Dec 30, 2024
This is the first of two episodes on the history of criminal law and procedure in the United States. In this first installment we will examine some basic definitions of crime, common law crimes, the evolution of the federal government’s role in terms of landmark legislation and enforcement, the pivotal rule that the...
Nov 14, 2024
In this episode we will discuss legal education and the legal profession between the Revolution and the Civil War. In this period the profession matured and truly came into its own. It was a time of tremendous growth in the profession when lawyers exercised ever increasing influence over the political and economic life...
Aug 24, 2024
In episode twenty-six we will continue our discussion with Professor Professor Vernon Burton and Civil Rights attorney Armand Derfner, on their brilliant book, Race and the Supreme Court. We will examine the slow evolution of the US Supreme Court on issues of social justice in the mid-20th century, culminating with...
Feb 25, 2024
Today we have two very special guests, Professor Orville Vernon Burton and Professor Armand Derfner. Their book Justice Deferred: Race and the Supreme Court, is the first that comprehensively charts the Court’s race jurisprudence. Addressing nearly two hundred cases involving America’s racial minorities, they...