel Quiroga-Villamarín
Postdoctoral fellow
New York University
Episode: Negar Mansouri and Daniel R. Quiroga-Villamarín eds., "Ways of Seeing International Organisations: New Perspectives for International Institutional Law" (Cambridge UP, 2025

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Dr. Miranda Melcher
Host of New Books Network, focusing on legal scholarship and discussions with authors 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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    United States3 years ago
  • 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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James Greenwood-Reeves, "Justifying Violent Protest: Law and Morality in Democratic States" (Routledge, 2023)
Q: Are there any justifiable limits to violence in protest?
Destruction of human life is incredibly difficult to justify, and context matters in assessing the justification for property damage or other forms of violence.
James Greenwood-Reeves, "Justifying Violent Protest: Law and Morality in Democratic States" (Routledge, 2023)
Q: So when is violent protest legitimate?
Violent protest may be justified when a legitimacy claim, a law by government, is incoherent and demands disobedience, and where the use of violence is justified in terms of its instrumental or communicative role.
James Greenwood-Reeves, "Justifying Violent Protest: Law and Morality in Democratic States" (Routledge, 2023)
Q: How can we address this issue of moral aggregation in protests?
We need to look at each individual's motivations and their moral arguments for why they act as they do in reacting to a state's poor legitimacy claim.
James Greenwood-Reeves, "Justifying Violent Protest: Law and Morality in Democratic States" (Routledge, 2023)
Q: Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and how you came to write Justifying Violent Protest, Law and Morality in Democratic States?
I'm a lecturer in law at the University of Leeds, and this effectively was a reformulation of my doctoral thesis... I wanted to investigate whether it's possible to justify violent protest in the same way as peaceful protest.
Douglas Morris, "Legal Sabotage: Ernst Fraenkel in Hitler's Germany" (Cambridge UP, 2020)
Q: What was the dual state theory?
The dual state theory describes the interplay between the prerogative state, characterized by arbitrary power and violence, and the normative state, which consisted of traditional and newly enacted laws under Nazi Germany.

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A scholarly podcast that explores contemporary research on legal subjects through in-depth discussions with experts and authors. Each episode features notable academics discussing their recently published works, addressing a wide array of topics that intertwine law with social and political issues, historical perspectives, and ethical considerations. Unique for its focus on the intersection of rigorous academic research with real-world implications, this podcast makes complex legal ideas accessible to both legal professionals and a general audience interested in the evolving landscape of law. Noteworthy episodes include conversations on critical topics such as mass incarceration, historical legal frameworks, and the challenges of moderating... more

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