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CYB3RCRIM3

CYB3RCRIM3

Features observations on technology, law and lawlessness. By University of Dayton Susan Brenner.

http://cyb3rcrim3.blogspot.com/
  • Jun 19

    Frost Wire, Child Pornography and Abandonment

    Frost Wire, Child Pornography and Abandonment
    After Airman Christopher B. Reed was “convicted at a general court-martial comprised of officer members” of “knowingly and wrongfully attempting to receive visual depictions of minors engaging in sexually explicit…
  • Jun 17

    The Subpoenas, the Motion to Quash and the Source Code

    The Subpoenas, the Motion to Quash and the Source Code
    --> Angel Ocasio is apparently a defendant in a federal criminal prosecution pending in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas: U.S. v. Ocasio, 2013 WL 2458617 (2013). This opinion concerns two subpoenas he had…
  • Jun 14

    The Inventory Search, the Cell Phones and the Faraday Bag

    The Inventory Search, the Cell Phones and the Faraday Bag
    After the federal district court judge who had his case denied his motion to suppress, Mario Darnell Smith “entered a conditional guilty plea to one count of bank fraud in violation of 18 U.S. Code §1344, three counts of…
Rank this Week: 282

Daniel W. Drezner

Daniel W. Drezner

Covers politics, economics, globalization, academia and pop culture. By Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University professor Daniel W. Drezner.

http://drezner.foreignpolicy.com/
  • Nov 28

    Is the scholar-policy gap really so big?

    Is the scholar-policy gap really so big?
    MacArthur Foundation president Robert Gallucci has an essay in the Chronicle of Higher Education on a topic that feels juuuuuust a bit familiar.  Here's how he opens it:
  • Nov 27

    Pssst.... China.... it's called the "security dilemma"

    Pssst.... China.... it's called the "security dilemma"
    So China has not been shy over the past few months in expressing its territorial aspirations, going so far as to imprint them in new passports.  Now on the one hand, this is a predictable reaction to the U.S. pivot from last year.  On the…
  • Nov 26

    The Broadwell Recognition

    The Broadwell Recognition
    As near as I can figure, the David Petraeus/Paula Broadwell story is the ultimate pundit Rorschach Test. Whatever axe one had to grind against the foreign policy community prior to the story breaking, Petraeus and Broadwell merely sharpens…
Rank this Week: 581

Dean's Blog

Dean's Blog

By Dean Donald Lewis of the Hamline University School of Law.

http://law.hamline.edu/blogs.aspx?blogid=102
Rank this Week: 2726

Dean's Blog

Dean's Blog

Dean Carroll's blog

http://cumberland.samford.edu/deans-blog
  • Apr 1

    The Brazilian Connection - Part II

    The Brazilian Connection - Part II
    Back in the Fall of 2008, I blogged about a trip to Sao Paulo that I had just completed. This blog is occasioned by two events, another trip to Sao Paulo and a series of articles in the Wall Street Journal this week about Brazil entitled "For…
  • Feb 23

    Public Interest Law and the Public Interest Career Fair

    Public Interest Law and the Public Interest Career Fair
    One of the important messages we try to communicate to our students involves public interest. A law degree is a tool of empowerment and it is important that we use that tool to give back to the community. read more
  • Dec 29

    Judge John Godbold

    Judge John Godbold
    The country lost one of its great leaders on December 22 when Judge John Godbold passed away at the age of 89. He had a remarkable legal career which included time as an outstanding trial lawyer and over forty years of service as a United…
Rank this Week: 4744

Discourse.net

Discourse.net

By University of Miami law professor Michael Froomkin. Covers civil liberties, the Internet, Guantanamo, Iraq attrocities, politics and more.

http://www.discourse.net/
  • Jun 17

    Obama 2013 vs. Biden 2006 on NSA Data-Collection

    Obama 2013 vs. Biden 2006 on NSA Data-Collection
    Biden looks awfully good compared to Obama here.
  • Jun 17

    Innovative Thinking Could Save Law Schools $$$

    Innovative Thinking Could Save Law Schools $$$
    Although not directed primarily at law schools, the innovative suggestions in Forget MOOCs–Let’s Use MOOA could easily be used to save most US law schools a very large chunk of change. Perhaps this should be in our next strategic…
  • Jun 14

    Happy Flag Day

    Happy Flag Day
    Harold Wasserman has a nice Flag Day post, celebrating the 70th anniversary of West Virginia State Bd. of Educ. v. Barnette. He calls it “a high point in U.S. Supreme Court history.”
Rank this Week: 60

Displacement of Concepts

Displacement of Concepts

Thoughts on technology, innovation, law, legal education, economics, cyberspace, and intellectual property. By Professor Robert Heverly.

http://robert.heverly.org/blog/
  • Mar 31

    Depressing

    Depressing
    I must admit that at times I display a distinct naivety in my approach to life. I like people. I trust people. Sometimes my own experiences have provided me with reason to behave this way. For example, I worked for many years at the…
  • Mar 31

