Law
Can America develop a curriculum to “re-found” the nation?
What principles and which political leanings belong to “our” democracy?
This event is a cooperation with the Center for Comparative Research on Democracy at Humboldt Universität.
Harold Hongju Koh explains how America’s national security laws have evolved from a baseline of shared powers to one of executive unilateralism.
An Academy New York event with alumna Deborah Amos and guest speaker Michael Posner of NYU.
The historical exclusion of religious minorities in American law and society.
How can and should the US federal government address issues of health, safety, and financial security?
Mark Fathi Massoud discusses his critically acclaimed book “Sharia, Inshallah: Finding God in Somali Legal Politics”
Saira Mohamed explores how the notion of expendability influences legal rules regarding conscription and the duty of subordinates to disobey illegal orders.
In this talk, Joshua Sellers illustrates how voting is, in his words, “reactive” — directed and defined by some who seek to limit the right rather than by those who advocate for it.