A Law in Common: India and the United States
A democratic republic. A revolutionary constitution for its time and place. Nuclear weapons. Religious and cultural diversity. Centuries of oppression. Polarized politics. Terrorism. An aversion to China's ascent. Divisive leadership. Are you thinking of India or the United States? As the title suggests, the world's largest democracies have a lot in common. Using comparative law methods, we examine legal and policy issues that affect India and the United States. We interview experts on both countries on diverse topics such as caste discrimination, intellectual property, and bankruptcy. We hope each country can benefit by the laws and practices of each country. Hosted by Professor Sital Kalantry and numerous students at Cornell Law School and Seattle University Law School.
Episodes
14 episodes
How do Patent Laws Impact India-US Trade Relations?
The Office of the United States Trade Representative’s (USTR) most recent Special 301 report continued to identify India as “one of the world’s most challenging major economies with respect to protection and enforcement of IP.” The USTR h...
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Caste in the United States
California sued Cisco alleging that two employees who migrated from India discriminated against another employee on the basis of caste. While some members of the South Asian-American community claim caste should be a protected category in...
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Episode 2
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Caste in the United States (Trailer)
Listen to the trailer of an episode on caste in the United States for the podcast A Law in Common. Host Sital Kalantry, Seattle University School of Law, is joined by guests Aziz Rana, Cornell Law School, and Anurag Bhaskar, Jindal Global...
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Surrogacy Laws in India and the United States
Seattle University School of Law’s Professor Sital Kalantry and attorney Nidhi Desai at the family law firm of Desai & Miller in Chicago, Illinois, join us for an episode on surrogacy laws in India and the United States. Surrogacy laws impl...
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Sex Selective Abortion in India and the United States
Cornell Law School's Sital Kalantry and Mary John at the Center for Women's Development Studies in New Delhi join us for an incredibly interesting episode on sex-selective abortion in India and the United States. We talk about the practice's pr...
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Episode 9
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Financial crisis responses in the 21st century
Cornell Law School's Professor Dan Awrey and University of Michigan Law School's Vic Khanna join us to discuss financial markets (or as our guests call it, the broader financial system) in both countries. We discuss the history of financial mar...
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Episode 8
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Indian and American financial systems: the history and current framework
Cornell Law School's Professor Dan Awrey and University of Michigan Law School's Vic Khanna join us to discuss financial markets (or as our guests call it, the broader financial system) in both countries. We discuss the history of financial mar...
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Episode 7
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Explaining bankruptcy ft. India's new bankruptcy reforms
Adam Feibelman, Renuka Sané, and Bhargavi Zaveri join us to discuss American and Indian bankruptcy. We demystify this innovative legal tool, discuss how both countries look at bankruptcy, and dive deep into India's new bankruptcy reforms enacte...
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Episode 6
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Nuclear nonproliferation and the Indo-US relationship
The Stimson Center's Seema Gahlaut joins us to discuss India’s historical and contemporary role in the international nuclear order, the impact of nuclear nonproliferation on the Indo-US relationship, and the future of nuclear weapons.
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Episode 5
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Do we still need the Death Penalty?
Cornell Law School's Sandra Babcock and Jindal Global Law School's Khagesh Gautam join us for an episode on the death penalty in India and the United States. More than a 100 countries have abolished the death penalty. Both India and the United ...
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Episode 4
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Antitrust Laws: Borrowing the best and leaving the rest
Professor Richard Pierce of George Washington University Law School joins us for an episode on the antitrust laws in India and the United States. We talk about the history of antitrust law, its current form in the United States, some of its pro...
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Episode 3
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Data Privacy in the COVID era with Justin Sherman
The Atlantic Council's Justin Sherman joins us for an episode on data privacy in India and the United States. We cover the data privacy legal framework and civil liberty concerns in both countries. We also talk about contact-tracing apps, inter...
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Episode 2
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Religious Freedom with Nelson Tebbe and Abhinav Chandachud
Cornell Law School Professor Nelson Tebbe and Dr. Abhinav Chandrachud, author and advocate at the Bombay High Court, join us for an episode on religious freedom in India and the United States. We discuss both countries' constitutional history w...
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Episode 1
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