Samuel Moyn

Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History


Samuel Moyn is Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History at Yale University. He has written several books in his fields of European intellectual history and human rights history, including The Last Utopia: Human Rights in History (2010), and edited or coedited a number of others. His most recent books are Christian Human Rights (2015), based on Mellon Distinguished Lectures at the University of Pennsylvania in fall 2014, and Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal World (2018). His newest book is Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2021). Over the years he has written in venues such as Boston Review, the Chronicle of Higher Education, Dissent, The Nation, The New Republic, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal.

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J.D., Harvard Law School, 2001

Ph.D. (History), University of California, Berkeley, 2000

A.B., Washington University in St. Louis, 1994

 

Courses Taught


  • Conservatism
  • Constitutional Law
  • International Human Rights
  • Supreme Court Alternatives

Samuel Moyn is Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History at Yale University. He received a doctorate in modern European history from the University of California-Berkeley in 2000 and a law degree from Harvard University in 2001. He came to Yale from Harvard University, where he was Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law and Professor of History. Before this, he spent 13 years in the Columbia University history department, where he was most recently James Bryce Professor of European Legal History.

His areas of interest in legal scholarship include international law, human rights, the law of war, and legal thought, in both historical and current perspective. In intellectual history, he has worked on a diverse range of subjects, especially twentieth-century European moral and political theory.

He has written several books in his fields of European intellectual history and human rights history, including The Last Utopia: Human Rights in History (2010), and edited or coedited a number of others. His most recent books are Christian Human Rights (2015, based on Mellon Distinguished Lectures at the University of Pennsylvania in fall 2014) and Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal World (2018). His newest book is Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2021). Over the years he has written in venues such as Boston Review, the Chronicle of Higher Education, Dissent, The Nation, The New Republic, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal.

He helps with several book series: the Brandeis Library of Modern Jewish Thought, the Cambridge University Press “Human Rights in History” series, and the University of Pennsylvania Press “Intellectual History of the Modern Age” series. He cofounded and for a decade served as coeditor of the journal Humanity; he served as coeditor for seven years of Modern Intellectual History. He solicits book reviews on human rights for Lawfare and is on the editorial boards of Constellations, Global Intellectual History, the Historical Journal, Humanity, the Journal of the History of International Law, Modern Intellectual History, and Modern Judaism.

He has received fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies, the Berggruen Institute, and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and been a fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study and the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics. His books have won the Morris Forkosch Prize of the Journal of the History of Ideas and the Sybil Halpern Milton Memorial Book Prize of the German Studies Association. At Columbia, he was given the Mark van Doren Teaching Award (46th Annual) by undergraduates.

Thursday, April 27, 2023


Finally, a Bipartisan Response to the Clarence Thomas Fiasco Emerges

Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History Samuel Moyn is quoted in a commentary in The Washington Post.

Wednesday, March 22, 2023


Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond Review — How the Rich Keep the Poor Down

Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History Samuel Moyn reviews Poverty, By America by Matthew Desmond.

Tuesday, February 14, 2023


Robert Kagan and Interventionism’s Big Reboot

Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History Samuel Moyn reviews The Ghost at the Feast: America and the Collapse of World Order, 1900-1941 by Robert Kagan.

Wednesday, January 18, 2023


Foundations of American Legal Thought Lecture Series Returns 

The series exposes students and the broader community to the central ideas of American legal theory.

Thursday, January 5, 2023


The Conservative Who Wants to Bring Down the Supreme Court

Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History Samuel Moyn discusses opposition of judicial supremacy by progressives and conservatives. 

Tuesday, December 20, 2022


With This Supreme Court, the Way Liberals Dissent Matters — A Commentary by Ryan D. Doerfler and Samuel Moyn

Samuel Moyn is Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History at Yale University.

Friday, August 19, 2022


The Constitution Is Broken and Should Not Be Reclaimed — A Commentary by Samuel Moyn and Ryan D. Doerfler

Samuel Moyn is Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History at Yale University.

Tuesday, July 19, 2022


Ist Frieden auf Erden möglich, Samuel Moyn?

Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History is profiled in German newspaper Die Zeit.

