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A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of law.

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The pursuit of justice

10 talks • 2h 36m

Behold, courage. These speakers have the fortitude to stand up to some of the world's greatest injustices.

Talks about Law

Jennifer Granick

How the US government spies on people who protest — including you

Posted Aug 2017

Iyad Rahwan

What moral decisions should driverless cars make?

Posted Aug 2017

Ronald Sullivan

How I help free innocent people from prison

Posted Aug 2017

Deborah Lipstadt

Behind the lies of Holocaust denial

Posted May 2017

Michael Botticelli

Addiction is a disease. We should treat it like one

Posted Mar 2017

Ian Bremmer

How the US should use its superpower status

Posted Oct 2016

Jonathan Tepperman

The risky politics of progress

Posted Sep 2016

Monica Araya

A small country with big ideas to get rid of fossil fuels

Posted Aug 2016

Juno Mac

The laws that sex workers really want

Posted May 2016

Christiana Figueres

The inside story of the Paris climate agreement

Posted Apr 2016

Robert Palmer

The Panama Papers exposed a huge global problem. What's next?

Posted Apr 2016

Dan Gross

Why gun violence can't be our new normal

Posted Mar 2016

Adam Foss

A prosecutor's vision for a better justice system

Posted Mar 2016

Dorothy Roberts

The problem with race-based medicine

Posted Feb 2016

Tania Simoncelli

Should you be able to patent a human gene?

Posted Jan 2016

Melvin Russell

I love being a police officer, but we need reform

Posted Jan 2016

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