#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...
23 Mai 202144min
#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. Mark Tushnet, Bojan just launched a book entitled “Power to the People: Constitutional...
23 Mai 202135min
#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 us...
26 Apr 202140min
#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 u...
9 Apr 202142min
#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. Thi...
16 Mar 202140min
#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 cen...
1 Feb 202127min
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 ww...
27 Jan 20212min
