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IntLawGrrls

Features voices on international law, policy and practice.

http://intlawgrrls.blogspot.com/

Mar 8
We've revived!

We've revived!

Encouraged by our contributors and readers, we've revived IntLawGrrls on International Women's Day. You can find us at a new website: www.ilg2.org. Please visit us there, and don't forget to visit Diane Marie Amann at her new solo…
Dec 13
All good thing

All good thing

All good things must come to an end, as they say. And so it is today with IntLawGrrls. After much discussion among ourselves, we editors have decided to close this forum – to take a break from daily blogging, and to pursue new…
Dec 12
Go 'Grrl! Diane Marie Amann is Special Adviser to ICC Prosecutor on Children in Armed Conflict

Go 'Grrl! Diane Marie Amann is Special Adviser to ICC Prosecutor on Children in Armed Conflict

Exciting news!International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has appointed our own Diane Marie Amann, IntLawGrrls founder and editor-in-chief, to be her Special Adviser on Children in and affected by Armed Conflict. Bensouda announced…

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Irish Law Updates

Updates on Irish and Northern Irish Law. By Darius Whelan.

http://www.ucc.ie/law/irishlaw/blogger/blogger.html

May 20
CFP: Compensation Culture or Accident Culture? Comparative Tort Law Reform in the 21st Century

CFP: Compensation Culture or Accident Culture? Comparative Tort Law Reform in the 21st Century

International Commercial and Economic Law Research Group, School of Law, University of LimerickCompensation Culture or Accident Culture?Comparative Tort Law Reform in the 21st CenturyCall for PapersJune 2014 will mark the 10th…
May 20
Irish Society of Comparative Law Annual Conference, 24th & 25th May 2013

Irish Society of Comparative Law Annual Conference, 24th & 25th May 2013

The School of Law at NUI Galway will host the Irish Society of Comparative Law 5th Annual Conference on Friday 24th and Saturday 25th of May 2013 in Galway. The theme for the Irish Society of Comparative Law’s Annual Conference 2013 is…
Apr 17
Events in April 2013 and after

Events in April 2013 and after

I've updated the listings of events at www.irishlaw.org/events/. Here's the current list:Tue. 23 April 2013:The Histories of International Law: Dealing with Eurocentrism - Martii Koskenniemi, NUI…

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Jack Bog's Blog

Law and other thoughts by Lewis & Clark Law School Professor Jack Bogdanski.

http://bojack.org/

Apr 5
Have a great weekend

Have a great weekend
Apr 5
Pay a compliment, then apologize

Pay a compliment, then apologize

This country is cutting out its own soul in the name of correctness.
Apr 5
Drive in from the Couv, *and* deal with MAX?

Drive in from the Couv, *and* deal with MAX?

We're intrigued by the reference, in this article about the CRoCk, to "Portland’s whizzy light-rail system, which many Vancouverites drive across the river to use." How many do you think is "many"?

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John Palfrey's Blog

Covers intellectual property, politics and teaching. By Harvard Law Professor and Executive Director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society John Palfrey.

http://jpalfrey.andover.edu

May 9
Khan Academy meets Phillips Academy

Khan Academy meets Phillips Academy

Sal Khan and his traveling team of six teachers and developers from Khan Academy are on campus at Phillips Academy this morning. We are delighted to welcome them to a special faculty meeting this morning. We are also pleased to…
Apr 18
The Launch of the Digital Public Library of America

The Launch of the Digital Public Library of America

My favorite tweet in a long time, courtesy of @electriclit: It’s going to be a good day. The Digital Public Library of America opens at noon: j.mp/15hTf0w // @dpla Today is launch day for the DPLA. Hooray! So many people…
Mar 26
“Super late to the party: Dan Cohen & the DPLA”

“Super late to the party: Dan Cohen & the DPLA”

Super late to the party: Dan Cohen & the DPLA. An enthusiastic take by Sarah Barbrow on Dan Cohen’s appointment as the founding executive director of the Digital Public Library of America, which I share.

