Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions
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Introduction to the Garner case (Episode 2, Part 1 of 3)
This recording features Harry Kalven, Jr., of the University of Chicago Law School, and a panel of other speakers in the first of three discussions of Garner vs. Louisiana, in which the Supreme Court reversed the conviction of sit-in demonstrators for disturbing the peace. The program was recorded at a conference at the Center for…
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Government of the mind / Robert Hutchins and Joseph Tussman. (Episode 12, Part 3 of 4)
This is twelfth in a series of thirteen programs produced by Florence Mischel from an extensive study conducted in the summer of 1963 at the Conference on law, jurisprudence, and the Bill of Rights, held at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions in Santa Barbara. This program is also the third in a…
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The Jury : safeguard or anachronism? / moderated by Harry Kalven (Episode 18)
FTC #75 The Law and Society. “The jury: safeguard or anachronism” Harry Kalven, Jr. presiding at a meeting of the staff of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions in Santa Barbara. This panel discussion centers on the jury system as a means of justice. Harry Kalven of the University of Chicago Law School…
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The Garner case (Episode 4, Part 3 of 3)
This is the third and concluding episode on the Garner vs. Louisiana case, and the fourth of 13 episodes of the Law and Society series, produced by Florence Mischel from an extensive study conducted in the summer of 1963 at the Conference of law, jurisprudence, and the Bill of Rights, held at the Center for…
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Government of the mind part I / moderated by Joseph Tussman (Episode 10, Part 1 of 4)
Joseph Tussman, professor of philosophy at the University of California at Berkeley, leads this panel discussion on the political threat to civil liberties, and the fight to preserve the Bill of Rights. This is tenth in a series of thirteen programs produced by Florence Mischel from an extensive study conducted in the summer of 1963…