Tuesday, July 5, 2022


A Growing Movement Against Illegal War

Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History Samuel Moyn discussed Leo Tolstoy and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Friday, June 17, 2022


Counting on the Supreme Court to Uphold Key Rights was Always a Mistake — A Commentary by Samuel Moyn

Samuel Moyn is Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and Professor of History at Yale University.

Thursday, April 7, 2022


How To Stop a New Cold War — A Commentary by Samuel Moyn

Samuel Moyn is Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and Professor of History at Yale University.

Thursday, March 31, 2022


The Forgotten Crime of War Itself

The latest book by Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn, Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War, is reviewed.

Monday, March 28, 2022


The United States Is Not the World’s “Indispensable Nation”

Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn discusses in an interview how to build a global order that constrains rather than enables the use of force by military superpowers.

Tuesday, March 1, 2022


The ‘Rules-Based International Order’ Doesn’t Constrain Russia — or the United States — A Commentary by Samuel Moyn

Samuel Moyn is Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University.

Friday, February 25, 2022


Law Faculty Offer Analysis of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

Four Yale Law School faculty members offered initial analysis of the war in Ukraine, presenting perspectives on international law, security, foreign policy, and human rights as the war began to unfold.

Wednesday, February 2, 2022


Professor Moyn Delivers Carlyle Lectures at Oxford

Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn delivers a series of six lectures at the University of Oxford this term as part of its annual Carlyle Lectures in the History of Political Thought series.

Thursday, January 6, 2022


Biden May Face Midterm Reckoning on Supreme Court Reform

Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence and Professor of History Samuel Moyn is quoted about midterm challenges facing President Joe Biden.

Wednesday, December 22, 2021


A Year in Books: Faculty Elevated New Ideas on a Range of Critical Issues

Yale Law School’s renowned faculty published an extraordinary collection of books and scholarship in 2021. Here’s a look back at the year in books published by YLS faculty and lecturers in law.

Wednesday, December 22, 2021


War and Caprice: How Leo Tolstoy Predicted 21st-century Warfare

Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence and Professor of History Samuel Moyn is profiled, and his book Humane reviewed.

Sunday, December 12, 2021


Court Reform Is Dead! Long Live Court Reform! — A Commentary by Samuel Moyn

Samuel Moyn is Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University.

Friday, December 3, 2021


Yale’s Legal Experts Unpack the Supreme Court Term

Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University Samuel Moyn, Clinical Lecturer in Law and a Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School Linda Greenhouse '78, and Adam Gerard ’23 are quoted in an article about the Supreme Court’s latest term.

Monday, November 8, 2021


If Democrats Return to Centrism, They are Doomed to Lose Against Trump — A Commentary by Samuel Moyn

Samuel Moyn is Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University.

Thursday, October 14, 2021


Stephen Breyer’s Supreme Delusions

Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn and coauthor Ryan D. Doerfler of the University of Chicago Law School review the new book by Justice Stephen Breyer, The Authority of the Court and the Peril of Politics.

Tuesday, September 21, 2021


Has War Become Too Humane?

The new book by Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn is reviewed.

Thursday, September 16, 2021


The Problem With Making War “Humane”

Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn discusses his new book.

Wednesday, September 8, 2021


The Dangers of Making War Less Dangerous

The New York Times reviews Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War, the new book by Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn.

Wednesday, September 8, 2021


The Lawfare Podcast: ‘Humane’ with Samuel Moyn

Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn discusses his new book.

Tuesday, September 7, 2021


American War from Sherman to McChrystal

Professor Samuel Moyn's book, Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War, is reviewed.

Thursday, September 2, 2021


Professor Moyn on the Humanity of War

Professor Samuel Moyn’s book “Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War” takes the reader on a journey through the evolution of war.

Thursday, September 2, 2021


America Is Giving the World a Disturbing New Kind of War —A Commentary by Samuel Moyn

Samuel Moyn is Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University.

Wednesday, September 1, 2021


Michael Ratner’s Tragedy, and Ours — A Commentary by Samuel Moyn

Samuel Moyn is Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University.

Tuesday, August 31, 2021


How the U.S. Created a World of Endless War — A Commentary By Samuel Moyn

Samuel Moyn is Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University.