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Journal of Law, Economics & Policy

From George Mason University School of Law.

http://jlep.net/home/

Mar 1
JLEP Announces 2012-2013 Board of Editor

JLEP Announces 2012-2013 Board of Editor

The outgoing board is proud to announce the board of editors for next year.
Feb 6
Announcing Conference — The Digital Inventor: How Entrepreneurs Compete on Platform

Announcing Conference — The Digital Inventor: How Entrepreneurs Compete on Platform

Schedule of Events 8:30 AMBreakfast Reception 8:45 AMWelcoming Remarks Daniel Polsby, Dean, George Mason University School of Law Thomas Hazlett, Professor of Law & Economics, George Mason University 9:00…
Oct 11
Issue 7.4 Now Available Online

Issue 7.4 Now Available Online

Issue 7.4 of The Journal of Law, Economics & Policy is now available on our website. You can access a PDF file of the entire issue by clicking on the “Issues” tab above, or you can follow the link “PDF” below. It is also available…

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Juries

Examines interesting and new developments regarding grand juries and trial juries. By Thaddeus Hoffmeister.

http://juries.blogspot.com/

May 17
Prosecutors Want to Run Background Checks on Juror

Prosecutors Want to Run Background Checks on Juror

Prosecutors in the Whitey Bulger trial recently requested that they be permitted to run criminal background checks on prospective jurors. Not surprisingly, Bulger's attorneys are opposing the government's request. …
May 15
MD Judge Prohibits Attorney from Researching Jurors Online

MD Judge Prohibits Attorney from Researching Jurors Online

According to the news story below, a judge in Montgomery County, Maryland has denied a defense attorney's request to research jurors online. Apparently, the judge finds the practice "totally inappropriate." The case in which the…
May 13
The Dual Face of the American Jury: New Law Review Comment

The Dual Face of the American Jury: New Law Review Comment

Stacey P. Eilbaum, The Dual Face of the American Jury: The Antiauthoritarian and Antimajoritarian Hero and Villain in American Law and Legal Scholarship, 98 Cornell L. Rev. 711 (2013).Introduction: Over the past fifty years, the Supreme Court…

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Jurisdynamics

Describes the interplay between legal responses to exogenous change and the law's own endogenous capacity for adaptation. By Louis D. Brandeis Dean Jim Chen.

http://jurisdynamics.blogspot.com/

Apr 20
Portfolio Theory as a Pattern of Timeless Moment

Portfolio Theory as a Pattern of Timeless Moment

Jim Chen, Portfolio Theory as a Pattern of Timeless Moments, available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=2254244: Quantitative finance traces its roots to modern portfolio theory. Despite the deficiencies of modern portfolio theory, mean-variance…
Apr 17
Measuring Market Risk Under Basel II, 2.5, and III: VAR, Stressed VAR, and Expected Shortfall

Measuring Market Risk Under Basel II, 2.5, and III: VAR, Stressed VAR, and Expected Shortfall

Jim Chen, Measuring Market Risk Under Basel II, 2.5, and III: VaR, Stressed VaR, and Expected Shortfall, available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=2252463: Each of the most recent accords of the Basel Committee on Banking Regulation, known as…
Jan 7
CPRBlog: The Long Goodbye: On Seeing the Sundarban Island

CPRBlog: The Long Goodbye: On Seeing the Sundarban Island

CPRBlog: The Long Goodbye: On Seeing the Sundarban IslandsThe Ganges River begins at the foot of the Gangotri Glacier in the Himalayas and culminates at the Sundarbans Delta, a massive sprawl of swamps, lakes, and scores of islands. (Find an…

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JURIST - Forum

Op-eds on legal news by law professors and JURIST special guests.

http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/forumy/index.php

Apr 27
Arizona Legalizes Racial Profiling

Arizona Legalizes Racial Profiling

JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law says that Arizona's new immigration legislation - requiring law enforcement officers to stop everyone whom they have “reasonable suspicion” to believe is an…
Apr 22
The Iraqi High Court's Understated Rise to Legitimacy

The Iraqi High Court's Understated Rise to Legitimacy

JURIST Contributing Editor Haider Ala Hamoudi of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that a look at recent decisions by Iraq's Federal Supreme Court illustrates the court's growing authority as an independent and legitimate voice…
Apr 21
Is Health Care Reform Constitutional?

Is Health Care Reform Constitutional?

