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Andrew Lanham

Andrew Lanham is a legal and cultural historian and teaches at Harvard Law School.

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October 7, 2024
MagazineAndrew Lanham
The Supreme Court’s Originalists Are Fundamentally Wrong About History
The Founders didn’t believe the Constitution had a fixed meaning. So why do so many of the justices?
April 5, 2023
Andrew Lanham
The Doomed Effort to Democratize Foreign Policy
The Foreign Policy Association tried to get ordinary people involved in foreign affairs. Why did they fail?
April 21, 2022
Andrew Lanham
The Making of the Surveillance State
The public widely opposed wiretapping until the 1970s. What changed?
November 25, 2019
Andrew Lanham
Jack Ryan, American Imperialist
The Amazon show is a plea to set democracy aside and let national security experts run the world.
November 6, 2019
Andrew Lanham
Philip Pullman’s Defense of Free Thought
His new book and “His Dark Materials” on HBO dramatize the difficulty of moral action.
February 20, 2019
Andrew Lanham
An Activist’s Fight for Citizenship
A new book traces the struggle over democracy, rights, race, and gender in Puerto Rico.
June 8, 2018
Andrew Lanham
Michael Ondaatje’s Haunting Pasts
Set in postwar London, “Warlight” illuminates a hidden world of endless conflict.
January 2, 2018
Andrew Lanham
How to Abolish War
Three new books trace a century of antiwar activists' visions for a more equal, peaceful world.

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