The Center for
the Study of Democratic
Institutions Audio Archive
Law and Order
Program 14: The Eichmann Trial and the Rule of Law
Begins with a synopsis of political scientist Yosai Rogat's pamphlet on this subject, published by the Center in 1961, and...
Program 42: Government by Governance
Philip Selznick, of the University of California at Berkeley, discusses with the staff of the Center some of the difficulties...
Program 70: The Jury: Safeguard or Anachronism?
Harry Kalven, Jr., of the University of Chicago Law School, reports to members of the Center on the results of...
Program 79: The Garner Case - I
Harry Kalven, Jr., of the University of Chicago Law School, presides over a staff meeting at the Center focused on...
Program 80: The Garner Case - II
Harry Kalven, Jr. provides an analysis of the four different opinions written by the Supreme Court justices in Garner v...
Program 89: The First Amendment: Libel and Slander
Harry Kalven, Jr. leads a discussion that examines the legal reasoning that determines when the law may compromise the principle...
Program 90: An Establishment of Religion
Robert M. Hutchins leads a staff discussion on the Supreme Court's controversial decision banning religious exercises in public schools. With...
Program 96: Racial Equality, Criminal Proceedings, and the Courts
Judge Thurgood Marshall discusses the role of the federal courts in helping to realize democracy's twin goals of liberty under...
Program 123: Freedom of the Press - I
Robert M. Hutchins leads a discussion among the Center staff on the Supreme Court ruling in Sullivan v. New York...
Program 124: Freedom of the Press - II
Harry Kalven, Jr. hails the Supreme Court ruling in Sullivan v. New York Times as a major triumph for First...
Program 125: Reapportioning the States
Robert M. Hutchins leads a Center staff discussion on the landmark Supreme Court decision in Gray v. Sanders, which stirred...
Program 126: The Supreme Court as History
Alexander Meiklejohn describes an experiment in adult education based upon readings of Supreme Court decisions. With Scott Buchanan, Harry Kalven...
Program 127: Has the Court Usurped the Powers of Congress?
Robert M. Hutchins, in an interview conducted by Harvey Wheeler, discusses the controversial question of judicial review, in which the...
Program 132: Gains in Mississippi
Daniel Biettel, of the Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, outlines the new gains he sees for...
Program 170: PIT I - Requirements for Peace: The Institutional Structure.
Remarks by Chief Justice Earl Warren of the U.S. Supreme Court and Judge Phillip C. Jessup of the International Court...
Program 459: “The Rich Pay a Fine, the Poor Go to Jail”: A Sociology of the Law
A discussion of possible remedies for the problem of disparities in the legal system in its dealings with lawbreakers of...
Program 460: The Adversary System
United States Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren E. Burger suggests that both the alternate European system and the more highly...
Program 494: Dissent in Action
Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark talks with the Center's Donald McDonald about the necessity for advancing social justice as...
Program 530: Case Crush in the Courts
Judge Tim Murphy gives a humorous account of the chaos resulting from an overburdened court system, as a means of...
Program 656: World Law -- Strengths and Limitations
What meaning does the word 'ethics' have when applied to the conduct of nations? What kinds of disputes should be...
Program 686: The Concept of Justice in Jewish Law
Justice Haim Cohn, of the Supreme Court of Israel, claims that justice must be individualized according to time, place, and...
Program 694: The Police Role in the Year 2000
Victor Cizanckas, chief of police for Menlo Park, California, describes his vision of the future role of the police, whom...
Program 778: Drafting a Charter for the F.B.I.
John Hotis, assistant director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, admits that many of the excesses of the Bureau in...
Program 783: Shield Law Protection for the Press
Attorney Floyd Abrams, representing the New York Times, discusses whether the press would be able to prevent the evils that...
Program 784: The Courts and the Press in a Free Society
A panel discussion focusing on the often contentious relationship between the press and the judiciary, especially in regards to differing...
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CSDI Audio Archive Information
The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (CSDI) was founded by Robert Maynard Hutchins and was based in Santa Barbara, California, from 1959 to 1987. During that time it brought together many of the most capable and distinguished minds of the times to discuss vital issues facing American society of the day. Thanks to donors Neal Linson, Ceil Pulitzer, and Stanley Sheinbaum, a project has begun to digitize and make accessible on the web some of the most important conference proceedings, talks, and dialogues recorded by CSDI.
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