How Democracies Collapse from Within
From Stanford Legal by Stanford Law School
January 22, 2026 · 36 min · Episode 178
About this episode
Kim Scheppele discusses the paradox of legal tools designed to protect democracy being used to undermine it.
What happens when the legal tools meant to protect democracy are used to weaken it? Kim Scheppele explains.
People in this episode
Guest: Kim Scheppele
Topics covered
- democracy
- legal tools
- political systems
- collapse
- government
Keywords
- democracy
- legal tools
- collapse
- government
- politics
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