Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Charles McCurdy, Professor of History and Law, University of Virginia, for a discussion of the interactions of law and politics in the United States. Case studies discussed include: Justice Stephen Field; The Anti- Rent Era in New York Law (1830-1865); Herbert Wechsler's article on "The Political Safeguards of Federalism;" and the Sedition Acts of the 1790's. Recorded on 04/03/2014. (#28136)