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Scheppele's 2019 address is published by Law & Society Review
Most publications originating from the PAL project start with a reference to the presidential address given by Kim Lane Scheppele at the...
Jan 3, 20241 min read


PAL Studies Featured on IACL Blog Symposium
PAL studies recently published in VRÜ/World Comparative Law were featured on a symposium of the blog maintained by the International...
Sep 18, 20231 min read


Wisconsin Law hosts Workshop on Resistance to Authoritarianism
Scholars studying resistance to authoritarianism within and across countries as diverse as the Brazil, India, South Africa, the US,...
Sep 4, 20231 min read


Law & Social Inquiry features PAL review essay
The latest issue of Law & Social Inquiry features a review essay written by Fabio de Sa e Silva, which outlines many lessons produced in...
Sep 4, 20232 min read


PAL is heading to Puerto Rico
The Annual Meeting on Law and Society will take place in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from June 1-4, 2023. The conference will be held at the...
May 10, 20231 min read


VRÜ/World Comparative Law Publishes Special Issue With PAL Studies
Studies cover Brazil, India, South Africa, Hungary, and the U.S. March 2022 The German journal Verfassung und Recht in Übersee...
Mar 25, 20231 min read


Hybrid Roundtable on Resistance to Authoritarianism
This panel discussion, hosted by the Global Legal Studies Center at the University of Wisconsin Law School, seeks to build on discussions...
Mar 24, 20231 min read


Transnational Law Institute launches Global Project on Authoritarianism
Experts from around the world gathered at The Dickson Poon School of Law last week to launch a new project looking at the recent tendency...
Nov 17, 20222 min read


Call for Abstracts
The Project on Autocratic Legalism (PAL) is a multi-component scholarly initiative that looks at how political leaders use law to...
Nov 4, 20221 min read


Sofia Rolim on Bolsonaro, public safety, and engaging with PAL as a Brazilian graduate student
In the last two episodes of this season, Fabio interviews two students who were engaged with PAL, and the themes we are exploring through...
Nov 2, 20221 min read
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