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Sinopse
Though much divides us these days, there are still some things we all share in common. One of them is law. From the kind of health care we receive to the laws that determine whats a ticket and whats a court date, law is everywhere. Common Law gives insight into the laws around us and whats next. This season, hosts Risa Goluboff and Leslie Kendrick focus on The Future of Law. Goluboff and Kendrick are dean and vice dean of the University of Virginia School of Law.
Episódios
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S6 E7: Medicalizing Civil Rights
21/05/2024 Duração: 40minExperts increasingly use the language of medicine and disability to address social issues like poverty and racial discrimination. Professors Craig Konnoth of UVA Law and Karen M. Tani of Penn Law discuss how we got here.
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S6 E6 Throwback: A Future With Autonomous Vehicles
23/04/2024 Duração: 02min“Common Law” looks back on a season 1 episode about liability issues connected to autonomous vehicles, featuring UVA Law professor Kenneth S. Abraham and alum Mike Raschid ’86. Has the future finally arrived?
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S6 E5: Digging Into Our Forgotten Legal History
09/04/2024 Duração: 38minUVA Law professors Cynthia Nicoletti and Joy Milligan join host Risa Goluboff for a discussion on how divergent approaches to digging into the past can reveal some surprising truths about law and history.
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S6 E4: A Prescription for Saving Democracy
26/03/2024 Duração: 36minTwo former White House officials on different sides of the political aisle, Melody Barnes and John Bridgeland ’87, talk about ways to strengthen democracy and work across differences.
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S6 E3: Why ESG Investing Is at a Turning Point
12/03/2024 Duração: 44minThe practice of investing in funds and companies that pay attention to environmental, social and corporate governance issues could be at a turning point, say UVA Law professors Quinn Curtis and Paul G. Mahoney.
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S6 E2: Was Chevron Wrongly Decided?
27/02/2024 Duração: 43minUVA Law professors John Duffy and Dan Ortiz discuss whether the Supreme Court will or should overturn one of its most famous decisions, Chevron, which gave administrative agencies deference in interpreting statutes.
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S6 E1: Ethics at the Supreme Court
13/02/2024 Duração: 48minDoes the U.S. Supreme Court need more oversight in light of recent ethics concerns? UVA Law professors Amanda Frost and Richard M. Re join host Dean Risa Goluboff to discuss whether more rules are needed.
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Season 6 Preview: Free Exchange
07/02/2024 Duração: 02minSeason 6 features the kind of robust discussions and debates that go on behind the scenes among faculty at the University of Virginia School of Law. Dean Risa Goluboff returns to host.
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S5 E8: Why Your Face Should Be a Trade Secret
23/03/2023 Duração: 30minFacial recognition technology is used for everything from unlocking your phone to locking up criminals. UVA Law professor Elizabeth Rowe makes the case that biometric data like your face and fingerprints should have trade secret-level protections.
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S5 E7: Playing by the Rules in Our Everyday Lives
09/03/2023 Duração: 30minWhat makes people and organizations obey — or resist — the law? Social scientist Susan S. Silbey, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, discusses her life’s work on the subject.
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S5 E6: The Politics of Pipelines
23/02/2023 Duração: 32minThe federal process for reviewing proposed interstate natural gas pipelines was highly contentious several decades ago and is now more of a rubber stamp. UVA Law professor Alison Gocke looks at what changed.
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S5 E5: The State of the Supreme Court’s Legitimacy
09/02/2023 Duração: 36minPolitical scientist James L. Gibson discusses his survey data suggesting the U.S. Supreme Court lost some legitimacy in the eyes of the public after overturning Roe v. Wade.
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Avoiding the Separation-of-Powers Question
15/12/2022 Duração: 33minCongressional conflicts with the executive branch often set off legal battles in the courts, and cases can drag on until the point is moot. UVA Law professor Payvand Ahdout digs into why this is happening and what impact it has on the balance of power.
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S5 E3: ‘Bad Habits’ and Character Evidence
01/12/2022 Duração: 30minThe rules on character evidence are difficult to apply and riddled with exceptions and problems, according to Teneille Brown, a University of Utah law professor who argues they need to be updated.
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S5 E2: The Supreme Court Case That Could Rewrite Democracy
03/11/2022 Duração: 32minThe U.S. Supreme Court case Moore v. Harper tests the independent state legislature doctrine and could radically change electoral districting maps and the states’ role in federal elections, says University of Virginia law professor Bertrall Ross.
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S5 E1: Taboo Trades
20/10/2022 Duração: 30minUniversity of Virginia School of Law professor Kim Krawiec discusses her work on taboo transactions, such as commercial surrogacy, egg and sperm markets, organ donation and sex work. Risa Goluboff and Cathy Hwang host the episode.
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S4 E14: A Bloody Revolution and an Odious Debt
04/08/2022 Duração: 29minUniversity of Virginia law professor Mitu Gulati looks at the tragic history of Haiti’s 19th-century “odious debt” to France after islanders won their freedom from slavery, and discusses whether Haiti could recoup what it lost.
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S4 E13: Fighting Racial Discrimination in Our Digital Lives
21/07/2022 Duração: 31minUniversity of Pennsylvania law professor Anita L. Allen discusses her framework for stopping surveillance, fraud and exclusion targeting Black Americans online.
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S4 E12: Predicting Violence
07/07/2022 Duração: 35minUVA Law professor John Monahan discusses how predicting violence became a concern for courtrooms and mental health practices nationwide, and developed alongside his own career.
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S4 E11: Why Privacy Matters
23/06/2022 Duração: 36minDon’t care about information privacy because you have nothing to hide? Neil Richards, a law professor at the Washington University in St. Louis and a UVA Law alumnus, explains the extent to which companies mine data and seek to influence you, and why you should care.