Wednesday, August 25, 2021


Opinion: Democrats Just Launched a Missile at the GOP’s Fortress of Minority Rule

A commentary quotes Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn on court reform provisions in the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.

Tuesday, August 17, 2021


Biden Pulled Troops Out of Afghanistan. He Didn’t End the ‘Forever War.’ — A Commentary by Samuel Moyn

Samuel Moyn is the Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University. 

Wednesday, August 4, 2021


We the People

Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn and Professor of Law David Schleicher contributed essays to a series exploring potential constitutional amendments.

Tuesday, July 13, 2021


The Ethics of Coalition-Building — A Commentary by Samuel Moyn

Samuel Moyn is the Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University.

Wednesday, June 30, 2021


Experts Debate Reducing the Supreme Court’s Power to Strike Down Laws

A news story on a hearing of President Biden’s commission on judicial branch reform includes that the commission is co-chaired by Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law Cristina Rodríguez ’00 and quotes testimony from Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn. Arthur Liman Professor of Law Judith Resnik also testified.

Monday, June 28, 2021


Breyer's Future is Supreme Court's Biggest Question

Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn discusses calls for Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire.

Friday, May 7, 2021


Foundations Lecture Series Held at Yale Law School

This spring, the newly launched Foundations Lecture Series featured lectures given by members of the Yale Law School faculty.

Sunday, May 2, 2021


What Kind of Fear Is Stopping Joe Biden? — A Commentary by Samuel Moyn

Samuel Moyn is Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University.

Monday, April 19, 2021


Why Joe Biden’s Afghanistan Withdrawal Doesn’t Mark the End of America’s “Forever War” — A Commentary by Samuel Moyn

Samuel Moyn is Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University.

Monday, March 22, 2021


Does Biden Really Want to End the Forever Wars? — A Commentary by Samuel Moyn and Jack Goldsmith ’89

Samuel Moyn is Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University. Jack Goldsmith ’89 is Learned Hand Professor of Law at Harvard University.

Tuesday, March 9, 2021


Why Do Americans Have So Few Rights?

Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn reviews the new book How Rights Went Wrong: Why Our Obsession With Rights Is Tearing America Apart by Jamal Greene ’05 in The New Republic.

Tuesday, February 16, 2021


Has Trump Permanently Altered U.S. Foreign Policy?

Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn participated in a Foreign Affairs survey on the legacy of the Trump administration’s foreign policy.

Thursday, February 11, 2021


Obama embraced ‘endless wars.’ Biden probably will, too. — A Commentary by Samuel Moyn

Samuel Moyn is Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University.

Tuesday, December 1, 2020


Biden says 'America is back'. But will his team of insiders repeat their old mistakes? — A Commentary by Samuel Moyn

Samuel Moyn is Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University.

Monday, November 9, 2020


How Trump Won — A Commentary by Samuel Moyn

Samuel Moyn is Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University.

Tuesday, October 27, 2020


Three Paths for Reforming the Supreme Court

Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn, Visiting Professor of Law Steven Calabresi ’83, and Melody Wang ’21 are cited in a New York Times commentary about reforming the Supreme Court.

Thursday, October 22, 2020


What Might The Supreme Court Look Like In The Future?

Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn was interviewed on NPR’s All Things Considered about what the future of the Supreme Court might look like. 

Wednesday, October 14, 2020


This Supreme Court Was Designed to Kill Climate Policies

Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn and Professor of Law Amy Kapczynski ’03 are quoted in the New Republic about the Supreme Court and climate change. 

Tuesday, October 13, 2020


Making the Supreme Court Safe for Democracy — A Commentary by Samuel Moyn and Ryan D. Doerfler

Samuel Moyn is Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University. Ryan D. Doerfler is Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School.

Tuesday, October 6, 2020


Liberals Weigh Jurisdiction Stripping to Rein in Supreme Court

Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn spoke to Bloomberg Businessweek about the Supreme Court.

Monday, October 5, 2020


David Schleicher and Samuel Moyn Start New Legal Theory Podcast

Law School professors Samuel Moyn and David Schleicher have collaborated to create “Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast.”

Monday, September 28, 2020


How the ‘minority rule’ problem could get much worse

Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn is cited in a Washington Post commentary about the future of the Supreme Court.

