Session Submission Summary

Crime, Law, Justice and the Trump Administration 2: American Autocracy in the Making?

Wed, Nov 12, 11:00am to 12:20pm, Liberty Salon O - M4

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract/Description

Many actions taken by second Trump administration challenge the rule of law, weaken social safety nets, curtail or eliminate protections against environmental, consumer, and financial crimes, and point toward the replacement liberal democracy with illiberal autocracy. The papers in this panel consider the wider cultural, political, economic, and social contexts framing and making possible this transformation of the American legal landscape.

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Individual Presentations

Chair

Organized by a Division or external group?

Critical Criminology and Social Justice