A Jewish Australian lawyer reckons with state violence. Plus, can corporate scandals be good for the world?
About this episode
The episode explores the impact of state violence on personal history and discusses the potential positive effects of corporate scandals on democracy.
The Melbourne legal scholar Marika Sosnowski spent many years researching violence and the law in Syria. Now she reckons with her own family's proximity to state violence in 1950s Palestine. Plus, it's easy to be cynical about the impunity of corporations that commit great financial crimes. But political scientist Pepper Culpepper thinks that, in the long run, corporate scandals can help restore democracy. Guests: Marika Sosnowski, Melbourne University. Author of ‘ 58 facets – on law, violence and revolution ’ (Melbourne University Publishing) Professor Pepper Culpepper, Oxford University. Co-author of Billionaire Backlash: The Age of Corporate Scandal and How It Could Save Democracy (Bloomsbury)
People in this episode
Guests: Marika Sosnowski, Pepper Culpepper
Topics covered
- state violence
- corporate scandals
- democracy
- law
- Palestine
- Syria
Keywords
- state violence
- corporate scandals
- democracy
- law
- Palestine
- Syria
- Marika Sosnowski
- Pepper Culpepper
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Melbourne University, Oxford University
Books & works: 58 facets – on law, violence and revolution, Billionaire Backlash: The Age of Corporate Scandal and How It Could Save Democracy
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