Civic Duties and Cultural Change

In this episode, we will discuss the duties that Americans owe—and perhaps over time have ceased to owe—the state. Once central to the American constitutional tradition, civic duties like shoveling snow, repairing roads and fighting overseas have faded from our conception of communal obligations. Yet as society evolves, so too do civic duties. To correct the narrative that civic duties are a fixed part of our historical tradition, Daniel Rice, an Assistant Professor of Law at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, joins us to unpack his article, Civic Duties and Cultural Change. Author: Daniel Rice, Assistant Professor of Law, UNC Chapel Hill Host/Script/Transcript: Juliette Draper (Volume 114 Podcast Editor) Production: Carsten Felicitas Grove (Volume 114 Senior Technology Editor); Maya Parthasarathy (Volume 114 Technology Editor) Soundtrack: Composed and performed by Carter Jansen (Volume 110 Technology Editor) Introductory Quote: Judge Thelton E. Henderson

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Civic Duties and Cultural Change is an episode from California Law Review by Source Collect: California Law Review's Podcast.

This episode is 00:51:23 long.

This episode was published on Nov 4, 2025.

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