Linguistics and the Law
Language and the law is a field growing in size and importance. While some forensic linguistics applications -- e.g. authorship attribution...
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Explore issues in law and justice with experts from the University of California and elsewhere.
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9 episodesThe Times of Possibility
Legal scholar Annabel Brett explores the idea of “moral possibility”—the boundary between what laws demand and what people can realistically...
Times of Change: Possibility Virtue and a Democratic Politics of Time
Political theorist Annabel Brett of Cambridge University explores how the concept of “moral possibility” shapes law, politics, and public ob...
Subjects and Citizens: The Possibility Condition Law and Democracy
There's a powerful idea in the history of European legal and political thought: that laws must be possible for people to follow. Annabel Bre...
How the Supreme Court Divided America
The 2021-2022 term of the U.S. Supreme Court is widely considered to be the most consequential in living memory. Bruen, West Virginia v. EPA...
A New Paradigm in Youth Justice: Building Successful Diversion Programs
What can be done to prioritize diversion options for youth instead of filing criminal charges? Steven P. Dinkin (National Conflict Resolutio...
Creating a Native Youth Peer Court: Restorative Justice in Action
Focused on training native youth in tribal law and restorative justice practices, the Intertribal Court of Southern California Tribal Youth...
Native Youth Court: Surviving Trauma Celebrating Tradition Connecting with Community
How can we better serve native youth that find themselves in trouble? The Intertribal Court of Southern California founded the Tribal Youth...
Post Roe Frontiers? A Conversation about Legal Medical and Political Mobilizations
When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, the controversial decision ended the right to abortion that was upheld for nearl...