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PALcast
by Fabio de Sa e Silva
This is a podcast of the Project on Autocratic Legalism (PAL). PAL seeks to understand how law can be used to further, as well as to resist autocratic forces that have been on the rise around the globe. The project involves scholars from multiple countries and disciplines. PAL participants are currently conducting research on autocratic legalism in Brazil, India, and South Africa. Learn more about our project at autocratic-legalism.net. In this podcast, we will share some of the conceptual debates behind, and research findings stemming from our project. Our episodes will be released every month. PALcast is sponsored by the University of Oklahoma and hosted by Fabio de Sa e Silva
Episodes
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#20 – Sindiso MnisiWeeks and the Case for an Alter-Native Constitutionalism in South Africa
Today, Fabio talks to Sindiso MnisiWeeks. Sindiso is Associate Professor in Legal Studies and Political Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Adjunct Associate Professor in Public Law at the University of Cape Town (UCT). She is currently finishing a monograph titled…
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#19 – Dee Smythe, Michelle LeRoux, and Dennis Davis on "state capture" and South African democracy
Today, Fabio talks to Dee Smythe (UCT honorary), Michelle Leroux (UCT and Wits), and Dennis Davis (UCT Emeritus). Fabio and his guests focus mostly on the piece that the latter wrote for the PAL project, titled “What Future for Constitutional Democracy in South Africa?,” which was published in...
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#18 – Three Students on Democratic Legalism in the US
Today, Fabio talks to Konrad Sartorius, Caleb Wisinger, and David Taitano – three students in the Masters of International Affairs program at the University of Oklahoma. Konrad and Caleb attended a course on Autocratic Legalism taught by Fabio. With David, they built on what they learned with…
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#17 – Deepa Das Acevedo, Mohsin A. Bhat, and Mayur Suresh on India, the Modi moment, and autocratic legalism
Today Fabio talks to Deepa Das Acevedo (Emory University Law School), Mohsin A. Bhat (Queen Mary University of London School of Law), and Mayur Suresh (SOAS School of Law). The conversation hinges mostly around the piece the guests wrote to the PAL project, titled “Authoritarianism in Indian…
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#16 – Raquel Pimenta on Brazilian PAL Studies, Bolsonaro, and Zones of Authoritarianism
Today, Fabio talks to Raquel Pimenta. Raquel is a law professor at the FGV Law School in São Paulo, which has been the primary site of PAL research in Brazil. Their team, which Raquel helped lead, has just produced a forthcoming edited book on Bolsonaro’s rule and its relationship with the law,...
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Season 3 trailer: Here we go again!
PALcast host, Fabio de Sa e Silva, explains what he and his guests will be discussing during season 3 of PALcast. His primary focus will be on the papers published by PAL collaborators in a special issue of the World Comparative Law journal, released in early 2023. This special issue includes...
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#15 – Season 2 Finale
Today, Fabio talks about the accomplishments of season 2 and what he had to leave for season 3. He also announces a short break and shares information about this call for paper through which PAL is recruiting collaborators for its next phase…
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#14 – Sofia Rolim on Bolsonaro, public safety, and engaging with PAL as a Brazilian graduate student
In the last two episodes of this season, Fabio interviews two students who were engaged with PAL, and the themes we are exploring through the Project. Today he talks to Sofia Rolim, a Master's Student at FGV Law School in São Paulo, Brazil, one of the main institutions behind the PAL project. At...
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# 13 – Ryleigh Horst on democracy and law in the life of a U.S. College student
In the last two episodes of this season, Fabio interviews two students who were engaged with PAL, and the themes we are exploring through the Project. Today he talks to Ryleigh Horst, his former undergraduate student at the University of Oklahoma. Ryleigh did extensive studies about democracy and...
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#12 – David Trubek on global sociolegal studies and transnational efforts to combat authoritarianism
Today, Fabio talks to David Trubek, Voss-Bascom Professor of Law and Dean of International Studies Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Senior Global Fellow at FGV Direito SP, the FGV Law School in Sao Paulo. David really needs no introduction to most PALcast listeners; he is a…
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#11 – Michael McCann on dual legal states and the political economy of autocratic legalism
Today, Fabio talks to Michael McCann, a professor at the University of Washington and former president of the Law and Society Association. Michael is known for his studies on legal mobilization and recently published an essay (with Filiz Kahraman) arguing that “the distinction between liberal and...
