Changing the face of legal theory // Championing female-led scholarship in analytic philosophy and jurisprudence // inaugural season generously funded by Newcastle University // Dr Emilia Mickiewicz - Newcastle University & Aleksandra Wawrzyszczuk - Graduate Division, NYU Law School (LLM Candidate '21) // To support our mission, buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/justtheory
On robust consent with Michelle Dempsey (Villanova)
Welcome to Just Theory! In this episode we speak with Michelle Dempsey, Professor of Law at Villanova University, where she explores criminal law, feminist legal theory, and philosophy of law. We talk about working with John Gardner, finding a life in academia as a litigator, and the notion of robust consent. We are grateful to Professor Dempsey for her time and engagement. To further engage with her thought-provoking research, please visit: https://www.villanova.edu/university/law/fa...
24 Apr 2026
On consumerism, rights and living a good life with Amber Polk (University of Alabama)
Welcome to Just Theory! In this episode we speak with Amber Polk, who works as an Assistant Professor at University of Alabama School of Law. As a legal philosopher with a primary interest in our collective environmental crises, Amber’s research focuses on rights-based environmentalism, as a legal, political, and moral movement. In this episode, we discuss Amber’s views on collectivism, consumerism and living a good life. We hope you enjoy. We are grateful to Amber for her time and engagemen...
24 Apr 2026
On domesticating fuzziness (in contract law) with Alma Diamond (Michigan)
Welcome to Just Theory! In this episode we speak with Alma Diamond, a Faculty Fellow at the University of Michigan Law School (from July 2026, Alma will be an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas School of Law) where she writes and teaches on contracts, legal philosophy, and constitutional theory. Her research explores how contracts and constitutions distribute power among individuals across time. In this episode, we touch on those themes as well as discussing foreseeability in cont...
16 Apr 2026
From the Archive: On blame and forgiveness with Miranda Fricker (NYU)
Welcome to Just Theory! In this episode we speak with Miranda Fricker, Professor of Philosophy, and Co-Director of the New York Institute for Philosophy. Miranda’s work is mainly in Moral Philosophy and Social Epistemology, and, since 2015 she has served as ‘expert’ moral philosopher on the Spoliation Advisory Panel, a UK government-appointed body of experts that considers claims concerning loss of cultural property during the Nazi era. This episode took us into the realm of forgiveness, bl...
14 Apr 2026
On mercy and legal obligations with Heidi Hurd (University of Illinois)
Welcome to Just Theory! In this episode we speak with Heidi Hurd, Ross and Helen Workman Chair in Law and Co-Director of the Program in Law and Philosophy at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. Her research spans areas of criminal law, torts, environmental law, environmental ethics, and moral, legal, and political philosophy. In this episode, we talk in particular about morality and the concept of mercy. We are grateful to Professor Hurd for her time and engagement. To further engage...
29 Aug 2023
On the Legal Constitution of Social Data (Salome Viljoen, Michigan)
In this episode, we are speaking with Salomé Viljoen, an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School, where she studies the information economy, particularly data about people and the automated systems that are trained on such data. Salomé is interested in how information law structures inequality and how alternative legal arrangements might address that inequality. We discuss the concept of privacy, creating a cohesive data framework and legal interests in the data ...
31 Jul 2023
On the anatomy of justice (Prof Regina Schouten, Harvard)
In this episode, we are speaking with Regina Schouten, Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University, where she researches the areas of social and political philosophy and ethics. Her most sustained research projects concern political liberalism and political legitimacy, educational justice, and the gendered division of labor. We discuss the importance of choice of normative principles in the democratic order, the role of equality in theories of justice, and wide-ranging perspectives o...
26 Jun 2023
On Trust and Judicial Patterns (Dr Raquel Barradas de Freitas, Oxford)
In this episode, we speak with Dr Raquel Barradas de Freitas, who currently works as a Law Clerk to the President of the Portuguese Constitutional Court and as Lecturer in Jurisprudence at Trinity College, Oxford. Raquel’s primary research interests are in general jurisprudence with a focus on interpretation, practical and theoretical reasoning, judicial decision making and, in particular, the justification of judicial decisions. In this episode we talk about the validity of tech-powered pre...
29 May 2023
On judicial virtue (Prof Amalia Amaya Navarro, UNAM and Edinburgh)
In this episode, we are speaking with Amalia Amaya Navarro, Research Professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and British Academy Global Professor at the University of Edinburgh, where she works primarily in philosophy of law, with a particular focus on legal reasoning and epistemology, theories of justice, and international normative theory. We discuss virtue ethics, reflect on Dworkinian Hercules and consider new and old perspectives on virtuous judicial decisio...
