Lawrence Douglas

Lawrence Douglas, James J. Grosfeld Professor of Law at Amherst and author of The Criminal State, explores how international justice shifted from prosecuting aggression to an atrocity-focused framework. He discusses Nuremberg's original aims, the Eichmann reframing toward genocide, challenges of prosecuting state bureaucracies, belated prosecutions, and how films and public perception shaped memories of trials.

From June 16, 2020: The 2020 presidential election is less than five months away. As the election inches closer and closer, concerns have grown about the possibility that President Trump, should he lose the election, would refuse to recognize the legitimacy of the result. How can we think about that risk? Do we have adequate statutory and constitutional guardrails that protect us from electoral catastrophe? Jacob Schulz sat down with Lawrence Douglas, James J. Grosfeld Professor of Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought at Amherst College, and author of the new book “Will He Go? Trump and the Looming Election Meltdown in 2020.” They talked about the vulnerabilities in our electoral system, historical examples of mishaps in presidential elections and how to think about the president’s continued hostility toward elections and, in particular, mail-in voting.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.