November 5, 2021 Margaret Levenstein, Director of the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), and Research Professor at the University of Michigan, discussed her article “Escape from Equilibrium: Thinking […]
November 19, 2021 Daniel J.H. Greenwood, Professor of Law at Hofstra University, led a discussion of his article, “Introduction to the Metaphors of Corporate Law,” 4 Seattle Journal for Social Justice 273 (2005).
March 4, 2022 Faisal Chaudhry, Assistant Professor of Law and History, University of Dayton led a discussion on property as rent centered his recent paper examining mortgage securitization and ideas […]
March 25, 2022 Diana Reddy, doctoral candidate in UC Berkeley's Jurisprudence and Social Policy program, led a discussion of her paper, “The Twenty-First Century Legitimacy of Labor Unions: After the Law […]
The 13th Annual ClassCrits conference, held at Thurgood Marshall School of Law in Houston, TX, featured scholarship on the theme “Unlocking Race & Class For Just Transitions.” Conference Materials: 2022 […]
November 18, 2022 Carol Heim, Professor Emerita of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, led a discussion of a chapter from Stuart Banner, How the Indians Lost Their Land: Law […]
January 13, 2023 Amna Akbar, Professor of Law at Ohio State University, led a discussion on her working paper rethinking law’s emancipatory potential in the context of racial capitalism.
February 10, 2023 Jamee Moudud, Professor of Economics at Sarah Lawrence College, led a discussion of Kai Koddenbrock, Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven, and Ndongo Samba Sylla, “Beyond Financialisation: The Longue Durée of Finance and Production in […]
March 3, 2023 Branden Adams, Lecturer in History at University of California Santa Barbara, led a discussion of his work-in-progress, “Coal and Capitalism: From Railroads and Miners’ Unions to Senator Manchin’s Climate […]
May 5, 2023 Reshard Kolabhai, Lecturere at North-West University, South Africa led a discussion of his work-in-progress, “Law in Movement: Constitutional Law, Indigenous Customs, and Capitalism in South Africa.”
June 23, 2023 Sanjay Reddy, Professor of Economics at the New School, led a discussion of his article, “Beyond Property or Beyond Piketty?,”British Journal of Sociology, 72, 1 (January 2021), 8-25.
June 30, 2023 Andrea Leiter, Faculty of Law, University of Amsterdam led a discussion of her book, Making the World Safe for Investment: The Protection of Foreign Property 1922-1959 (Cambridge University Press, 2023).
September 29, 2023 Scott Carter, Professor of Economics at the University of Tulsa, led a discussion of his work on Sraffa.
New School for Social ResearchFeatured Speakers: Kirstin Munro, New School For Social Research; Josh Mason, John Jay College of Criminal Justice Workshop Program Workshop CFP
November 3, 2023 Paige Carmichael, PhD student in Economics at UMass Amherst, led a discussion of disability, work, and capitalism.
December 1, 2023 Jessica A. Shoemaker, Steinhart Foundation Distinguished Professor of Law at Nebraska College of Law, led a discussion of her article, “Re-Placing Property,” University of Chicago Law Review 91 (forthcoming 2024).
The 14th Annual ClassCrits conference, held at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles, featured scholarship on the theme “Demanding Justice in the Face of Retrenchment: Finding Common Ground and Building […]
March 1, 2024 Ramsi Woodcock, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs Associate Professor of Law, Secondary Appointment, Gatton College of Business & Economics University of Kentucky, led a discussion on his article, […]
John Jay College, CUNY, New York CityFeatured Speakers: Isabel Estevez & Kate Aronoff Roundtable with: Clara Mattei, An Li, JW Mason, Jamee Moudud Moderated by: Martha McCluskey Co-organizers and sponsors: […]
12:45 - 1:30 pm Hyatt Regency Denver LSA 2024 CRN 55 Program
6 - 8 pm Mercury Cafe, Denver Co-sponsored by the LPE Project and the Global LPE Network
September 27, 2024 Frank Pasquale, a co-founder and former Board member of APPEAL, is Professor of Law at Cornell Tech and Cornell Law School led the discussion of his recent article The New […]
October 25, 2024 David Ciepley presented his article Democracy and the Corporation: The Long View, Annual Review of Political Science 26:489–517 (2023) with comments by James J. Varellas, UC Berkeley.