    Strange Reasoning

    Strange Reasoning
    Via the Patry Copyright Blog, it seems there was a bit of an interesting discussion over the advertisement run in the UK for Transport for London and created by folks at or associated with WCRS.
  • Mar 11

    Sometimes Location Matter

    Sometimes Location Matter
    William Patry writes about a recent U.S. Federal District Court decision that is “a masterpiece of analysis and witty writing” (Ricky Gervais Inspires Copyright Opinion). Patry quotes from the decision (citations omitted):
Rank this Week: 2616

Dissenting Justice

Dissenting Justice

Provides commentary on law, politics and justice. By Professor Darren Hutchinson.

http://dissentingjustice.blogspot.com/
  • Jun 6

    Bad Week for Civil Liberties: Obama Administration Collecting Verizon Users' Call Data

    Bad Week for Civil Liberties: Obama Administration Collecting Verizon Users' Call Data
    Civil libertarian and Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald published a bombshell this morning. Since April 2013, the US government has been collecting information from Verizon regarding all... To view the rest of this article, please…
  • May 31

    Republicans Use Race-Based Affirmative Action to Attract Latino Candidate

    Republicans Use Race-Based Affirmative Action to Attract Latino Candidate
    Race-based affirmative action is a four-letter word for most conservatives. In fact, most conservatives would probably consider modifying the phrase "affirmative action" with the qualifier... To view the rest of this article, please…
  • May 29

    KAITLYN HUNT: Case Raises Questions of Sexuality AND Sexual Orientation

    KAITLYN HUNT: Case Raises Questions of Sexuality AND Sexual Orientation
    The Kaitlyn Hunt case demonstrates, once again, the tendency of people to reduce complex problems into singular concerns. Hunt, an 18-year-old Florida high school student, was... To view the rest of this article, please…
Rank this Week: 266

Doorey's Workplace Law Blog

Doorey's Workplace Law Blog

Covers Canadian labour and employment law. By Professor David Doorey.

http://www.yorku.ca/ddoorey/lawblog
  • Jun 11

    SCC Heating Today: Can a Law Prohibit a Union from Recording and Publishing Names, Images of People Who Cross a Lawful Picket Line?

    SCC Heating Today: Can a Law Prohibit a Union from Recording and Publishing Names, Images of People Who Cross a Lawful Picket Line?
    The Supreme Court is hearing an appeal of an Alberta Court of Appeal decision involving the right of unions to record and publish the names and images of workers who cross a lawful picket line.  The Court of Appeal ruled that privacy…
  • Jun 10

    I’m Off to Barcelona!

    I’m Off to Barcelona!
    Like many other labour law professors from around the world, I am off to Barcelona for the Labour Law Research Network conference this week.  Can’t wait to get there, and to listen to the world’s leading minds on labour and…
  • May 28

    ‘Insubordinate’ Articling Student Dismissed For Cause

    ‘Insubordinate’ Articling Student Dismissed For Cause
    A lawyer in British Columbia has lost his wrongful dismissal case against a law firm that fired him for insubordination.  The employee had articled for less than 3 months when he was dismissed for cause (although the employer gave the…
Rank this Week: 422

Dorf on Law

Dorf on Law

By Cornell Law School Professor Michael Dorf and his friends.

http://www.dorfonlaw.org/
  • Jun 19

    Handicapping Arizona's Next Lawsuit

    Handicapping Arizona's Next Lawsuit
    By Mike Dorf My latest Verdict column discusses Monday's SCOTUS ruling in Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona.  I make three main points: 1) The breakdown is refreshingly non-political; 2) The Court's rejection of a presumption…
  • Jun 18

    Law, Politics, Right Answers, and Basketball

    Law, Politics, Right Answers, and Basketball
    By Mike Dorf Yesterday's ruling in Alleyne v. United States produced an interesting division on the Court.  The majority opinion by Justice Thomas was joined by the Court's liberal wing, whereas the four other conservatives…
  • Jun 16

    "All Deliberate Speed" for Same-Sex Marriage?

    "All Deliberate Speed" for Same-Sex Marriage?
    By Mike Dorf Although it's always tricky to predict outcomes of SCOTUS cases, the betting among the cognoscenti is that the Court will invalidate DOMA in the Windsor case and either uphold Prop 8 in the Perry case or find some way to duck…
Rank this Week: 229

Elder Law Prof Blog

Elder Law Prof Blog

By William Mitchell College of Law Professor Kim Dayton and Associate Professor Carolyn Grose

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/elder_law/
Rank this Week: 168

Empirical Legal Studies

Empirical Legal Studies

Covers emerging empirical legal scholarship, conference updates and empirical claims. Edited by Professors Michael Heise, Theodore Eisenberg, William Ford, Sara Benesh, William Henderson, Frank Cross, Carolyn Shapiro, anbd Christopher Zorn

http://www.elsblog.org/the_empirical_legal_studi/
  • Jun 13

    UCLA's Outstanding Stats Resource

    UCLA's Outstanding Stats Resource
    Those looking for either introductory or mid-level instructional on-line resources should visit UCLA's idre site. The site's resources are both deep and wide. Particularly helpful is an array of on-line classes and workshops (some with…
  • Jun 10