18 Nov 2022
On things lost and found in legal translation (Prof McAuliffe, Birmingham)
In this episode, we had the privilege of speaking with Karen McAuliffe, Professor in Law and Language at University of Birmingham, whose principal area of research focuses on the relationship between law, language and translation in the EU legal order. We talk about the structure of decision making in EU courts, and all that is lost and found in translation of judicial opinions. Please engage with Professor McAuliffe's inspiring scholarship by visiting: - www.llecj.karenmcauliffe.com ...
1 Nov 2022
Just Theory - Changing the Face of Legal Theory // time for Season 2!
Welcome back to Just Theory! Season 2 is almost here. Some pretty exciting news in this episode, too… Don't forget to subscribe - we are only getting started. Changing the face of legal theory // Championing female-led scholarship in analytic legal philosophy and jurisprudence // inaugural season generously funded by Newcastle University // Dr Emilia Mickiewicz - Newcastle University & Aleksandra Wawrzyszczuk - Graduate Division, NYU Law School (LLM Candidate '21) Buy us a coffe...
24 Jun 2022
The One with Baroness Hale
We had the privilege of speaking with Baroness Hale of Richmond, a former President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom between 2017 until her retirement in 2020. Baroness Hale is also a renowned academic and one of the most esteemed figures in the history of the UK judiciary. We speak about the challenges and the beauty of judicial work, the relevance of practical wisdom in judging, and Baroness Hale’s years of experience on the bench and beyond. We hope you enjoy this conversation as...
5 May 2022
On the Legal Ways of Thinking - Professor Alison Young (Cambridge)
In this episode, we speak with Alison Young, Sir David Williams Professor of Public Law at Cambridge University, and a Fellow of Robinson College. Professor Young's main interest is in constitutional theory, particularly dialogue theory, where she draws comparisons between different means of protecting human rights. We discuss the importance of popular legal education as well as Professor Young’s current research project in legal methodology. We talk about the model-theoretic approach in con...
11 Apr 2022
On Bringing Thinking Down to Earth - Professor Linda Zerilli (Chicago)
In this episode, we are speaking with Professor Linda Zerilli, the Charles E. Merriam Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at Chicago University, where she writes on subjects ranging from feminist thought to the politics of language, democratic theory, and Continental philosophy. We discuss her reflections on Volume I of Hannah Arendt’s The Life of the Mind as well as the interplay between thinking, knowing and judging. We ask why opinions matter, wonder about the role ...
2 Feb 2022
On the History of Law and Order - Professor Fernanda Pirie (Oxford)
In this episode, we discuss the distinct concept of the rule of laws, the relationship between law, certainty and power, and how the expansion of legal frameworks can be far from the linear evolution that we expect. Fernanda Pirie is a Professor of the Anthropology of Law at Oxford University's Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, where she publishes on legal anthropology and Tibetan legal history, as well as related issues, such as comparison in law and anthropology and the relationship between ...
4 Jan 2022
On Art and Authenticity in Law with Professor Amy Adler (NYU)
In this episode, we discuss art, the concept of authenticity, and how law struggles to address the poignant aspects of human creativity. Amy Adler is the Emily Kempin Professor of Law at New York University School of Law, where she teaches Art Law, First Amendment Law, and Feminist Jurisprudence. Massive thanks to Professor Adler for her time and engagement - we loved the discussion and her paper, a link to which will be available [HERE] when as soon as it is published. If you like what we...
3 Dec 2021
On the Power of Logic with Professor Sarah Lawsky (Northwestern)
In this episode, we discuss algorithms, logic and how tech solutions to simple legal problems can be an easy win for all. Massive thanks to Professor Lawsky for her time and engagement - we loved the discussion and her paper, a link to which will be available [HERE] when as soon as it is published. Follow Professor Lawsky on Twitter! @sarahlawsky If you like what we do, you can buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/justtheory. We would also love to hear from you about potential guests and new...
27 Oct 2021
Welcome to Just Theory!
Welcome to Just Theory! In this episode, we explain why we decided to start the project, what it is all about, and where we see it going. If you like what we do, you can buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/justtheory. We would also love to hear from you about potential guests and new publications! You can find us on Twitter: @JustTheory2 Changing the face of legal theory // Championing female-led scholarship in analytic legal philosophy and jurisprudence // Dr Emilia Mickiewicz - Newcastle ...
27 Oct 2021
On Tyranny with Professor Aoife O'Donoghue (Durham University)
In this episode, we discuss tyranny, the role of experts in modern governance and things that academics should talk about. Massive thanks to Professor O'Donoghue for her time and engagement - we loved the discussion AND the book, 'On Tyranny and the Global Legal Order' (CUP 2021), which we think everyone should read because it's seriously brilliant. You can find the book here: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/on-tyranny-and-the-global-legal-order/22E905D05C68442CDAC0573EE97875A5. ...
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