Topic dossier / Editorial grouping

Justice

A shared subject does not establish shared beliefs. Read these records together, and keep the differences in their proposed mechanisms visible.

The documents

Challenge the conviction of Alfred Dreyfus and demand public accountability.

End racial segregation and challenge indefinite delay in securing equal rights.

Compare

Move from a shared aspiration to the decisions that give it practical meaning.

Experiment

Make authority, access and accountability explicit in a bounded hypothetical.