Friday, September 25, 2020


Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the Supreme Court With Guest Samuel Moyn

Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn was interviewed for a Rolling Stone podcast about the future of the Supreme Court.

Thursday, September 24, 2020


Students Create Supreme Court Reform Website

A new website created by several Yale Law students provides a way to learn about the history of the Supreme Court and includes detailed reform options.

Tuesday, September 22, 2020


Packing the Supreme Court, explained

Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn is quoted in Fast Company in a piece on expanding the size of the Supreme Court.

Tuesday, September 22, 2020


The Supreme Court Is Slipping Away From Democrats

Scholarship by Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn is mentioned in a New York Times opinion piece about the future of the Supreme Court.

Tuesday, September 22, 2020


Q&A with Professor Samuel Moyn on Supreme Court Reform

Professor Moyn argues the goal of Supreme Court reform shouldn’t be to make the Court less ideological, but to make it less powerful. He discusses what inspired his interest on this topic and what types of reforms he thinks should be considered in this highly polarized moment.

Monday, September 21, 2020


Packing the Court—or Taming the Courts?

Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn is quoted in the Nation on expanding the number of justices on the Supreme Court.

Sunday, September 20, 2020


If Republicans Confirm New Justice, Scholars Say Democratic Court Packing Is Possible

Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn is quoted by NPR in a story about possibly expanding the number of justices on the Supreme Court.

Saturday, August 8, 2020


Reform the Court, but Don’t Pack It — A Commentary by Professor Samuel Moyn and Ryan Doerfler

Samuel Moyn is Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University. Ryan D. Doerfler is Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School.

Monday, July 27, 2020


What Is Fascism?

Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence and Professor of History Samuel Moyn was a guest on public radio program 1A where he discussed fascism.

Monday, March 2, 2020


Présidentielle américaine 2020 — A Commentary by Samuel Moyn

Samuel Moyn is Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University.

Thursday, February 13, 2020


The Trump era is a golden age of conspiracy theories – on the right and left — A Commentary by Nicolas Guilhot and Samuel Moyn

Samuel Moyn is Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University. Nicolas Guilhot is a senior fellow at the French National Center for Scientific Research.

Tuesday, January 7, 2020


A One-Word Accusation Swirls Around Trump’s Deadly Strike: Assassination

Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence and Professor of History Samuel Moyn is quoted in The New York Times on the law behind the strike against Qassem Soleimani.

Friday, December 13, 2019


The infinity war — A Commentary by Samuel Moyn and Stephen Wertheim

Samuel Moyn is Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University.

Wednesday, October 30, 2019


What happened to the dream of global justice? — A Commentary by Samuel Moyn

Samuel Moyn is Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University.

Thursday, September 26, 2019


Impeachment isn’t the answer to America’s political crisis — A Commentary by Samuel Moyn

Samuel Moyn is Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University. 

Wednesday, August 28, 2019


Le « marxisme culturel », fantasme préféré de l’extrême droite (in French)

Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence and Professor of History Samuel Moyn is quoted in Le Monde about cultural Marxism.

Thursday, August 8, 2019


There is a Need for Fresh Thinking on Human Rights

Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence and Professor of History Samuel Moyn is cited in a commentary on human rights.

Friday, July 26, 2019


The Mueller Fantasy Comes Crashing Down — A Commentary by Samuel Moyn

Samuel Moyn is the Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence and a Professor of History at Yale Law School.

Friday, March 22, 2019


If the Liberal World Offered More Economic Security, Maybe Authoritarians Would Lose Their Appeal — A Commentary by Samuel Moyn

Samuel Moyn is the Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence.

Wednesday, February 6, 2019


The Lawfare Podcast: Progressive Critiques of Liberal Internationalism

Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn discussed liberal internationalism on the Lawfare podcast with Jack Goldsmith ’89.

Wednesday, January 23, 2019


Legal Historian Samuel Moyn on Why Human Rights are not Enough

In his recently published book, legal historian Samuel Moyn explores how human rights connect to global economic fairness and takes a look at the role human rights have played in the history of humanity globally.

Tuesday, December 4, 2018


Investigations Won’t Defeat Trumpism. Strengthening Democracy Will.

