Tom Ginsburg on Monarchy

In this episode I talk with UChicago’s Tom Ginsburg. Professor Ginsburg is a comparative political and legal theorist with incredibly broad interests. He writes everything from international law to Buddhist political theory.  In this interview we’re talking about some of his recent papers on monarchy where he asks questions about why this form of government has been successful enough to basically be the default in human history.

Some of Professor Ginsburg’s papers we discuss today:

Monarchy

The Functions of Constitutional Monarchy

An Economic Interpretation of the Pashtunwali