
S5 E8: Why Your Face Should Be a Trade Secret
S5 E8: Why Your Face Should Be a Trade Secret
Facial recognition technology is used for everything from unlocking your phone to locking up criminals. UVA Law professo... Read more
23 Mar 2023
•
30mins

S5 E7: Playing by the Rules in Our Everyday Lives
S5 E7: Playing by the Rules in Our Everyday Lives
What makes people and organizations obey — or resist — the law? Social scientist Susan S. Silbey, a professor at the Mas... Read more
9 Mar 2023
•
30mins
Similar Podcasts

S5 E6: The Politics of Pipelines
S5 E6: The Politics of Pipelines
The federal process for reviewing proposed interstate natural gas pipelines was highly contentious several decades ago a... Read more
23 Feb 2023
•
32mins

S5 E5: The State of the Supreme Court’s Legitimacy
S5 E5: The State of the Supreme Court’s Legitimacy
Political scientist James L. Gibson discusses his survey data suggesting the U.S. Supreme Court lost some legitimacy in ... Read more
9 Feb 2023
•
36mins

Avoiding the Separation-of-Powers Question
Avoiding the Separation-of-Powers Question
Congressional conflicts with the executive branch often set off legal battles in the courts, and cases can drag on until... Read more
15 Dec 2022
•
33mins

S5 E3: ‘Bad Habits’ and Character Evidence
S5 E3: ‘Bad Habits’ and Character Evidence
The rules on character evidence are difficult to apply and riddled with exceptions and problems, according to Teneille B... Read more
1 Dec 2022
•
30mins

S5 E2: The Supreme Court Case That Could Rewrite Democracy
S5 E2: The Supreme Court Case That Could Rewrite Democracy
The U.S. Supreme Court case Moore v. Harper tests the independent state legislature doctrine and could radically change ... Read more
3 Nov 2022
•
32mins

S5 E1: Taboo Trades
S5 E1: Taboo Trades
University of Virginia School of Law professor Kim Krawiec discusses her work on taboo transactions, such as commercial ... Read more
20 Oct 2022
•
30mins

S4 E14: A Bloody Revolution and an Odious Debt
S4 E14: A Bloody Revolution and an Odious Debt
University of Virginia law professor Mitu Gulati looks at the tragic history of Haiti’s 19th-century “odious debt” to Fr... Read more
4 Aug 2022
•
29mins

S4 E13: Fighting Racial Discrimination in Our Digital Lives
S4 E13: Fighting Racial Discrimination in Our Digital Lives
University of Pennsylvania law professor Anita L. Allen discusses her framework for stopping surveillance, fraud and exc... Read more
21 Jul 2022
•
31mins