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In 1950, we, the people of India, gave ourselves a constitution that promised justice, liberty and equality to all its citizens. Decades later, as a nation, we still struggle with inequality in various forms—religion, sex, caste, gender. As we forge ahead, it is imperative to ask, ‘who is...

Among the many provisions of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, none has divided opinion more than the notwithstanding clause, a provision that allows governments to enact laws "notwithstanding" their impact on key rights. After a long period of relative dormancy, the clause has experienced something of a resurgence since 2018, with a crop of notable uses coming out of Ontario, Quebec, and Saskatchewan. For some, this increase in usage is less about governments opting to violate rights and more about their reasonable disagreement with the courts over whether specific limits on rights...

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After simmering for nine months, the tension between Poland’s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party and the country’s highest court, the Constitutional Tribunal, is coming to a boil. The PiS government is attempting an unconstitutional takeover of the tribunal - ignoring its rulings, trying to pack it with new judges, and, most recently, threatening the head judge with prosecution. At stake are the survival of constitutional democracy and the rule of law in Poland.

"Trump’s Business Dealings Test a Constitutional Limit" is from the November 21, 2016 United States section of The New York Times. It was written by Adam Liptak and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Obama Says NFL Player Is ‘Exercising His Constitutional Right’" is from the September 05, 2016 United States section of The New York Times. It was written by Daniel Victor and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

Equality is easy to grasp in theory but often hard to achieve in reality. In this accessible and wide-ranging work, American University law professor Robert L. Tsai offers a stirring account of how legal ideas that aren't necessarily about equality at all - ensuring fair play, behaving reasonably, avoiding cruelty, and protecting free speech - have often been used to overcome resistance to justice and remain vital today.

In The Majesty of the Law, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor explores the law, her life as a Justice, and how the Court has evolved and continues to function, grow, and change as an American institution. Tracing some of the origins of American law through history, people, and ideas...

This podcast series is an intimate look at one of the most controversial topics in Canadian public discourse at the moment: free expression. The first season includes 11 episodes featuring in-depth interviews with a range of legal academics and experts. Blending academic insight with current affairs, the podcast will appeal to anyone interested in the law of free expression, and especially those wanting to make sense of contemporary politics. The series will address a number of important questions, including: Why is free expression so important for democratic societies? When can a state or ...

In our era of mass incarceration, gun violence, and Black Lives Matters, a handbook showing how racial justice and restorative justice can transform the African American experience in America.