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The Federalist Society

This audio broadcast series provides commentary by authors and others on important new books and works of legal scholarship. As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular...

Episodes

18 episodes

From Gutenberg to the Internet: Free Speech, Advancing Technology, and the Implications for Democracy - Faculty Division Bookshelf

In this episode, Russell Weaver, Professor of Law and Distinguished University Scholar at Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Lou...

19:42Sep 23, 2019

Speak Freely: Why Universities Must Defend Free Speech - Faculty Division Bookshelf

In this episode of Bookshelf, Prof. Keith Whittington, the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics at Princeton University, and Prof....

28:26Jun 12, 2018

The Democratic Coup d'Etat - Faculty Division Bookshelf

In The Democratic Coup d'Etat, Prof. Ozan Varol challenges the conventional public understanding of the coup d'etat, which often evokes the...

23:42Nov 8, 2017

The Fourteenth Amendment and the Privileges and Immunities of American Citizenship

In his new book, The Fourteenth Amendment and the Privileges and Immunities of American Citizenship, Prof. Lash presents the history surroun...

49:57Jun 4, 2014

Limited Government and the Bill of Rights - Faculty Book Podcast

Limited Government and the Bill of Rights takes a novel approach to the constitutional connection between the Bill of Rights and principles...

31:23Feb 13, 2013

First Amendment Institutions - Faculty Book Podcast

First Amendment Institutions proposes a new approach to enforcing First Amendment laws by arguing that institutions who exercise First Amend...

31:16Feb 8, 2013

Enlightened Democracy - Faculty Book Podcast 11-19-12

With the 2012 presidential election now behind us, the unique American presidential election system is fresh in the mind of the public. Some...

22:56Nov 19, 2012

In Search of Jefferson’s Moose - Faculty Book Podcast

In Search of Jefferson’s Moose: Notes on the State of Cyberspace? explores the "new world" of cyberspace: what it is, how it works, and what...

36:40Oct 22, 2012

When States Go Broke - Faculty Division Podcast

When States Go Broke: The Origins, Context, and Solutions for the American States in Fiscal Crisis? discusses the problem of fiscal crises i...

36:58Sep 20, 2012

Lawyer Barons: What Their Contingency Fees Really Cost America - Faculty Book Podcast

Lawyer Barons exposes the high but unseen cost of litigation driven by contingency fees, a method of financing that is said to improve acces...

30:04Sep 12, 2012

Firearms Law and the Second Amendment - Faculty Book Podcast

This podcast discusses Firearms Law and the Second Amendment: Regulation, Rights and Policy by authors Nicholas Johnson, David Kopel, George...

34:03Aug 8, 2012

Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America - Faculty Book Podcast

Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America? tells the story of the six-year courtroom battle that culminated in the Supreme...

23:01Jul 31, 2012

Liberty’s Refuge - Faculty Book Podcast

During the past decade, courts have struggled to reconcile anti-discrimination statutes with claims by private organizations to First Amendm...

38:10Jul 6, 2012

Constitutional Cliffhangers - Faculty Book Podcast

Written by Michigan State University law professor Brian Kalt, Constitutional Cliffhangers envisions six constitutional controversies that c...

36:34Jun 18, 2012

The Machinery of Criminal Justice - Faculty Book Podcast 6-8-12

The Machinery of Criminal Justice discusses the shift in American criminal law from being a system run primarily by laymen to a system in wh...

22:55Jun 8, 2012

Taming Globalization - Faculty Book Podcast 6-6-12

Taming Globalization discusses the challenge to American constitutional law that arises out of our increasingly global society. The creation...

32:24Jun 6, 2012

A Distinct Judicial Power - Faculty Book Podcast 5-23-12

This Federalist Society Faculty Book Podcast features Professor Scott Gerber’s new book, A Distinct Judicial Power: The Origins of an Indepe...

27:57May 23, 2012

The Tea Party: Three Principles - Faculty Book Podcast 3-19-12

This Federalist Society Faculty Book Podcast features Professor Elizabeth Price Foley’s new book, The Tea Party: Three Principles. -- As Pub...

27:09May 8, 2012