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Watch: The Columbia Law professor discusses her recent book and how the capitalist legal system makes some people more equal than others.

Columbia Law School faculty and research scholars explore legal, economic, political, and social issues in books published this year. 

Columbia Law School faculty contribute opinion pieces to an array of media outlets on topics ranging from antitrust, financial regulation, and national security to human rights law, corporate law, and the future of democracy.
 

Columbia Law professors share analysis and commentary.

In episode one of Columbia Law’s new limited podcast series, hosted by Professor Eric Talley, Professors Michael Graetz and Katharina Pistor discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic lays bare the ways law and public policy favor the wealthy and fail to protect the vast majority of the 99 percent.

Columbia Law School professors tackle environmental policy, reparations, economic insecurity, and more in recent publications. 

Law faculty testify to Congress on cryptocurrency, breaking up Facebook, and separating families at the southern border.

In her new book, “The Code of Capital,” the professor of comparative corporate law and legal institutions explores the fundamental role of lawyers in creating the rights and structures that help the rich get richer.

Problems at the Borders: The Difficulties of Protecting International Public Goods