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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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Season 3 Preview: Law and Equity
21/01/2021 Duração: 02minWhat role can law play in making society more equitable? "Common Law" hosts Risa Goluboff and Leslie Kendrick will explore how inequities touch our lives, sometimes in unexpected ways. Tune in Jan. 26 for the first episode.
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S2 E11: ‘Carbon Dioxide Warriors’ at the Supreme Court
19/05/2020 Duração: 30minHarvard Law School professor Richard Lazarus discusses how environmentalists made history with the U.S. Supreme Court case Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency.
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S2 E10: The President’s Expanding Powers
30/04/2020 Duração: 26minUniversity of Virginia School of Law professor Saikrishna Prakash discusses his new book on how the presidency’s authority has grown and how Congress might check the executive.
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S2 E9: Learning From Pandemics of the Past
16/04/2020 Duração: 33minAs the world battles the novel coronavirus, University of Virginia history professor Christian McMillen discusses what lessons we can learn — and improve upon — from past pandemics.
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S2 E8: Native American Costumes and the Unwritten Constitution
31/03/2020 Duração: 33minWhy did colonists wear Native American costumes at the Boston Tea Party? Professor Farah Peterson investigates the history of mob protests for economic rights on the path to America’s unwritten constitution.
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S2 E7: Teaching the Law of Sexual Assault
03/03/2020 Duração: 27minAs women began to enter law school, educators worried about whether the curriculum was fit for female ears, UVA Law professor Anne Coughlin explains. These same issues manifest today in debates over whether professors can teach the law of sexual assault in an era of trigger warnings.
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S2 E6: A Prosecutor’s Path to Criminal Justice Reform
18/02/2020 Duração: 24minFormer U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance ’85 discusses a revolution in how prosecutors are thinking about and pursuing justice.
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S2 E5: The Lowdown on Libel
04/02/2020 Duração: 26minThe Supreme Court took on New York Times Co. v. Sullivan in 1964, in part, to protect the civil rights movement. But did justices go too far in making libel hard to prove? UVA Law professor Frederick Schauer explains new concerns.
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S2 E4: When School Financing Hit the Courts
12/11/2019 Duração: 27minThe Supreme Court said the Constitution didn’t guarantee a right to education in the 1973 case San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez, but litigation aiming for equity continues, as UVA Law professor Kimberly Robinson explains.
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S2 E3: The Road Not Taken After the Civil War
29/10/2019 Duração: 25minA Union effort to redistribute land to former slaves during the Civil War unraveled because of the efforts of Southern lawyers, UVA Law professor Cynthia Nicoletti explains.
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S2 E2: Rethinking Rights After World War II
15/10/2019 Duração: 28minAs World War II made clear, the United States needed to step up on civil liberties and civil rights to take on the Soviet Union, UVA Law professor G. Edward White explains.
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S2 E1: The Nonsmoker Revolution
01/10/2019 Duração: 34minAfter the U.S. surgeon general released a landmark report on the dangers of smoking, lawyers and activists helped curb a public health epidemic, UVA historian Sarah Milov explains.
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Season 2 Preview: When Law Changed the World
25/09/2019 Duração: 01minThe second season of “Common Law” explores pivotal moments when law — and lawyers — changed the world. Hosts Risa Goluboff and Leslie Kendrick look back at turning points that shed light on the world today and how we got here. Tune in Oct. 1 for the first episode.
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Episode 10: Science and the Gavel
18/06/2019 Duração: 33minWith scientific evidence an intrinsic and complex part of today’s court cases, can judges keep up? Senior U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff of the Southern District of New York discusses challenges and opportunities for jurists.
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Episode 9: A Change of Faith at the Supreme Court
11/06/2019 Duração: 41minUVA Law professors Richard Schragger and Micah Schwartzman join Cornell’s Nelson Tebbe to discuss the evolution of the Supreme Court's jurisprudence on religion.
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Episode 8: Killer Robots and the Algorithms of War
04/06/2019 Duração: 44minAs tech transforms traditional warfare, UVA Law professor Ashley Deeks explains how national security is changing and discusses whether the law can keep up.
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Episode 7: The Lawyer in Your Computer
21/05/2019 Duração: 39minFrom courtroom apps to analyzing law texts, UVA Law professor Michael Livermore explains how technology is reshaping legal processes and yielding new insights.
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Episode 6: A Future With Autonomous Vehicles
07/05/2019 Duração: 58minUVA Law professor and insurance and torts expert Kenneth Abraham and alum Mike Raschid ’86, chief legal officer and vice president of operations at Perrone Robotics, discuss what a future with autonomous vehicles will mean for liability and beyond.
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Episode 5: How Law Can Make a Difference in Health Outcomes
23/04/2019 Duração: 36minPublic health policy expert and UVA Law professor Dayna Bowen Matthew ’87 explores social and legal factors — such as where you live and your race — that affect health outcomes, and how lawyers and doctors are teaming up to confront these challenges.
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Episode 4: The Law and Ethics of 'Game of Thrones'
09/04/2019 Duração: 50minWe take a break from this season’s focus on the future of law to explore the future (and past) of Westeros with Virginia Solicitor General Toby Heytens ’00 and Professor Mila Versteeg.