Can justice heal? Must there be justice in order to heal? Is there such a thing as justice, something to be striven for regardless of context?
Alexander L. Hinton thinks through these questions in a pair of new books. The two are companion pieces, each using Cambodia in a different way as a lens through which to look at the notion of transitional justice. In ... Show More
Jul 3
Zev Handel, "Chinese Characters Across Asia: How the Chinese Script Came to Write Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese" (U Washington Press, 2025)
For centuries, scribes across East Asia used Chinese characters to write things down–even in languages based on very different foundations than Chinese. In southern China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam, people used Chinese to read and write–and never thought it was odd. It was, after ... Show More
46m 54s
Jul 2
Heather Sutherland, "Seaways and Gatekeepers: Trade and State in the Eastern Archipelagos of Southeast Asia, C.1600-c.1906" (NUS Press, 2021)
The eastern archipelagos stretch from Mindanao and Sulu in the north to Bali in the southwest and New Guinea in the southeast. Many of their inhabitants are regarded as “people without history”, while colonial borders cut across shared underlying patterns. Yet many of these socie ... Show More
55m 47s
Jul 1
Malaysian-Nordic Relations
In the latest episode of the Nordic Asia Podcast, Professor Julie Yu-Wen Chen of the University of Helsinki speaks with Mr. Mohamed Ariff Bin Mohamed Ali, Chargé d’Affaires of the Malaysian Embassy in Helsinki, Finland. Their discussion centered on Malaysia's Foreign Policy, Mala ... Show More
19m 55s
Oct 2022
Michele Moody-Adams, "Making Space for Justice: Social Movements, Collective Imagination, and Political Hope" (Columbia UP, 2022)
A standard way of proceeding in political philosophy is to start with some form of conceptual inquiry: we first try to figure out what justice, equality, and freedom are and only then we may eventually begin thinking about how these goods might be pursued and achieved. On this ap ... Show More
1h 3m
Apr 2009
Yuma Totani, “The Tokyo War Crimes Trials: The Pursuit of Justice in the Wake of World War II” (Harvard UP, 2008)
Most everyone has heard of the Nuremberg Trials. Popular books have been written about them. Hollywood made movies about them. Some of us can even name a few of the convicted (Hermann Goering, Albert Speer, etc.). But fewer of us know about what might be called “Nuremberg East,” ... Show More
1h 5m
Feb 2023
Super Soul Special: Bryan Stevenson: The Power of Mercy and Forgiveness
Original Air Date: June 6, 2018Oprah sits down with Bryan Stevenson, the law professor, civil rights attorney and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, who shares why he has dedicated his life to giving a voice to incarcerated men and women. Bryan has spent more tha ... Show More
36m 38s
Jun 2023
Mark Fischler (Part 2) – Building a Just World: How Our Laws Express Our Collective Values, and the Challenge of Uplifting Our Values, Law, and Society
Ep. 82 (Part 2 of 2) | Constitutional law expert and criminal justice professor Mark Fischler has a thirst for justice and a gift for teaching. With cogency and passion, Mark explains that law is not the absolute that we perhaps thought, but an ever changing reflection of the val ... Show More
1h 1m
May 2023
75 - « Elle fait une lettre à la police comme quoi elle ne veut plus voir les enfants »
Parents séparés, enfants malmenés - Affaire jugée au Tribunal correctionnel de Mont-de-Marsan.
À travers un tour de France des tribunaux, Justice en direct rend compte sans artifice, ni commentaire, au plus près de la réalité, du déroulement des audiences correctionnelles qui r ... Show More
24m 24s
Aug 2023
90 - « On a l'impression que vous voulez éliminer le père de l'enfant »
Un enfant tiraillé - Affaire jugée au Tribunal correctionnel d'Avignon.
À travers un tour de France des tribunaux, Justice en direct rend compte sans artifice, ni commentaire, au plus près de la réalité, du déroulement des audiences correctionnelles qui représentent l'essentiel ... Show More
20m 20s