JURIST Guest Columnist Sallie Sanford of the University of Washington School of Law says that although challenges to the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are valuable for inspiring dialogue within and…

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Kenneth Anderson's Law of War and…

Kenneth Anderson's Law of War and Just War Theory Blog

Covers international laws of war, international law, related human rights topics, international NGOs, and the theory of the just war. By Professor Kenneth Anderson.

http://kennethandersonlawofwar.blogspot.com/

May 20
For freedom to blaspheme and offend - thanks to whomever drew this cartoon

For freedom to blaspheme and offend - thanks to whomever drew this cartoon
Feb 19
The Obama administration's contrasting on-defense, on-offense responses to terrorism

The Obama administration's contrasting on-defense, on-offense responses to terrorism

(Update: Since posting this, CSPAN has put up a link to DOS Legal Adviser Harold Koh’s ASIL-sponsored, informal public conversation with his predecessor, John Bellinger, on the question of the Obama administration’s approach to…
Jan 15
Blogging at Volokh Conspiracy and Opinio Juri

Blogging at Volokh Conspiracy and Opinio Juri

In case anyone is looking for me, I'm blogging these days over Volokh Conspiracy and Opinio Juris. I might occasionally stick up something here, but not very often.

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Land Use Prof Blog

By Professors Will Cook, Chad D. Emerson, Matthew J. Festa, Ngai Pindell and Jamie Baker Roskie.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/land_use/

May 19
A response from Bill Fischel on school district consolidation, and a query on why special districts continue to fascinate scholar

A response from Bill Fischel on school district consolidation, and a query on why special districts continue to fascinate scholar

I was delighted over the weekend to see a response from Bill Fischel (Dartmouth) on my blog post series about local government units. Bill is undoubtedly well known to many readers of this blog for his work on land use...
May 18
Edwards on the Paradoxes of Restitution

Edwards on the Paradoxes of Restitution

Mark Edwards (William Mitchell) has posted The Paradoxes of Restitution, forthcoming in the West Virginia Law Review. The abstract: Restitution following mass dispossession is often considered both ideal and impossible. Why? This article…
May 18
Stern on State Legislative Checks and Judicial Taking

Stern on State Legislative Checks and Judicial Taking

Here's another recently-posted paper from Stephanie Stern (Chicago-Kent): Protecting Property Through Politics: State Legislative Checks and Judicial Takings, forthcoming in the Minnesota Law Review. The abstract: In the 2010 Supreme Court…

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Law & Development Blog

By Professors Tom Ginsburg and Veronica Taylor.

http://lawdevelopment.blogspot.com/

Dec 7
Privatization

Privatization

J. David Brown, US Census Bureau Center for Economic Studies, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Heriot-Watt University - Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation (CERT), John S. Earle, George Mason University - School of Public…
Nov 10
Do Victims of War Need International Law? Human Rights Education Programs in Sudan

Do Victims of War Need International Law? Human Rights Education Programs in Sudan

Mark Fathi Massoud (McGill Law) has a new article, Do Victims of War Need International Law? Human Rights Education Programs in Sudan. It examines contemporary programs in law and development in authoritarian and war-torn contexts. The…
Nov 4
A Research Agenda for Development Economic

A Research Agenda for Development Economic

Esther Duflo , Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics has an interesting paper on A Research Agenda for Development Economics.

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Law & Econ Prof Blog

By Professors Jagdeep Bhandari and Thomas S. Ulen.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_econ/

Aug 16
About Law & Econ Prof Blog

About Law & Econ Prof Blog

The Law Professor Blogs Network has ceased publication of this blog.
Jun 17
Markets and Moral

Markets and Moral

I very highly recommend Al Roth's summary of Michael Sandel's BBC Reith Lectures on "Markets and Morality" -- available here. TSU
Jun 10
Caperton v. Massey

Caperton v. Massey

Earlier this week the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its opinion in Clapton v. Massey. The decision was 5 - 4, with Justice Kennedy writing the majority opinion, and Chief Justice Roberts, a dissent. Here is the front matter from...

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Law and Magic Blog

Discusses the intersection of law and magic, religion, pseudoscience, paranormal, and science.

http://lpcprof.typepad.com/law_and_magic_blog/

May 22
Physician Convicted, Sentenced For Fraud In Cancer Cure Case

Physician Convicted, Sentenced For Fraud In Cancer Cure Case

A federal judge has sentenced a California physician to 14 years in prison for deceiving patients by persuading them to purchase an herbal supplement that she told them could cure cancer and other diseases. A number of her patients died...
May 8
It's Not a Real Chinese Meal Without a Fortune Cookie

It's Not a Real Chinese Meal Without a Fortune Cookie

Where do fortune cookie fortunes come from? It's not magic. Like the fortune cookie itself, those fortunes are the result of good old American ingenuity. Somebody makes them up. And surprise! According to Mr. Palmer, the writers apparently…
May 2
Con Man Who Sold Fake Bomb Detector Is Sentenced To Ten Year

Con Man Who Sold Fake Bomb Detector Is Sentenced To Ten Year

This CNN.com report covers the career and fall of James McCormick, who sold thousands of fake bomb detectors to governments and individuals in all parts of the world, some of whom paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for the devices....

