Democracy and its Discontents: A Conversation with Melissa Murray

Melissa Murray is the Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law at NYU School of Law, where she teaches constitutional law, family law, criminal law, and reproductive rights and justice. Her writing has appeared in a range of legal and lay publications, including the Harvard Law Review, the Yale Law Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Nation.

Amherst College
Point/Counterpoint Series Fall 2021
Progress? Is the world a better place today than it was fifty years ago? Will it be better yet in another fifty years? In this year’s series, we examine such questions by focusing on two pressing and controversial issues of the day. First, the question of whether (and which) reckonings with our racial history are necessary for progress. And second, whether (and which) limitations on speech—in the public arena, in higher education—would improve our democracy.

This year’s Point/Counterpoint series is organized by Lawrence Douglas (Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought), Alexander George (Philosophy), and Nishi Shah (Philosophy).