Chicago's Best Ideas

Bernard Harcourt: "Against Prediction: Punishing in an Actuarial Age"

Bernard Harcourt is Julius Kreeger Professor of Law and Criminology, Faculty Director of Academic Affairs, and Director of the Center for Studies in Criminal Justice at the University of Chicago Law School. This talk was recorded November 13, 2006 as part of the "Chicago's Best Ideas" lecture series.


61:35 minutes (42.28 MB)
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Cass Sunstein: "Nudge: The Gentle Power of Libertarian Paternalism"

Cass Sunstein is Karl N. Llewellyn Dist. Service Prof. of Jurisprudence at the University of Chicago Law School. This talk was recorded October 3, 2006, as part of the "Chicago's Best Ideas" lecture series. © 2006 The University of Chicago.


63:49 minutes (58.43 MB)
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Tracey Meares: "Attention Felons: Reducing Gun Crime in Chicago"

Tracey Meares was Max Pam Professor of Law and Director, Center for Studies in Criminal Justice at the University of Chicago Law School. This talk was recorded on May 10, 2006, as part of the "Chicago's Best Ideas" lecture series. © 2006 The University of Chicago.


59:41 minutes (54.65 MB)
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Bernard Harcourt: "Language of the Gun: A Semiotic for Law & Social Science"

Bernard Harcourt is Julius Kreeger Professor of Law and Criminology, Faculty Director of Academic Affairs, and Director of the Center for Studies in Criminal Justice at the University of Chicago Law School. This talk was recorded April 5, 2006 as part of the "Chicago's Best Ideas" lecture series.


59:26 minutes (54.42 MB)
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Douglas Baird: "Coase's Journey"

Douglas Baird is Harry A. Bigelow Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School. This talk, which examines the ideas on the nature of the firm that won Ronald Coase a Nobel Prize, was recorded February 7, 2006 as part of the "Chicago's Best Ideas" lecture series.


52:49 minutes (48.36 MB)
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Martha Nussbaum: "The Roots of Respect: Roger Williams and Religious Fairness"

Martha Nussbaum is Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago Law School. This talk was recorded January 31, 2006 as part of the "Chicago's Best Ideas" lecture series. © 2006 The University of Chicago.


59:59 minutes (109.85 MB)
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Geoffrey Stone: "Sexing the Constitution"

Geoffrey Stone is Harry Kalven, Jr., Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School. This talk was recorded January 12, 2006 as part of the "Chicago's Best Ideas" lecture series. © 2007 The University of Chicago.


62:46 minutes (114.94 MB)
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Emily Buss: "Turning Best Ideas into Practice, Chicago’s Policy Initiative on Foster Care"

Emily Buss is the Mark and Barbara Fried Professor of Law and Kanter Director of Chicago Policy Initiatives at the University of Chicago Law School. This talk was recorded Novermber 10, 2005 as part of the "Chicago's Best Ideas" lecture series.


64:45 minutes (59.29 MB)
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Saul Levmore: "The Wisdom of Groups and the Use of Experts"

Saul Levmore is Dean of the Law School and William B. Graham Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School. This talk was recorded September 29, 2005 as part of the "Chicago's Best Ideas" lecture series. © 2005 The University of Chicago


59:09 minutes (13.56 MB)
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