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Focuses on issues and the differences in how the law relates to economic organizations, political organizations, religious, ethnic and family organizations. By Penn State Dickinson School of Law Professor Larry CatÃ¡ Backer.

http://lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/

May 21
Ruminations 49: "Society Knows What it Wants"-- Of Markets, Status Hierarchies and Knowldge Production

Ruminations 49: "Society Knows What it Wants"-- Of Markets, Status Hierarchies and Knowldge Production

In his germinal text, Henry David Thoreau expressed a contradiction that is worth exploring in some detail. He declared: the "greater part of what my neighbors call good I believe in my soul to be bad, and if I repent of anything it is…
May 20
Chinese SOEs in Latin America--CSR and Culture

Chinese SOEs in Latin America--CSR and Culture

There has been much attention paid to the practices of Chinese multinationals, especially its State Owned Enterprises, in Africa (e.g., Lucy Corkin, "China's Emerging Multinationals in Africa," The Africa Journal, Spring 2007; Chris Alden,…
May 12
Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund Excludes Makers of Reconstituted Tobacco Leaf in the U.S. and China

Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund Excludes Makers of Reconstituted Tobacco Leaf in the U.S. and China

On May 8, 2013, the Norwegian Ministry of Finance published its decision to exclude the American company Schweitzer-Mauduit International Inc. and the Chinese company Huabao International Holdings Limited from the investment universe of the …

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Law Blog

By John Marshall Law School Professor David Sorkin.

http://www.lawblog.com/

Jul 20
Minnesota vs. National Arbitration Forum

Minnesota vs. National Arbitration Forum

The National Arbitration Forum and the Attorney General of Minnesota have reached an agreement under which NAF will cease accepting new arbitration cases involving consumers, including collection actions by credit card companies. The consent…
Sep 27
Kentucky's Internet gamble

Kentucky's Internet gamble

Governor Steve Beshear of Kentucky is seeking to seize more than one hundred gambling-related domain names. A judge initially rejected the governor's bid and has scheduled a hearing for October 7. See coverage in the Louisville…
Sep 27
Gimme an "A"!

Gimme an "A"!

As anyone who has flown Southwest Airlines well knows, Southwest doesn't assign seats in advance. Instead, you are assigned a boarding priority when you check in at the airport or online, up to 24 hours before the flight. At the gate, you…

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Law Career Blog

Covers law schools, careers in law and alternative career options for lawyers. By Professor Gregory W. Bowman.

http://law-career.blogspot.com/

Sep 12
To Everything there is a Season

To Everything there is a Season

Obviously it has been a while since I have posted on this blog. Why is that? I suppose it is because I have accomplished much of what I wanted to with Law Career Blog as a solo blog. I felt I had important things to say on teaching and…
Aug 25
The Most Important Day of Cla

The Most Important Day of Cla

Last week was my first week of classes for the 2008-2009 academic year, and I was all ready to write a post called "The Most Important Day of Class." The whole premise was that the first day of class is the most important day of class for…
Aug 10
The Benefits of Senior, Junior, and Adjunct Law Faculty

The Benefits of Senior, Junior, and Adjunct Law Faculty

There was an interesting post on the Law Librarian Blog this week concerning the benefits of senior, junior, and adjunct faculty in the classroom. The post can be linked to here. This is a subject that interests me greatly, and readers will…

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Law of the Land

A blog on land use law and Zoning by Albany Law School Associate Dean and Professor Patricia Salkin.

http://lawoftheland.wordpress.com/

Nov 19
6th Circuit Court of Appeals Holds City Did Not Violate Property Owner’s Constitutional Rights When Drafting and Ordinance to Keep Out Large Retailers Such as Wal-Mart

6th Circuit Court of Appeals Holds City Did Not Violate Property Owner’s Constitutional Rights When Drafting and Ordinance to Keep Out Large Retailers Such as Wal-Mart

This appeal concerns the legality of actions taken by the City of Frankenmuth to keep a Wal-Mart supercenter from being built on land owned by the Loesel family in Frankenmuth Township. As the result of a post purchase-agreement ordinance…
Nov 18
Ninth Circuit finds City’s Ordinances Protecting Mobile Home Parks do not Violate Federal or Washington State Constitution

