1869, Ep. 98 with Lisa A. Tucker, editor of Hamilton and the Law

1869, the Cornell University Press Podcast

This episode we speak with Lisa Tucker, editor of the new book Hamilton and the Law: Reading Today’s Most Contentious Legal Issues through the Hit Musical - https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501753381/hamiltonand-the-law/ Lisa A. Tucker is Associate Professor of Law at the Thomas R. Kline School of Law at Drexel University and author of the novel Called On, as well as eleven books for children. She has been featured in numerous media outlets, including the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, People, Time, and NBC Nightly News. We spoke to Lisa about how she assembled a star-powered cast of legal minds to come together to write a book looking at the phenomenally popular musical Hamilton through the lens of the law, how Hamilton makes us challenge our opinions now matter what side of the aisle you are on, and how the musical really makes us think about power – who holds it, and how it is used.