Free Online Event Webinar
NHMA is pleased to partner with UNH’s Carsey School of Public Policy on its monthly discussion series, the Carsey Policy Hour.
“There is hardly a political question in the United States which does not sooner or later turn into a judicial one” (Alexis de Tocqueville, 1835). Join UNH Constitutional Law Professor Daniel Pi to explore the judiciary’s evolving role in our constitutional framework and its power to check and constrain executive action. We will discuss historical precedents that illuminate how individuals’ and courts’ judicial philosophies may affect their opinions and how these dynamics play out today. Finally, we will consider current lawsuits, including those in New Hampshire courts, and how these contemporary cases fit into the broader story of checks and balances in American governance.
About the Speaker: Daniel Pi joined the UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law faculty in 2023. His research applies economic theory to legal questions across diverse subject areas including torts, contracts, criminal law, and constitutional law. Professor Pi was previously on the faculties of George Mason University, Mitchell Hamline School of Law, and the University of Maine, where he taught contracts, criminal law, criminal procedure, philosophy of law, feminist jurisprudence, and law and economics. He was elected by the class of 2019 to be the faculty speaker at graduation. Professor Pi majored in film and television production as an undergraduate at NYU. He earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Minnesota. He is an Erasmus Mundus Scholar and holds doctorates in law and economics from the University of Bologna and the University of Hamburg. He was the 2014 recipient of the European Association of Law and Economics Göran Skogh Award.
For additional information or to register, please visit: https://carsey.unh.edu/news-events/carsey-policy-hour