Ninth Circuit finds City’s Ordinances Protecting Mobile Home Parks do not Violate Federal or Washington State Constitution

The City of Tumwater, Washington enacted two ordinances, one affecting the City Code and the other the Comprehensive Plan, creating a manufactured home district. The City created this district, which covered six of the ten mobile home parks…
Nov 18
9th Circuit Court of Appeals Holds Government May Regulate Billboard for TV Show as Commercial Speech

9th Circuit Court of Appeals Holds Government May Regulate Billboard for TV Show as Commercial Speech

The city of Los Angeles enacted a sign ordinance regulating commercial speech far more extensively than it does non-commercial speech. Their ordinance required a building permit for all temporary signs other than those containing “a…

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Law Praxis

Covers legal theory and practice. By Matthew Parham.

http://lawpraxis.blogspot.com/

Jun 26
Small Businesses Can Avoid Expensive Problems Up Front with Thoughtful Formation Document

Small Businesses Can Avoid Expensive Problems Up Front with Thoughtful Formation Document

All too often, entrepreneurs do not put enough thought into formation issues when forming their small business. When unforeseen circumstances later arise, what seemed a quick and easy way to form a business can be revealed as an unexpected…
Jun 19
Car Dealers Must Disclose Reliance on Negative Credit History to Raise Car Loan Interest Rate

Car Dealers Must Disclose Reliance on Negative Credit History to Raise Car Loan Interest Rate

On May 31, 2012, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia held that the Fair Credit Reporting Act requires a car dealer to disclose to a car buyer that negative credit history resulted in a higher interest rate on the buyer's car…
Jun 11
Telephone Consumer Protection Act: The Federal Courts Giveth and They Taketh Away

Telephone Consumer Protection Act: The Federal Courts Giveth and They Taketh Away

Two federal courts recently issued decisions in cases construing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), 47 U.S.C. 227.

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Law School 2.0

Covers legal education reform. By David Thomson.

http://www.lawschool2.org/

Mar 22
Presentation at Rocky Mountain LW Conference

Presentation at Rocky Mountain LW Conference

This weekend I will be attending and participating in the Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference, which will be hosted by our friends at the University of Colorado Law School in Boulder. I had the privilege of working on the program...
Jan 14
Visiting Scholar at IAALS

Visiting Scholar at IAALS

After 10 years of full-time teaching at the DU Law School, I am on sabbatical leave (my first) until July. I have been preparing for this leave for a year, since I learned that my leave application was accepted last...
Oct 17
Distinguished Teaching Award

Distinguished Teaching Award

Today, the University of Denver gave me the University's Distinguished Teaching Award during the annual Convocation ceremony.

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Law School Academic Support Blog

By Rebecca Flanagan and Assistant Dean Amy Jarmon.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/academic_support/

May 21
Top Five Things To Do Before Bar Prep:

Top Five Things To Do Before Bar Prep:

5. Clean your house/apartment/living space. Create a positive and productive work environment. Think about where you will study and how you can ensure that it suits your needs for bar review. Also, this may be the last time you have...
May 20
Article on Texting's Potential Impact on Formal Legal Writing

Article on Texting's Potential Impact on Formal Legal Writing

Hat tip to Sue Liemer, one of the Editors for the Legal Writing Prof Blog, for pointing out an interesting article by Lindsey P. Gustafson at the William H. Bowen School of Law - University of Arkansas Little Rock. The...
May 15
Academic and Bar Readiness Counselor Position at LaVerne

Academic and Bar Readiness Counselor Position at LaVerne

LaVerne College of Law is seeking a new Academic and Bar Readiness Counselor. See the following link for details: https://laverne.peopleadmin.com/postings/57.

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Law School Innovation

Covers teaching, curriculum, and classroom technology. Edited by Professors Douglas A. Berman, Anupam Chander, Gene Koo and Mark W. Osler.

http://lsi.typepad.com/lsi/

Oct 20
Unkind Cuts: Shrinking the law school budget

Unkind Cuts: Shrinking the law school budget

Legal education is under strain: Fewer people are applying to law school, and those who apply are less qualified. One result of this dynamic is that law schools are admitting fewer students, in order to keep qualifications up, but that...
Sep 19
Mentoring-- innovative, practical, and achievable

Mentoring-- innovative, practical, and achievable

One of the things we do well here at St. Thomas is establish mentor relationships for our students with lawyers in the community-- every student has a mentor. Neil Hamilton and Verna Monson have done some significant and important work...
Aug 16
Dean searches and new idea

Dean searches and new idea

It appears that there are about 30-some dean searches going on this year, which strikes me as a high number. I suspect that every single candidate for every one of those searches (a group that I am, thankfully, not a...

