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Nancy Fraser, Professor of Philosophy and Politics, New School for Social Research delivers the 2009 Storrs lecture. This is part two of a two part series

Nancy Fraser of the New School for Social Research delivers the 2009 Storrs Lecture on Oct 6, 2009 - this is part one of a two part series

The Hon. Louise Arbour, former United Nations High Commissioner of Human RightsMarch 23, 2009In the 2008-09 Judge John O. Newman Lecture on Global Justice, the Honorable Louise Arbour spoke on ''Peace and Justice: A framework for Co-existence''.

April 2, 2009Heather Gerken, J. Skelly Wright Professor of LawHeather Gerken discusses her new book The Democracy Index: Why our Election System is Failing and How to Fix It, in which she proposes a ranking system that would rate the performance of state and local election systems.

Professor Heather Gerken discusses her new book ''The Democracy Index: Why Our Election System is Failing and How to Fix it'' in which she proposes a ranking system that would rate the performance of state and local election systems.

Professor Heather Gerken discusses her new book ''The Democracy Index: Why Our Election System is Failing and How to Fix it'' in which she proposes a ranking system that would rate the performance of state and local election systems.

February 12, 2009Robert Ellickson, Walter E. Meyer Professor of Property and Urban LawIn this episode we speak with Walter E. Meyer Professor of Property and Urban Law Robert Ellickson, the author of The Household: Informal Order Around the Hearth.  In his new book, Professor Ellickson explores the internal dynamics of the home. Professor ...

December 8, 2008Jean-Marie Guehenno, 2000-2008 Undersecretary General for Peacekeeping Operations at the UNUN Undersecretary General Guehenno discusses global conflicts during his tenure.

December 10, 2008Daniel Markovits '00, Professor of Law, Yale Law SchoolProfessor Markovits discusses his new book, ''A Modern Legal Ethics: Adversary Advocacy in a Democratic Age,'' in which he proposes a wholesale renovation of legal ethics.

November 3, 2008Tomiko Brown-Nagin, Professor of Law and History, University of VirginiaVirginia law and history professor Tomiko Brown-Nagin ’97 discusses what the civil rights movement might have looked like if legal historians had been able to construct the movement from the ground up.