    When Independent Variables Reverse Sign

    When Independent Variables Reverse Sign
    Andrew Gelman (Columbia--Statistics) has an interesting post about a nettlesome little topic -- How to make sense of an independent variable that "flips" signs (that is, goes from negative to positive or vice-versa) across model…
  • Jun 3

    Helpful SPSS Resource

    Helpful SPSS Resource
    Though most of our stats software package-related posts skew towards Stata, we remain mindful that folks' tastes vary across the most popular packages (e.g., Stata, SPSS, R, SAS). With this in mind, we recently stumbled across a helpful and…
Rank this Week: 97

Environmental Law Prof Blog

Environmental Law Prof Blog

The Environmental Law Prof Blog is currently seeking an editor.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/environmental_law/
  • Jun 12

    RGGI Reform reflected in June Auction Price

    RGGI Reform reflected in June Auction Price
    As I discussed here a couple years ago, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) was significantly overallocated. In its first three year compliance period (2009-11), the power plants regulated by the program emitted 377 million tons, a…
  • Jun 11

    Which Poisoned Places are Near You?

    Which Poisoned Places are Near You?
    Elizabeth Lucas, Center for Public Integrity, and Robert Benincasa, NPR, have analyzed Environmental Protection Agency databases to come up with this highly informative, interactive map of sites that release hazardous pollutants into the air.…
  • Jun 10

    N.Y. Times Article re California Beach Fire Ring

    N.Y. Times Article re California Beach Fire Ring
    Recently the New York Times, echoing some earlier local media coverage, ran an article about an ongoing regulatory initiative from the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) to close open fire pits on public beaches in Southern…
Rank this Week: 332

Equal Vote

Equal Vote

Information and insight on the laws governing federal, state and local elections. By Michael E. Moritz College of Law Professor Dan Tokaji.

http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/blogs/tokaji/
  • Dec 18

    The Wrong Approach to Election Reform

    The Wrong Approach to Election Reform
    The Ohio legislature yesterday approved a bill (SB 380) that would eliminate the window for early registration and absentee voting, among other things.
  • Nov 7

    Reforming Registration

    Reforming Registration
    On Monday, I identified four problem areas to watch out for on Election Day: 1) lines at the polls, 2) voting equipment, 3) voter registration lists, and 4) provisional and absentee ballots. While machine breakdowns and polling place lines…
  • Nov 4

    What We Don't Know

    What We Don't Know
    We now know that Barack Obama will be the 44th President of the United States of America. In the enormity of this moment in American history, the gritty details of election administration, upon which my Moritz colleagues and I spend so much…
Rank this Week: 2343

Equity is Swell

Equity is Swell

Covers equity and equitable remedies. By Professor Stephen Spitz.

http://equityisswell.wordpress.com/
  • Jun 4

    Judge Richard Gergel’s Opening Comments at the Law and Society Symposium on Religion and the Law

    Judge Richard Gergel’s Opening Comments at the Law and Society Symposium on Religion and the Law
    The Honorable Judge Richard Gergel, sitting Federal District Court Judge here in Charleston, S.C., gave a very memorable set of Opening Comments recently at the Law and Society Symposium about the history of the City where this Law School…
  • Apr 2

    Order from Judge Kimball

    Order from Judge Kimball
    In the real world some cases have a number of different, separate and distinct claims and issues. Certainly that is true for the Case that the Honorable S. Jackson Kimball, Special Circuit Court Judge, was kind enough to send in to Equity is…
  • Apr 2

    Order from Judge Kimball

    Order from Judge Kimball
    In the real world some cases have a number of different, separate and distinct claims and issues. Certainly that is true for the Case that the Honorable S. Jackson Kimball, Special Circuit Court Judge, was kind enough to send in to Equity is…
Rank this Week: 4603

esb20815

esb20815

Covers a range of topics including the current financial crisis, corporate governance, economic crime, and the Middle East.

http://esb20815.wordpress.com
  • Apr 19

    The Terrorist Attack in Boston and the Chechen Question

    The Terrorist Attack in Boston and the Chechen Question
    Let’s not rush to judgment as to motivation of the terrorist attack in Boston. There are Chechens that are pro-Moscow; Chechens who favor independence; Chechens who favor autonomy within the Russian Federations; and Chechen religious…
  • Apr 15

    The Need for Greater Consumer Awareness & Activism: How to Level the Playing Field

    The Need for Greater Consumer Awareness & Activism: How to Level the Playing Field
    People should always be very careful in checking their credit card and bank statements as well as invoices of all types. It is amazing how frequently unexplained and unjustified fees appear on the aforementioned documents. It is often the…
  • Apr 5