Professor of Law Samuel Moyn is quoted in a piece in Politico.

Monday, December 3, 2018


Neoliberalism, Not Liberalism, Has Failed: A Response to Patrick Deneen

Professor of Law Samuel Moyn has a review of the book Why Liberalism Failed by Patrick J. Deneen in Commonweal.

Tuesday, November 13, 2018


The Alt-Right’s Favorite Meme Is 100 Years Old—A Commentary by Samuel Moyn

Samuel Moyn is a Professor of Law at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University.

Sunday, November 4, 2018


The Great Unravelling: Human Rights

Professor of Law Samuel Moyn was one of several law professors interviewed by the BBC about the state of human rights.

Tuesday, October 23, 2018


A War Without Civilian Deaths?

Professor of Law Samuel Moyn has a review of the new book The Bodies in Person by Nick McDonell.

Friday, October 5, 2018


Resisting the Juristocracy—A Commentary by Samuel Moyn

Samuel Moyn is a Professor of Law at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University.

Wednesday, August 8, 2018


Stop worrying about Kavanaugh, liberals. Start winning the political argument.—A Commentary by Samuel Moyn

Samuel Moyn is a Professor of Law at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University.

Thursday, July 5, 2018


Inside the AEL’s celebrated summer school

Professor of Law Samuel Moyn is quoted in a report on his lecture at the Academy of European Law summer session.

Thursday, June 14, 2018


The Mask It Wears

A review of Professor of Law Samuel Moyn's book Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal World.

Thursday, May 3, 2018


“The Right to Have Rights” and the Plight of the Stateless

An essay by Professor of Law Samuel Moyn is cited in an article about the rights of refugees.

Monday, April 23, 2018


How the Human Rights Movement Failed—A Commentary by Samuel Moyn

Samuel Moyn is a Professor of Law at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University.

Monday, April 9, 2018


Economic Rights Are Human Rights—A Commentary by Samuel Moyn

Samuel Moyn is a Professor of Law at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University.

Monday, March 19, 2018


Hype for the Best

Professor of Law Samuel Moyn has a review of Steven Pinker’s new book Enlightenment Now.

Friday, March 16, 2018


Human Rights Are Not Enough: We must also embrace the fight against economic inequality.—A Commentary by Samuel Moyn

Samuel Moyn is a Professor of Law at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University.

Thursday, March 1, 2018


Professor Moyn's New Book on Human Rights in an Unequal World

In his latest book, Professor Samuel Moyn explores the social and economic history of human rights alongside the inequalities that resulted from the triumph of neoliberal globalization.

Tuesday, February 27, 2018


Mark Lilla and the Crisis of Liberalism

Professor of Law Samuel Moyn has a review of "Mark Lilla and the Crisis of Liberalism." 

Sunday, February 25, 2018


Beyond Human Rights

Professor of Law Samuel Moyn was a guest on a podcast where he discussed neoliberalism and human rights.

Thursday, January 25, 2018


'A crisis for human rights': new index reveals global fall in basic justice

Professor of LawSamuel Moyn is quoted in an article about declining human rights around the globe.

Wednesday, January 24, 2018


The Historical Origins of Human Rights: A Conversation with Samuel Moyn

Professor of Law Samuel Moyn was interviewed about history and human rights.

Tuesday, December 12, 2017


The Limits of Resistance: Are Democrats focused on the wrong things?

Professor of Law Samuel Moyn was interviewed about his upcoming book Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal World.

Monday, November 20, 2017


Why Did Humanity Ignore the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?—A Commentary by Samuel Moyn

Samuel Moyn is a Professor of Law at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University.

Thursday, October 5, 2017


Barbarian Virtues

Professor of Law Samuel Moyn reviews James C. Scott’s book Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States.

Friday, September 15, 2017


The Parochialism of American Cosmopolitanism—A Commentary by Samuel Moyn

Samuel Moyn is a Professor of Law at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University.

Sunday, August 13, 2017


A Problem Worse Than Tyranny—A Commentary by Samuel Moyn and David Priestland

Samuel Moyn is a Professor of Law at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University and David Priestland is a Professor of Modern History at Oxford University.