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Politics in, of, and through the Legal Academy: Akbar Interviews Matsuda, Part 1

By Amna Akbar, Mari Matsuda

Mari Matsuda is a central scholar within the critical traditions of legal scholarship: in particular Critical Legal Studies, Critical Race Theory, and feminist legal theory. Amna Akbar sat down with her virtually, on December 3, 2020, to ask some questions about her insights on where we are today, where we have been, and where we might go. Today’s part of the conversation focuses on the origins and the legacy of CRT.

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“Long Live Farmer-Laborer Unity”: Contextualizing the Massive Resistance Going on in India

By Veena Dubal, Navyug Gill

Although it has hardly broken through the parochialism of the US news cycle, India is currently experiencing what is perhaps the largest strike wave in world history. In this post, Veena Dubal interviews Navyug Gill about the strikes, the agricultural reforms that led to them, what those outside India can learn from them, and what the future might portend.

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K-Sue Park on How She Teaches Property

By K-Sue Park

This past semester, Emily Prifogle hosted a series of conversations on “Race and Property in Historical Perspective”. As part of that series, she talked with K-Sue Park about her article discussing how she teaches property. This conversation seems likely to be of interest to LPE-ers who teach or study property (and others!).

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The Two Faces of American Freedom, Ten Years Later: Part Three

By Aziz Rana, Henry Brooks

In celebration of the tenth anniversary of its publication, Henry Brooks interviews Aziz Rana on his influential book and what it might teach us about the legacies of populism.

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The Two Faces of American Freedom, Ten Years Later: Part Two

By Aziz Rana, Henry Brooks

In celebration of the tenth anniversary of its publication, Henry Brooks interviews Aziz Rana on his influential book and what it might teach us about the legacies of populism.

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The Two Faces of American Freedom, Ten Years Later: Part One

By Aziz Rana, Henry Brooks

In celebration of the tenth anniversary of its publication, Henry Brooks interviews Aziz Rana on his influential book and what it might teach us about the legacies of populism.

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The Intergenerational Impact of Carceral Punishment

By Marcelo Lopez, Alejandra Gutierrez

Incarceration deprives communities of their immediate histories. Victims of incarceration often never learn what happened a generation ago that led to the conditions they experience, and if you are never taught your history, you’re being stripped of it.

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Automation of Labor, Labor of Automation

By Frank Pasquale, Sandeep Vaheesan

Sandeep Vaheesan interviews Frank Pasquale about his forthcoming book, New Laws of Robotics: Defending Human Expertise in the Age of AI.

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Law Student Perspectives: On Grief, Organizing, and Joy in Support of Black Lives

By Editors

Survey data suggests that the recent protests in support of Black lives constitute the largest movement in U.S. history. The Blog interviewed five law students about what it is like to be a law student right now.

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The Tensions in Democracy: Interview with Astra Taylor

By LPE Editors

Astra Taylor is an independent writer, documentarian, activist, organizer, and musician. She recently completed a project on the concept of democracy, which produced both a movie–What is Democracy?–and a book–Democracy May Not Exist, but We’ll Miss it When It’s Gone. Both treat democracy as a paradoxical and tension-filled ideal that nevertheless must be fought for.…

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Is Labor’s Future in Labor’s Capital? A Debate, Part III

By David H. Webber, Michael A. McCarthy

This is Part III of a conversation between David H. Webber and Michael McCarthy on the prospect of combating neoliberal corporate governance through the shareholder activities of workers’ pension funds.

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Is Labor’s Future in Labor’s Capital? A Debate: Part II

By David H. Webber, Michael A. McCarthy

This is Part II of a conversation between David H. Webber and Michael McCarthy on the prospect of combating neoliberal corporate governance through the shareholder activities of workers’ pension funds.

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Is Labor’s Future in Labor’s Capital? A Debate

By David H. Webber, Michael A. McCarthy

This is Part I of a conversation between David H. Webber and Michael McCarthy on the prospect of combating neoliberal corporate governance through the shareholder activities of workers’ pension funds.