    Some Practical Ideas for Fighting Corruption

    Some Practical Ideas for Fighting Corruption
    To make progress in combating corruption we must address immediately: (i) the revolving door issue; (ii) our national allergy to higher taxes to fund the recruitment and retention of competent and dedicated people able to bring successfully…
Rank this Week: 3309

Essentially Contested America

Essentially Contested America

Covers the constitutional, political, and cultural controversies which define the character of America. By Widener University School of Law Professor Robert Justin Lipkin.

http://essentiallycontestedamerica.org
Rank this Week: 791

EvidenceProf Blog

EvidenceProf Blog

By John Marshall Law School Professor Colin Miller, with Contributing Editors and Professors David Leonard, Joelle Moreno, and Myrna Raeder

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/evidenceprof/
Rank this Week: 272

Faculty Blog

Faculty Blog

The Marquette University Law School Faculty Blog

http://law.marquette.edu/facultyblog/
  • Jun 18

    Milwaukee: The $5,000 house and other thought

    Milwaukee: The $5,000 house and other thought
    I was having lunch the other day with someone who works in city government, and we were talking about the serious foreclosure problem in Milwaukee. He was lamenting the fact that in some of the poorest sections of the city, the housing market…
  • Jun 18

    The Value of Trial Experience to a Young Lawyer

    The Value of Trial Experience to a Young Lawyer
    As a new lawyer, I struggled to come up with blog topics. Being only two years out of law school, I don’t pretend to have near the amount of knowledge or experience as the frequent contributors and readers of this blog. I contemplated a…
  • Jun 18

    So Long, Harris — Breyer’s on Board

    So Long, Harris — Breyer’s on Board
    Yesterday, in a long-anticipated move, the Supreme Court finally overturned its 2002 decision in Harris v. United States. The new decision in Alleyne v. United States extended jury-trial rights to mandatory minimum sentences. Justice…
Rank this Week: 1042

Faculty Blog - Faculty of Law,…

Faculty Blog - Faculty of Law, University of Alberta

By Barbara Billingsley, Cameron Hutchison, Daniel Mol, David Cheifetz, Eran Kaplinsky, Eric Adam, Erin Nelson, James Muir, Lewis Klar, Q.C., Mark Amman, Moin A Yahya, Peter Carver, Russ Brown, Steven Penney

http://ualbertalaw.typepad.com/faculty/
  • Jun 19

    Mind your font

    Mind your font
    Does the font you use matter for communicating your ideas? In other words, are you more likely to believe the content of this subsentence over the content of this sub-sentence? Would it make a difference for your grade if you...
  • Jun 19

    Bite me

    Bite me
    Many have been convicted based on bite-mark analysis. Many have been exonerated. It seems that the science of bite-mark analysis is not so reliable. It seems that nothing, other than DNA, is fully reliable - not even fingerprints, bullet…
  • Jun 18

    School Madne

    School Madne
    Schools are supposed to be institutions where minds are shaped and formed. Values inculcated, and a lifetime of learning initiated. Sadly, many schools (and to some extent some Universities) have become bastions of intolerance, rigidity, and…
Rank this Week: 1131

Faculty News

Faculty News

From Duke University School of Law.

http://law.duke.edu/facschol/
Rank this Week: 3644

Failed Evidence

Failed Evidence

Covers arrests, prosecutions, and news relating to: criminal court cases, scientific evidence, eyewitness evidence, exonerated convicts, innocence, injustice, and the law enforcement system's general resistance to science. By David A. Harris.

http://failedevidence.wordpress.com/
  • Jun 17

    Bite-Mark Analysis: Junk Science or Just A Few “Bad Apple” Practitioners?

    Bite-Mark Analysis: Junk Science or Just A Few “Bad Apple” Practitioners?
    Of all of the methods studied in the 2009 National Academy of Sciences’ report on forensic science, forensic odontology — the analysis of bite marks to identify the perpetrators of crimes — has come under some of the…
  • Jun 14

    In NYPD Stop/Frisk Case, US Dept of Justice Recommends Independent Monitor

    In NYPD Stop/Frisk Case, US Dept of Justice Recommends Independent Monitor
    An update on my May 22  post on the NYPD stop and frisk case: the U.S. Department of Justice has filed a “statement of interest” in the case to say that if the judge rules against the NYPD, the preferred remedy would be an…
  • Jun 14

    In NYPD Stop/Frisk Case, US Dept of Justice Recommends Independent Monitor

    In NYPD Stop/Frisk Case, US Dept of Justice Recommends Independent Monitor
    An update on my May 22  post on the NYPD stop and frisk case: the U.S. Department of Justice has filed a “statement of interest” in the case to say that if the judge rules against the NYPD, the preferred remedy would be an…
Rank this Week: 2680

Family Law Prof Blog

Family Law Prof Blog

By Professor Andrea B. Carrol of the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University, and Margaret Ryznar.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/family_law/
  • Jun 19

