The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order
In The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order, Parag Khanna examines the intersection of geopolitics and globalization to argue that America's dominant moment has been suddenly replaced by a geopolitical marketplace wherein the Eur...
The Closing of the ICTY and its Effect on Justice and Accountability in the Former Yugoslavia
A panel discussion on the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was established by the United Nations Security Council in 1993 to investigate and prosecute crimes ...
The Sixth Anniversary of the Gujarat Riots
A talk by Shabnam Hashmi, Managing Trustee and Executive Secretary of Act Now for Harmony and Democracy (ANHAD) in New Delhi, India. Presented with Professor Steven Wilkinson and Mona Mehta of the University of ChicagoThe Gujarat violence was a series ...
One Hundred Years, One Hundred Voices
A talk by Neera Adarkar, architect and women's rights activist.As part of "Displacement Week 2008", Neera Adarkar discusses the history of central Bombay's textile area, one of the most important, least known, stories of modern India. Covering a dense ...
Immigrant Organizations in the U.S.: Opportunities and Challenges
A talk by Oscar Chacón, Executive Director of the National Alliance of Latin American & Caribbean Communities (NALACC).
Why the Legal Standard for Involuntary Commitment to Mental Hospitals Doesn't Matter (Much)
Clinical Professor of Law Mark Heyrman delivered this lengthily titled CBI on November 6, 2007. His description of the talk is below:"In the 1970's most states tightened their standards for involuntary commitment. During the past fifteen years the move...
Understanding Corporate Philanthropy
On January 16, Anup Malani gave a Chicago's Best Ideas talk entitled "Understanding Corporate Philanthropy." Since we're feeling philanthropical ourselves, we're making a recording of the talk available here.Here is the blurb for the talk:Much of curr...
2008 Coase Lecture: "Slices and Lumps"
On February 19, Professor of Law Lee Fennell presented the 2008 Coase Lecture on Law and Economics. Problems involving the aggregation and division of entitlements, she noted, are ubiquitous in law and in everyday life. Fragments held by multiple parti...
Levmore on "Climate Change and the Battle of the Generations"
Why have we taken so few precautions in the face of threatening climate change? In a February Chicago's Best Ideas talk entitled "Climate Change and the Battle of the Generations" Dean Saul Levmore focused on the difficulty of dealing with a long-off t...
In Cautious Praise of the Commodification of Genetic Materials
In April 2008, the Law School's Law and Economics Program hosted a conferenceentitled "Contested Commodities: Reframing the Debate on Financial Incentives in the Supply of Genetic Materials." The conference, which was organized by Visiting Professor o...