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Law

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

Video playlists about Law

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

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

Toni 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

Steven Wise

Chimps have feelings and thoughts. They should also have rights

Posted May 2015

Kimberley Motley

How I defend the rule of law

Posted Oct 2014

William Black

How to rob a bank (from the inside, that is)

Posted May 2014

Richard Ledgett

The NSA responds to Edward Snowden’s TED Talk

Posted Mar 2014

Edward Snowden

Here's how we take back the Internet

Posted Mar 2014

Lawrence Lessig

We the People, and the Republic we must reclaim

Posted Apr 2013

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Exclusive articles about Law

A brief history of secret prisons in the United States

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How America’s justice system failed our children

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