    Fetal Origin

    Fetal Origin
    From the Atlantic: Researchers in the increasingly influential field known as fetal origins—the study of how fetal conditions affect long-term health—have to be pretty creative. Running controlled experiments on pregnant women is, after…
  • Jun 18

    5th Circuit on Breastfeeding

    5th Circuit on Breastfeeding
    From Law.com: While several new health studies health studies concerning breastfeeding are making the rounds, the topic has also been generating headlines in the employment law context, thanks to a recent Fifth Circuit ruling (as reported in…
  • Jun 17

    Babies Sleeping in Cardboard Boxes--Normal in Finland

    Babies Sleeping in Cardboard Boxes--Normal in Finland
    From Updated News: For 75 years, Finland’s expectant mothers have been given a box by the state. It’s like a starter kit of clothes, sheets and toys that can even be used as a bed. And some say it helped...
Rank this Week: 117

Federal Civil Practice Bulletin

Federal Civil Practice Bulletin

Covers federal civil practice and procedure. By Washington & Lee University School of Law, Professor A. Benjamin Spencer.

http://federalcivilpracticebulletin.blogspot.com/
  • Mar 19

    SCOTUS Decides Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowle

    SCOTUS Decides Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowle
    From BNA's Supreme Court Today:Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles, No. 11-1450: A would-be class plaintiff's stipulation that he and the class he seeks to represent will not seek damages greater than $5 million total, which is the…
  • Dec 4

    Kaplow on Multistage Litigation

    Kaplow on Multistage Litigation
    Professor Louis Kaplow (Harvard) has posted an article entitled Multistage Litigation on SSRN.  Here is the abstract:Legal proceedings often involve multiple stages: U.S. civil litigation allows motions to dismiss and for summary…
  • Nov 27

    Issacharoff and Miller Post Motion to Dismiss Article on SSRN

    Issacharoff and Miller Post Motion to Dismiss Article on SSRN
    Professors Samuel Issacharoff and Geoffrey Miller (both of NYU) have just posted an article entitled An Information-Forcing Approach to the Motion to Dismiss on SSRN.  Here is the abstract:
Rank this Week: 436

Feminist Law Professors

Feminist Law Professors

Covers feminism, sexism, reproductive rights and women's health. By Professors Ann Bartow and Bridget Crawford.

http://feministlawprofessors.com
Rank this Week: 96

First Amendment Law Prof Blog

First Amendment Law Prof Blog

By Professors Kathleen A. Bergin and Josie F. Brown.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/firstamendment/
  • Sep 7

    First Amendment Scholarship Update - Speech Topic

    First Amendment Scholarship Update - Speech Topic
    Here is a new collection of recent scholarship on speech topics: 1. Helen L. Norton (University of Colorado School of Law), Secrets, Lies, and Disclosure, 27 Journal of Law & Politics 641 (2012. The abstract states: This symposium essay…
  • Sep 6

    Egyptian State TV Anchor Wears Hijab for First Time in Post-Mubarak Era

    Egyptian State TV Anchor Wears Hijab for First Time in Post-Mubarak Era
    Tuesday was World Hijab Day, and the Christian Science Monitor reports on the ongoing debate among Muslims about when the headscarf should or must be worn. For the first time last week, an announcer on Egyptian state television wore a...
  • Aug 24

    Photojournalists Urge NYPD to Improve Guidance to Officers on First Amendment Obligation

    Photojournalists Urge NYPD to Improve Guidance to Officers on First Amendment Obligation
    Responding to the recent arrest of photographer Robert Stolarik while he worked on an assignment from the New York Times as well as other incidents, the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) has asked the NYPD to provide clearer…
Rank this Week: 472

Food Law Prof Blog

Food Law Prof Blog

By Professor Donna Byrne.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/foodlaw/
  • Jan 14

    About Food & Drug Law Prof Blog

    About Food & Drug Law Prof Blog
    If you are interested in serving as an editor of Food & Drug Law Prof Blog for the Law Professor Blogs Network, please contact Paul Caron and Joe Hodnicki by email.
  • Jan 14

    About Food & Drug Law Prof Blog

    About Food & Drug Law Prof Blog
    If you are interested in serving as an editor of Food & Drug Law Prof Blog for the Law Professor Blogs Network, please contact Paul Caron and Joe Hodnicki by email.
  • Sep 18

    About Food Law Prof Blog

    About Food Law Prof Blog
    If you are interested in serving as an editor of Food Law Prof Blog for the Law Professor Blogs Network, please contact Paul Caron and Joe Hodnicki by email.
Rank this Week: 737

from milan to mumbai

from milan to mumbai

Post and riposte from a resolutely cranky but creative law professor, emphasizing international and comparative tax law... by Michael Livingston

http://mikelivingston.blogspot.com/
  • Nov 8

    welcome back and thoughts on the election

    welcome back and thoughts on the election
    I’m reviving my blog to make a couple of comments about the election and because I’ll be traveling again soon, always a good time for posting.   Some of these are comments I’ve already posted on Facebook et al.   Here we…
  • Dec 29

