“Legal Resistance to Autocracy: The Global Fight to Save Democracy” Book Launch and Panel Discussion

Please join us for a discussion of new book “Legal Resistance to Autocracy: The Global Fight to Save Democracy” that evolved from a conference held at UW Law School in September 2023. Professors Richard Abel (UCLA), Oscar Vilhena Vieira (FGV, Sao Paulo, Brazil), and Heinz Klug (UW Law), will discuss their contributions to the volume. The book brings together leading scholars on the legal consequences of backsliding democracies in a wide variety of countries, including the United States, Israel, Hungary, South Africa, China, Russia, and Brazil.