Videos

Fault in Contract Law (Part 1)

In September, Frank and Bernice J. Greenberg Professor of Law Omri Ben-Shahar and Fischel-Neil Visiting Professor of Law Ariel Porat organized a conference intended to reevaluate the role of fault in contract law. Speakers included Chicago faculty Saul...

The Two Chinas and the Problem of Global Warming

Preventing global warming requires lowering carbon production, and China produces a high level of carbon emissions. China gains a significant advantage to its economic growth from its continued use of fossil fuels, but the harms from global warming wi...

Speech, Privacy, and the Internet: The University and Beyond

Late last year, Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics Martha Nussbaum and Harry Kalven Visiting Professor of Law Cass Sunstein organized a conference devoted to an interdisciplinary discussion of the legal and ethical issues p...

Crossing Boundaries: Race, Gender, and the 2008 Presidential Election

The historic nature of the 2008 Presidential race was lost on no one. For the first time, there was an African American nominee for President and for only the second time in our history, there is a woman Vice Presidential nominee. However, the purpose ...

Distortions in space and time

This simulation portrays the distortions in space and time at the subatomic scale, the result of quantum fluctuations occurring continuously throughout the universe. Near the end of the simulation, cosmic inflation begins to stretch space-time to the c...

Interview with 2008 Writer-in-Residence Jonathan Harr (Part 10)

In May 2008, the Chronicle had a lengthy conversation with Jonathan Harr, that year's Robert Vare Nonfiction writer-in-residence and the author of the best-seller, A Civil Action. Hear Harr talk about his move from fiction to nonfiction, his notorious...

Interview with 2008 Writer-in-Residence Jonathan Harr (Part 9)

In May 2008, the Chronicle had a lengthy conversation with Jonathan Harr, that year's Robert Vare Nonfiction writer-in-residence and the author of the best-seller, A Civil Action. Hear Harr talk about his move from fiction to nonfiction, his notorious...

Interview with 2008 Writer-in-Residence Jonathan Harr (Part 8)

In May 2008, the Chronicle had a lengthy conversation with Jonathan Harr, that year's Robert Vare Nonfiction writer-in-residence and the author of the best-seller, A Civil Action. Hear Harr talk about his move from fiction to nonfiction, his notorious...

Interview with 2008 Writer-in-Residence Jonathan Harr (Part 7)

In May 2008, the Chronicle had a lengthy conversation with Jonathan Harr, that year's Robert Vare Nonfiction writer-in-residence and the author of the best-seller, A Civil Action. Hear Harr talk about his move from fiction to nonfiction, his notorious...

Interview with 2008 Writer-in-Residence Jonathan Harr (Part 6)

In May 2008, the Chronicle had a lengthy conversation with Jonathan Harr, that year's Robert Vare Nonfiction writer-in-residence and the author of the best-seller, A Civil Action. Hear Harr talk about his move from fiction to nonfiction, his notorious...