    The Travails of the "Ultra-Orthodox"

    The Travails of the "Ultra-Orthodox"
    Stories have been floating around the international media about various outrages attributed to Haredim or "ultra-orthodox" Jews in Jerusalem and other cities.   These include forced segregation of men and women on buses, efforts to keep…
  • Nov 28

    Israel: my last few day

    Israel: my last few day
    My class is over and I'm using the last three days to see parts of Israel that I might otherwise miss.   Last night I headed to Jerusalem for a workshop at the Van Leer Institute on Arab and Jewish demography, not normally one of my core…
Rank this Week: 2393

Georgetown Law Faculty Blog

Georgetown Law Faculty Blog

Blog for various Georgetown Law faculty to post about legal topics of interest.

http://gulcfac.typepad.com/georgetown_university_law/
  • Jun 13

    Cost-Benefit Jumps the Shark

    Cost-Benefit Jumps the Shark
    The Department of Justice's Economic Analysis of Prison Rape by Lisa Heinzerling Despite initial signs suggesting a different path, the Obama Administration has promoted the role of cost-benefit analysis in regulatory policy as fiercely as…
  • Jun 6

    Antibiotics, Animals, and Agency Discretion

    Antibiotics, Animals, and Agency Discretion
    by Lisa Heinzerling When an agency defends over three decades of inaction on an important problem by saying that acting would take too long, one hopes a judge reviewing the agency's inaction will see through the pretense. This is exactly what…
  • Sep 2

    Ozone Madne

    Ozone Madne
    (The following post corrects two small factual errors in the original post.) by Lisa Heinzerling Today, President Obama announced that he had asked EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to withdraw the final National Ambient Air Quality Standard…
Rank this Week: 2640

Georgetown Law Webcasts and…

Georgetown Law Webcasts and Podcasts

Audio from discussions, lectures and panels at Georgetown Law School.

http://apps.law.georgetown.edu/webcasts/
Rank this Week: 498

Goldman's Observations

Goldman's Observations

Covers legal education and the legal industry. By Professor Eric Goldman.

http://blog.ericgoldman.org/personal/
Rank this Week: 2579

GreenLaw

GreenLaw

provide information, context, and commentary on current events and developments in the field of environmental law. By Pace University School of Law's environmental law program.

http://greenlaw.blogs.law.pace.edu/
  • Apr 26

    The Simple (And Frightening) Climate Math That Not Even Bill McKibben Seems Willing To Do

    The Simple (And Frightening) Climate Math That Not Even Bill McKibben Seems Willing To Do
    I watched Bill McKibben’s movie about his “Do the Math” Tour last night, and got to watch some of my good friends and personal environmental heroes getting arrested for civil disobedience protests against the Project XL…
  • Apr 18

    From One to Many American Dream

    From One to Many American Dream
    In 1992, families with children predominated, creating a market for single-family, single-lot homes in suburban greenfields—the American Dream; 2013 sees a different market emerging of younger and smaller households, most of whom seek…
  • Apr 13

    The Animal Law Circu

    The Animal Law Circu
    David Cassuto (x-post from Animal Blawg) There’s a story about a Canadian farmer who won a $100 million tax-free, lump sum payment in the Canadian lottery.  When asked what he would do with the money, he replied “I guess…
Rank this Week: 3361

Grotian Moment: The International…

Grotian Moment: The International War Crimes Trial Blog

Case Western University Law School's blawg on international war crimes trials.

http://law.case.edu/saddamtrial/
  • Jul 29

    Human Rights Watch Report Assessing the Taylor Trial

    Human Rights Watch Report Assessing the Taylor Trial
    Human Rights Watch recently released a report entitled "Even a 'Big Man' Must Face Justice": Lessons from the Trial of Charles Taylor. A copy of that report is available here: HRW Report on Taylor Trial. Below is the announcement from Human…
  • Jul 28

    The Law's Long Arm and the Mighty Pen: Justice for Ratko Mladic

    The Law's Long Arm and the Mighty Pen: Justice for Ratko Mladic
    A former war crimes prosecution attorney and PILPG advisory board member reflects on the arrest of Ratko Mladic, alleged mastermind of the Srebrenica genocide. It is not often when one man is able to unite officials on both sides of the…
  • Feb 15

    Piracy Prosecutions in the Seychelle

    Piracy Prosecutions in the Seychelle
    By Cameron MacLeod Since early 2010, the Seychelles has become the hub for prosecution of Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean. The Seychelles recently enacted a statute giving its courts universal jurisdiction to prosecute pirates brought to…
Rank this Week: 2522

Gustavo Pamplona

Gustavo Pamplona

Direito Publico: constitucional, administrativo, ambiental e tributario.

http://gpamplona.blogspot.com/
Rank this Week: 1767

Haifa Faculty of Law Blog

Haifa Faculty of Law Blog

From the University of Haifa, Faculty of Law.