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#10 – Swethaa Ballakrishnen on what it means to do global sociolegal studies
In this episode, Fabio talks to Swethaa Ballakrishnen, a law professor at UCI with training in sociology and law. Swethaa studies legal globalization and how law and legal institutions create, sustain, and counter different kinds of socio-economic inequalities, drawing from fieldwork in multiple...
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#9 – Tom Ginsburg on democratic erosion through law, US non-exceptionalism, and legal design
Today, Fabio talks to Tom Ginsburg, a professor of international law and political science at the University of Chicago and the author of "How to save a Constitutional democracy" (with Aziz Huq) and the brand-new "Democracies and International Law". Fabio and Tom discuss how modern autocrats use...
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Season 2 trailer: A more diverse mix
PALcast host, Fabio de Sa e Silva, explains what he and his guests will be discussing during season 2 of PALcast. For more information on the PAL project, go to www.autocratic-legalism.net
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#8 – Season 1 finale: Fabio and Ahmed on the podcast's backstage
Today, Fabio is interviewed by his student Ahmed Abdelaziz, who also helped with PALcast's production. They talk about the motivations, challenges, and joy of producing PALcast season 1 and what is being planned for season 2
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#7 – Kim Lane Scheppele on what autocratic legalism is and how we can resist autocrats
Today, Fabio talks to Kim Lane Scheppele, a Professor of Sociology and International Affairs at Princeton University. Kim has a very special place in the PAL project. She was the scholar who popularized the term "autocratic legalism" in law and society studies and, back in 2019, she gave a…
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#6 – Helena Alviar on the entanglements between autocratic power, law, gender, and economics
Today, Fabio talks to Helena Alviar, a law professor at Sciences-Po law school, in France, after a prolific career in Colombia. Helena wrote many pieces that are being read in the PAL project, such as a study on the "legal architecture of populisms" and one on "neoliberal economics as...
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#5 – Bojan Bugaric on varieties of populism and their differential impacts on law and democracy
Today, Fabio talks to Bojan Bugaric, a public law professor at the University of Sheffield Law School, in the UK. With Mark Tushnet, Bojan just launched a book entitled “Power to the People: Constitutionalism in the Age of Populism”. Fabio and Bojan discuss different kinds of populism, how they…
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#4 – Anthony Pereira on how Latin American dictatorships used the law against dissidents
Today, Fabio talks to Anthony Pereira, a political scientist who teaches at the King's College, in London. Pereira is the author of Political (In)justice, a book on how Latin American dictatorships used the law to repress political dissidents, which he then labeled authoritarian legality. Fabio…
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#3 – Rick Abel on the US war on terror, lawyers, and the fate of political liberalism in critical times
Today, Fabio talks to Rick Abel, an Emeritus Law Professor at UCLA. Rick recently published two books on the United States war on terror, which researchers at the PAL project have found particularly useful. The reason is, in these books, Rick shows how a liberal legal order can quickly be turned...
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#2 – Oscar Vilhena on Brazil, Bolsonaro, and the PAL project
Today, Fabio talks to Oscar Vilhena, a lawyer and political scientist who is the Dean of the FGV Law School in São Paulo, Brazil, which is the main basis for the Brazilian part of the PAL project. This conversation was intended to give readers a hint of what putting PAL research together has been...
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#1 – Javier Corrales on Chavez, Trump, and the concept of autocratic legalism
Today, Fabio talks to Javier Corrales, a political science professor at Amherst College. Corrales coined the term autocratic legalism to account for Venezuela's authoritarian turn in the late 20th century. In the episode, Fabio and Corrales unpack this concept and discuss other issues, including...
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Season 1 trailer: What we are here for
PALcast host, Fabio de Sa e Silva, introduces the podcast to listeners and explains what he and his guests will be addressing during our first season. For more information on the PAL project, go to www.autocratic-legalism.net
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
This is a podcast of the Project on Autocratic Legalism (PAL). PAL seeks to understand how law can be used to further, as well as to resist autocratic forces that have been on the rise around the globe. The project involves scholars from multiple countries and disciplines. PAL participants are currently conducting research on autocratic legalism in Brazil, India, and South Africa. Learn more about our project at autocratic-legalism.net. In this podcast, we will share some of the conceptual debates behind, and research findings stemming from our project. Our episodes will be released every month. PALcast is sponsored by the University of Oklahoma and hosted by Fabio de Sa e Silva
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