# John Fabian Witt
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john fabian witt is Allen H. Duffy Class of 1960 Professor of Law at Yale Law School, and the author of Lincoln’s Code: The Laws of War in American History, which won the 2013 Bancroft Prize in history of the Americas.
== Biography ==
Witt received bachelor's degree, his law degree, and his Ph.D, which was awarded the John Addison Porter Prize, all from Yale. Before returning to teach at Yale, he was the George Welwood Murray Professor of Legal History at Columbia University.
From the shutdown to the Epstein files: Harold Meyerson; plus Bhaskar Sunkara on Mamdani, and John Fabian Witt on the 1920s
Last week ended with the Democrats triumphant after huge wins with voters across the country; then at the start of this week the Republicans were triumphant when eight Senate Democrats caved on the shutdown; but then, since Wednesday, Trump and the Republicans have been reeling since Democrats on t…
The Seed Money That Changed America in the Early XX Century
In this episode we are joined by Professor John Fabian Witt of Yale Law School, whose new book The Radical Fund uncoversthis hidden history — the people, the conflicts, the victories, and the visionaries who believed a million dollars could help change America.
We’ll explore what happens when radic…
Balance and Check-Mate - Special Guest John Fabian Witt
Secretary of Defense Hegseth is making use of his sights. He is focusing at times on Senator Mark Kelly, seeking to wreak havoc upon him for his utterances which have angered Hegseth’s master. Meanwhile, purported drug smugglers have found Davy Jones’ locker at the order of Hegseth, it has been r…
From Abundance to Enshittification: 2025’s Must-Read Economics Books
This week, Paul and Goldy look back at the most notable economics books of the year. They discuss Ezra Klein and David Thompson’s Abundance, Cory Doctorow’s blistering Enshittification, Thomas Piketty’s new works on inequality, Diane Coyle’s fresh take on GDP, and the overlooked history behind the …
What happens to America when the shared belief in process collapses?
Guest host Melissa Murray is joined by John Fabian Witt, who talks about his argument in the New York Times that 2025 was the year Americans’ shared belief in process collapsed - and the historical example from his new book about how it can be rebuilt; plus former Congressman Denver Riggleman and D…
John Fabian Witt — The Radical Fund: How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America - with David Cole
In 1922, Charles Garland, a young idealist, rejected a million-dollar inheritance, opting instead to invest in a future where radical ideas like economic equality and social justice could flourish. Over the next two decades, the Garland Fund, though dwarfed by the charitable foundations of industri…
The Radical Fund: How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America
John Fabian Witt recounts how in the 1920s and 1930s Charles Garland donated his million-dollar inheritance to the American Fund for Public Service, or Garland Fund, to support progressive causes and organizations he believed could challenge inequality and reshape capitalism and democracy in Americ…
John Witt and The Radical Fund: How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America
In this episode of Capital for Good, we speak with John Fabian Witt, the Allen H. Duffy Class of 1960 Professor of Law at Yale Law School, a professor of history at Yale, and one of the country's most distinguished legal historians. The author of numerous award-winning books, including American Con…
Raising the White Flag - Author Interview with David Silkenat
🔴Raising the White Flag with David Silkenat
Raising the White Flag: How Surrender Defined the American Civil War - David Silkenat https://uncpress.org/9781469672519/raising-the-white-flag/
Lincoln's Code: The Laws of War in American History - John Fabian Witt
Lieber Code: Instructions for the G…
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