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U.S. History
The Mayflower Compact(3,1:86) John Peter Zenger and Freedom of the Press(22:3:06) John Adams and the Boston Massacre Trials(16,1:99) The Declaration of Independence and Natural Rights(16,4:00) The Federalist Papers (3,1:86) The Articles of Confederation(21:4:05) The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom(26:1:10) The Major Debates at the Constitutional Convention(25:2:09) The Alien and Sedition Acts(19,4:03) The Southern “Black Codes” of 1865–66(15,2:99) Indian Removal: The Cherokees, Jackson, and the Trail of Tears(21,1:04) Rockefeller and the Standard Oil Monopoly (16,2:00) Progressives and the Era of Trustbusting (23:1:07) The Income Tax Amendment(11,3:95) Sex, Crime, and Jazz-Age Journalism(11,1:94) Sacco and Vanzetti(23:2:07) The Scopes Trial(22:2:06) Free Press v. Fair Trial: The Lindbergh Baby KidnapingCase (10,1:93) FDR Tries to “Pack” the Supreme Court(10,4:94) Wartime and the Bill of Rights: The Korematsu Case(18,3:02) Mendez v. Westminster: Paving the Way to School Desegregation (23:2:07)
World History
The Hebrews and the Foundation of Western Law(16,4:00) Solon Put Athens on the Road to Democracy(22:3:06) The Edicts of Asoka(14,4:98) Plato and The Republic(19,4:03) Aristotle: In Search of the Best Constitution(4,1:87) Plato and Aristotle on Tyranny and the Rule of Law(26:1:10) The Law of Shi Huangdi, First Emperor of China(15,4:99) When Roman Law Ruled the Western World(17,4:01) The Origins of Islamic Law (15,1:98) Canon Law: Medieval Europe’s Legal System (27:2:11) St. Thomas Aquinas, Natural Law, and the Common Good(22:4:06) Witch Hunt(14,1:98) Laws of the Indies: Spain and the Native Peoples of the New World(15,4:99) Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, and Rousseau on Government(20,2:04) The Code Napoleon (15,2:99) Sir William Blackstone and the Common Law (27:1:11) The Dreyfus Affair and the Press(11,1:94) The German Weimar Republic: Why Did Democracy Fail?(21,3:05) The Stalin Purges and “Shows Trials”(7,4:91) The Suppression of Art in Nazi Germany(13,2:97) Bringing Down an Empire: Gandhi and Civil Disobedience (16,3:00)
Government and Current Issues(organized by date, oldest first)
The 14th Amendment and the “Second Bill of Rights”(7,4:91) Education and the 14th Amendment(7,4:91) The New Supreme Court: Decisions to Come(8,1:91) Should Hate Be Outlawed?(10,3:94) Update on the Supreme Court(10,4:94) Is a Fair Trial Possible in the Age of Mass Media?(11,1:94) Development of Juvenile Justice System(11,2:95) What Should We Do About Crime?(11,2:95) The Adarand Case: Affirmative Action and Equal Protection(12,1:96) Race and Representation(12,2:96) Do We Need a Permanent International Criminal Court(12,3:96) DNA, Lie Detector, and Voiceprint Evidence(13,3:97) How Reliable Are Eyewitnesses?(13,3:97) Separating Church and State(13,4:97) Should Government Aid Students Attending Parochial Schools?(13,4:97) The Battle Over Proposition 187(14,1:98) Voters and Judges(14,2:98) An Independent Judiciary(14,2:98) Blasphemy! Salman Rushdie and Freedom of Expression(15,1:98) The Death Penalty and Human Rights: Is the U.S. Out of Step?(15,2:99) Young People and the Internet: Issues of Censorship and Free Expression(15,4:99) Should We Have the Right to Die?(16,1:99) United States v. Microsoft(16,2:00) The Rescue Movement: Pushing the Limits of Free Speech(16,3:00) Animal Rights(16,4:00) Should Students Have the Right to Lead Prayers at Public School Events?(17,1:00) The Patriot Act: What Is the Proper Balance Between National Security and Individual Rights?(19,4:03) Should We Take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?(20,4:04) Detaining U.S. Citizens as Enemy Combatants(21,1:04) Is Torture Ever Justified?(22:1:05) More Monkey Trials: The Evolution Debate Goes Back to Court(22:2:06) The National Security Agency’s Warrantless Wiretaps(22:3:06) The Development of Antitrust Enforcement(23:1:07) Media Mergers and the Public Interest(23:1:07) “Justice as Fairness”: John Rawls and His Theory of Justice(23:3:07) The Origins of Patent and Copyright Law (23:4:08) Digital Piracy in the 21st Century(23:4:08) Patenting Life(23:4:08) Making It Easier to Vote vs. Guarding Against Election Fraud (24:2:08)
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