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Who We Are

The Project on Autocratic Legalism (PAL) studies how rising autocrats use law to consolidate power and how law may be used to resist them. Our team includes scholars from multiple countries, disciplinary backgrounds, and traditions of inquiry. We operate as an International Research Collaborative (IRC) within the Law and Society Association and were selected as the inaugural topical laboratory in the Association’s brand-new Global Collaboration Program (GCP).

Project Components

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Autocratic Legalism in Brazil, India, South Africa and Beyond

Three Large Global South Countries in Comparative Perspective

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Manifestations of Autocratic Legalism Around the World

A Large and Diverse Group Producing Thematic and Comparative Analyses

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Global Resistance to Authoritarian Diffusion

A Consortium Looking at Studies on Resistance to Authoritarian Turns Within and Across Countries

The PALCast

The PALcast is the podcast of the Project on Autocratic Legalism (PAL).

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The Podcast shares some of the conceptual debates behind, and research findings stemming from our project.

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Our episodes are released every month or two. PALcast is sponsored by the University of Oklahoma and hosted by Fabio de Sa e Silva. 

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Participant Spotlight

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Siri Gloppen

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Professor, Department of Comparative Politics and Director of the Centre on Law & Social Transformation, University of Bergen

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Richard Abel

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Michael J. Connell Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus and Distinguished Research Professor, UCLA

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