http://haifalawfaculty.blogspot.com/
  • Jul 19

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  • Feb 15

    Murderous anti gay law in Uganda

    Murderous anti gay law in Uganda
    Sorry for the Anglit - working from a goy computer.This abomination says so much about law in general. we usually think about law as being in some way inherently different from other forms of control, due to its deliberative nature more…
Rank this Week: 2712

Health Law Prof Blog

Health Law Prof Blog

By University of Cincinnati Law Professor S. Elizabeth Malloy.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/healthlawprof_blog/
  • Jun 14

    Beyond Medicaid--How the Affordable Care Act Will Change Mental Health Treatment--and some helpful Apps for further research

    Beyond Medicaid--How the Affordable Care Act Will Change Mental Health Treatment--and some helpful Apps for further research
    This is a helpful article from a mental health perspective about how the Affordable Care Act will change mental health treatment. Given the volume of material health lawyers need to review about not just law directly but also health…
  • Jun 13

    Tax credit litigation on the move

    Tax credit litigation on the move
    For those of you who thought we could forget about ongoing ACA litigation, here's a little update: the issue of premium assistance through tax credits for insurance purchased in federal exchanges is alive and well. The plaintiffs in the…
  • Jun 13

    Breaking News - Supreme Court Rules Human Genes May Not Be Patented

    Breaking News - Supreme Court Rules Human Genes May Not Be Patented
    According to a news release by the NYT: Human genes may not be patented, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday. The case concerned patents held by Myriad Genetics, a Utah company, on genes that correlate with increased risk of hereditary...
Rank this Week: 264

Hearsay Culture

Hearsay Culture

KZSU-FM (Stanford) Tech/Law Talk Show. Hosted by Dave Levine.

http://www.hearsayculture.com
Rank this Week: 417

Higher Ed Law Prof Blog

Higher Ed Law Prof Blog

By Professors James Ottavio Castagnera and Patrick J. Cihon.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/highered/
  • May 9

    About This Blog

    About This Blog
    The Law Professors Blogs Network is looking for faculty to launch an education law blog. If you would like more information about what this entails, please email Paul Caron at paul.caron@uc.edu
  • May 8

    Event: SHRM Garden State Council Annual Expo - A call for paper

    Event: SHRM Garden State Council Annual Expo - A call for paper
    Dear Jim, Set your compass to join us on November 3rd and 4th for the Garden State Council-SHRM 17th Annual Conference and Exposition at the Ocean Place Resort & Spa in Long Branch, NJ. Our theme this year is: "HR:...
  • May 8

    Law: Affirmative action foe dealt series of setback

    Law: Affirmative action foe dealt series of setback
    It has been a rough week for Timothy P. Asher, executive director of a campaign to get Missouri voters to ban the use of affirmative-action preferences by public colleges and other state and local agencies. On Sunday, Mr. Asher’s…
Rank this Week: 1060

Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog

Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog

Covers campaigns & elections, education, energy & environment, faith & family, foreign affairs, immigration and more. By Chapman University law professor Hugh Hewitt.

http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/
  • Jun 11

    Sex and the Military

    Sex and the Military
    The headline on the front page of the New York Times said it all: "Women in the Senate Confront the Military on Sex Assaults." In a triumphalist article showcasing the growing numbers of women on the Senate Armed...
  • Jun 10

    Economics vs. 'Need'

    Economics vs. 'Need'
    One of the most common arguments for allowing more immigration is that there is a "need" for foreign workers to do "jobs that Americans won't do," especially in agriculture. One of my most vivid memories of the late...
  • Jun 4

    Historic Rescuer

    Historic Rescuer
    It is not really news that Victor Davis Hanson has written another outstanding and eye-opening book. He has done that before and repeatedly, on a variety of subjects. The subject of his latest book, "The Savior...
Rank this Week: 92

Ideas

Ideas

By Professor David Friedman.

http://daviddfriedman.blogspot.com/
  • Jun 13

    What is the Default Afterlife?

    What is the Default Afterlife?
    I have been reading more Islamic law and continue to find it interesting. One issue implicit but not yet explicit in what I have read is the title of this post.Islamic law classifies actions into five categories. An obligatory action is one…
  • Jun 8

    A Gift that Keeps on Giving

    A Gift that Keeps on Giving
    There is one very important question about government surveillance that I have not yet seen discussed: What happens to the data?To see why that matters, imagine it is 2016 or 2020 and the candidate of the incumbent party faces a serious risk…
  • Jun 5

    Vinge, Heinlein the Sagas and Me

    Vinge, Heinlein the Sagas and Me
    I mentioned some time back a talk I was giving at Duke on Stateless and Semi-Stateless Societies in Fiction and Semi-Fiction. It occurred to me that I should provide a link to my recording of it for readers of this blog, especially ones…
Rank this Week: 1253

ImmigrationProf Blog

ImmigrationProf Blog

By Professors Kevin R. Johnson, Bill O. Hing, Michael A. Scaperlanda and Evelyn H. Cruz.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/
  • Jun 19