This fall, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in United States v. Skrmetti, a case that challenges Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender people under 18. At the same time, anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation is proliferating across the country, with over […]
November 15, 2024 Fernando Loayza Jordán presented his paper, on democracy and taxation, Contesting the Neoliberal Social Contract.
December 6, 2024 at 3 pm ET A discussion with Diana Reddy on her forthcoming article, Transaction Benefits at Work: Regulating the Future of Work for the Future of Society. […]
December 12, 2024 2 pm ET Zoom Naomi Cahn, June Carbone, and Nancy Levit will discuss their new book, Fair Shake: Women and the Fight to Build a Just Economy. […]
December 12, 3pm ET All Members, non-members, past participants and friends of ClassCrits are welcome to attend and share ideas and feedback for future activities. For those who are available and […]
December 12, 3pm ET All Members, non-members, past participants and friends of APPEAL are welcome to attend and share ideas and feedback for future activities. For those who are available and […]
The 8th Annual ClassCrits conference, held at Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, IL featured scholarship on the theme “The New Corporatocracy and Election 2016.” Conference Materials: 2016 Call […]
4:30 - 6:30 pm Novela, 662 Mission Street, San Francisco Co-sponsored by the Critical Legal Collective, the LPE Collective, the LPE Project, and the Race and Private Law Section
January 24, 2025 at 3 pm ET Professor Akbar Rasulov, University of Glasgow Law, will lead a discussion of Duncan Kennedy's classic article, The Role of Law in Economic Thought: […]
February 28, 2025 at 3 pm ET A discussion with Kimberly Kracman on her article, Code as Constitution: The Negotiation of a Uniform Accounting Code for U.S. Railway Corporations and […]
John Jay College, CUNY, New York CityFeatured Speakers: Isabel Estevez & Kate Aronoff Roundtable with: Clara Mattei, An Li, JW Mason, Jamee Moudud Moderated by: Martha McCluskey Co-organizers and sponsors: […]
John Jay College, CUNY, New York CityFeatured Speakers: Isabel Estevez & Kate Aronoff Roundtable with: Clara Mattei, An Li, JW Mason, Jamee Moudud Moderated by: Martha McCluskey Co-organizers and sponsors: […]
March 28, 2025 at 3 pm ET A discussion with Paul Cammack, University of Manchester, featuring his article, Politics and Political Economy of Post-Reproduction Societies. Register here.
Saturday, April 12, 2025 9:00am–5:00pm ET Yale Law School 127 Wall Street, New Haven, CT 06511 At our Spring 2025 workshop, we seek to feature multi-disciplinary and intersectional emerging scholarship […]
Katherine Moos, University of Massachusetts Amherst Economics, will discuss her current book project.
This day-long workshop will be held in person at the University of Chicago on Wednesday, May 21st.
Attend law and political economy-focused sessions at the Law and Society Association's Annual Meeting.
In the spirit of fostering community and generating interdisciplinary discussion, the LPE Collective invites scholars to network, share their research, and receive feedback over an afternoon workshop to be held at McGill University’s Faculty of Law.
The Summer School offers an interactive, non-hierarchical, and focused mentorship and skill-building experience for students and faculty. It engages critically with the diverse considerations of political-economy-law while fostering democratic dialogue with local cultures.
Join the LPE Collective for a talk from Jamee Moudud on his new book, "Legal and Political Foundations of Capitalism: The End of Laissez Faire?"
The 15th Annual ClassCrits conference, to be held at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota.
