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In March , Bonnie and Richard Reiss Professor of Constitutional Law, published a new book, . A pioneer in the law of the political process, Issacharoff has written extensively on law and democracy; his many articles, along with his Law of Democracy casebook (co-authored with Sudler Family Professor of Constitutional Law and Stanford Law School’s Pam Karlan) have helped create a vibrant new area of constitutional law. In 2015 Issacharoff published , which looked at the role constitutional courts can play in defending against authoritarianism, focusing on countries in the Middle East, Africa, and Eastern Europe. 

Now Democracy Unmoored offers an account of how populist movements are sabotaging political institutions from within and undermining democracies across the globe. In a recent conversation at the Law School, Issacharoff spoke about the book with Princeton University Professor Pratap Bhanu Mehta. Watch a . 

Issacharoff was also for the International Association of Constitutional Law blog and on Literary Hub’s “Keen On” podcast. A says Democracy Unmoored offers “an incisive diagnosis of the debilitating disease that has infected democracy and subverted its egalitarian promise.”

Posted April 12, 2023