    Legalization Would Not Threaten Social Security

    Legalization Would Not Threaten Social Security
    From the National Committee to Preserve Social Security: Comprehensive Immigration Reform is not a Threat to Social Security It is estimated that there are about 11 million undocumented workers in the United States today. These immigrants…
  • Jun 19

    Gay Refugee Film Premier in San Francisco

    Gay Refugee Film Premier in San Francisco
    From Micah Fink: I'm pleased to announced the premiere of my film “The Abominable Crime,” which documents the lives of two gay Jamaicans who were forced by homophobic violence to flee their homeland. The film has been finished and will...
  • Jun 19

    Coalition Urges Boehner to take Bipartisan Route to Reform

    Coalition Urges Boehner to take Bipartisan Route to Reform
    From the New Democrat Coalition: Gutierrez, House Working Group on Immigration Dems Meet with New Democrat Coalition to Plan Future of Comprehensive Reform Bill Join New Dem Immigration Leaders in Calling Boehner to Bargaining Table…
Rank this Week: 13

In the News

In the News

Faculty news from Berkeley Law.

http://inthenews.berkeleylawblogs.org/
  • Jun 10

    Hayward police shooting raises question

    Hayward police shooting raises question
    Franklin Zimring quoted in The Oakland Tribune, May 15, 2013 Whether Troche was justified in shooting at the car depends on what kind of risk the officer and his passenger faced, said Franklin Zimring, UC Berkeley School of Law professor.…
  • Jun 10

    Assembly fracking hearing looks at impacts to water quality

    Assembly fracking hearing looks at impacts to water quality
    Jayni Foley Hein, Michael Kiparsky quoted in Association of California Water Agencies, May 14, 2013 “Once fracking has been conducted, its effects may be impossible to reverse,” Kiparsky said, adding that “the science…
  • Jun 10

    EU privacy and the cloud: consent and jurisdiction under the proposed regulation

    EU privacy and the cloud: consent and jurisdiction under the proposed regulation
    Paul Schwartz writes for Bloomberg BNA, May 13, 2013 The Proposed Regulation extends EU privacy jurisdiction quite broadly…. While it is necessary and appropriate for the European Union to protect the online privacy interests of its…
Rank this Week: 1177

Innocence Blog

Innocence Blog

The legal blog of theInnocence Project founded in 1992 by Barry C. Scheck and Peter J. Neufeld at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University to assist prisoners who could be proven innocent through DNA testing.

http://www.innocenceproject.org/news/Blog.php
  • Jun 19

    Urgent Help Needed to Pass Wrongful Conviction Reform in New York

    Urgent Help Needed to Pass Wrongful Conviction Reform in New York
    Late Tuesday night a wrongful conviction bill was filed in the New York Legislature that would be a huge step towards protecting against wrongful convictions in the state. The bill would reduce false confessions by requiring that…
  • Jun 19

    Italian High Court Condemns Amanda Knox Acquittal

    Italian High Court Condemns Amanda Knox Acquittal
    In October 2011, Amanda Knox' murder conviction of the 2007 murder of her British roommate Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy was overturned on appeal, and she was released from prison. In March, that decision was overturned by the Court of…
  • Jun 18

    Illinois Woman Exonerated of Son's Death

    Illinois Woman Exonerated of Son's Death
    Photo Credit: Jennifer LinzerIn February, Nicole Harris was freed from prison when her murder conviction in the death of her four year old son was overturned. On Monday she was fully exonerated when State's Attorney Anita Alvarez announced…
Rank this Week: 813

Instapundit.com

Instapundit.com

Online magazine of opinion. By University of Tennessee College of Law professor Glenn Reynolds.

http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit
Rank this Week: 5

International Law Prof Blog

International Law Prof Blog

By Professor Mark E. Wojcik and Cindy Galway Buys.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/international_law/
  • Jun 17

    Demonstrations Continue in Turkey

    Demonstrations Continue in Turkey
    News sources are reporting that that Turkish authorities have widened their crackdown on antigovernment protestors, and that they have begun to target not only demonstrators but also medics who treat their injuries, business owners who…
  • Jun 14

    Special UN Rapporteur for Belarus is Unable to Visit Belaru

    Special UN Rapporteur for Belarus is Unable to Visit Belaru
    An independent United Nations expert today urged the Government of Belarus to grant his request for an official visit the country and to engage with his mandate to improve its human rights situation. “Human rights are systematically…
  • Jun 14

    ICTR Prosecutor Urgers Cooperation to Catch Remaining Fugitive

    ICTR Prosecutor Urgers Cooperation to Catch Remaining Fugitive
    With nine men linked to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda still on the run, the Prosecutor who would help to try them is today urging Member States to cooperate with the United Nations war crimes tribunal and its successor body...
Rank this Week: 167

International Law Reporter

International Law Reporter

Edited by Professor Jacob Katz Cogan.

http://ilreports.blogspot.com/
Rank this Week: 65