Countersign

Countersign is a podcast

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Countersign is a podcast hosted by Stewart Motha, Professor of Law at Birkbeck. Stewart and guests discuss books, films, and other materials from across disciplines to consider new perspectives on law, difference, and being in common.

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The Tyranny of the Deal: Race, Contract, and the Spirit of the Law

Feat. Patricia J. Williams 27th March 2025 1h 3m More Information

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The Tyranny of the Deal: Race, Contract, and the Spirit of the Law

Feat. Patricia J. Williams 27 Mar 25 1h 3m Information

‘When the trees have gone’ – Veraibari and the Pacific at the International Court of Justice

Feat. Alofipo So'oalo Fleur Ramsay & Watna Mori 11 Feb 25 1h 4m Information

‘The Wall’: Human/Animal Ethics for Catastrophic Times

Feat. Anna Richards 05 Dec 24 45m Information

Animals as Food: Violence, Labour, Capital

Feat. Dinesh Wadiwel 05 Aug 24 1h 6m Information

Frances Power Cobbe: Animals, Vivisection, and a Row with Darwin

Feat. Alison Stone 26 Jan 24 1h 5m Information

What we talk about when we talk about genocide

Feat. Vasuki Nesiah 11 Dec 23 48m Information

What is the Matter with New Materialism?

Feat. Richard A. Lee Jr. 23 May 23 1h 11m Information

Climate Wreckage, Pagan Vitalities, and Truth

Feat. William E. Connolly 29 Mar 23 1h 4m Information

Provincializing the Anthropocene

Feat. Dipesh Chakrabarty 23 Dec 22 1h 4m Information

Corporations are Psychopaths

Feat. Joel Bakan 20 Oct 22 1h 8m Information
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The History of a Lie: The Mabo case after 30 years

Feat. Irene Watson 31st May 2022 1h 1m

Discussing the Australian High Court’s landmark ruling in Mabo v Queensland (No 2) (1992), its failure to deal with the lawless foundation of Australian law; and how it enabled the growth of extractive industries and mining.

BIO Irene Watson belongs to the Tanganekald, Meintangk and Bunganditj First Nations Peoples of the continent we now call Australia. Irene is a Professor of Law at the University of South Australia. Her book Aboriginal Peoples Colonialism and International Law: Raw Law, was published by Routledge 2015.

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