Veni, Vidi, Vici: Puig and Welker on Big Tobacco Litigation, Culture, and Regulation

Posted on October 20, 2017October 21, 2017 by Suzie Jing

For the third session of the guest speaker series, two scholars presented on the topic of international tobacco corporations tangling with national populations and international regulation. Sergio Puig shared accounts of recent legal developments in national tobacco litigation and international health regulation, while Marina Welker presented an anthropological piece on cigarette culture in Indonesia. Puig Read more about Veni, Vidi, Vici: Puig and Welker on Big Tobacco Litigation, Culture, and Regulation[…]

The Decategorization of Conquest

Posted on September 25, 2017September 26, 2017 by Suzie Jing

Lauren Benton’s career has spanned an impressive range of disciplines—and it is that diversity which makes her paper uniquely valuable in the inaugural Sawyer Seminar. As a legal historian with training in anthropology and economics, Benton’s paper, “The Legal Logic of Conquest: Political Pluralism, Truces, and Early Modern Colonial Violence”, focuses on the commonalities of Read more about The Decategorization of Conquest[…]