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Law Student Bloggers

A blog written by University of Chicago Law School students

http://uchicagolaw.typepad.com/faculty/

Nov 25
Student Blogger - What Are You Hiding in that Statute?: Canvassing Federal Privacy Law

Student Blogger - What Are You Hiding in that Statute?: Canvassing Federal Privacy Law

We live in an age of information, and it
May 2
Student Blogger - Crime, Inequality, and Federalism

Student Blogger - Crime, Inequality, and Federalism

For several decades there was a strong and vibrant civil rights movement in the United States. On many fronts this political and social movement was extremely successful. In the 1940s and 50s the Supreme Court reversed decades-old precedents…
Mar 17
Student Blogger - Thomas Jefferson: notes on the revolutionary as a practicing lawyer.

Student Blogger - Thomas Jefferson: notes on the revolutionary as a practicing lawyer.

Thomas Jefferson is one of the most widely written-about American revolutionaries, and the fact that Jefferson spent his early years working as a lawyer has not escaped the attention of American historians. Other historians covering the…

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Lawfare

Coveres actions taken or contemplated to protect the nation interact with the nation’s laws and legal institutions, including cybersecurity, Guantánamo habeas litigation, targeted killing, biosecurity, universal jurisdiction, the Alien Tort Statute, and the state secrets privilege. By Benjamin Wittes, Jack Goldsmith and Robert Chesney.

http://www.lawfareblog.com/

May 22
New Detainee Filings on GTMO Counsel Access Issue

New Detainee Filings on GTMO Counsel Access Issue

Today, counsel for Saeed Mohammed Hatim filed an “Emergency Motion Concerning Access to Counsel,” both in the Yemeni detainee’s recently reactivated habeas action, and in In Re: Guantanamo Bay Detainee Continued Access…
May 22
The Attorney General’s Letter to Congress on Anwar Al-Aulaqi

The Attorney General’s Letter to Congress on Anwar Al-Aulaqi

In advance of the President’s speech tomorrow, the Attorney General has just sent this letter to Senator Leahy, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, describing the Administration’s legal basis for killing Anwar al-Aulaqi…
May 22
AG Holder Letter on Targeting

AG Holder Letter on Targeting

Yesterday, Bobby and I wrote this post about what the President could say in his speech tomorrow on counterterrorism, and we highlighted as one important element the President’s repeated pledges of greater transparency on targeting. As…

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Legal Ethics Forum

By Professors John Dzienkowski, Brad Wendel, John Steele, David Hricik, Andrew Perlman, David McGowan, Laura Appleman, Steve Lubet, Anita Bernstein, Don Burnett, and Steve Berenson..

http://www.legalethicsforum.com/blog/

May 22
Round-ups of coverage of IRS issue

Round-ups of coverage of IRS issue

Tax Law Prof Blog continues to run full daily round-ups of coverage.
May 22
Laurel Rigertas, "Post-Watergate: The Legal Profession and Respect for the Interests of Third Parties"

Laurel Rigertas, "Post-Watergate: The Legal Profession and Respect for the Interests of Third Parties"

Article. Abstract: As a result of Watergate, the legal profession’s reputation was badly damaged. Disciplinary action was taken against eighteen lawyers, which prompted the American Bar Association to focus on improving ethical…
May 21
Anatomy of a Murder In New York (sort of)

Anatomy of a Murder In New York (sort of)

The video clip from Anatomy of a Murder in which Paul Biegler (Jimmy Stewart) meets with his client Lt. Frederic Manion (Ben Gazzara) and tells him the legal defenses to homicide before asking what happened is, of course, often used...

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Legal History Blog

Offers scholarship, news and new ideas in legal history. By professor Mary L. Dudziak.

http://legalhistoryblog.blogspot.com/

May 22
White on the "Strangely Insignificant Role" of the Supreme Court in the Civil War

White on the "Strangely Insignificant Role" of the Supreme Court in the Civil War

At least since the publication of Peter Irons’s The New Deal Lawyers (1982), constitutional historians of the twentieth-century United States have understood the role Franklin D. Roosevelt’s lawyers played in shaping the…
May 22
Bessie Margolin (1909-1996)

Bessie Margolin (1909-1996)

[My exam in American Legal History usually includes a biographical essay. The 2012 exam, for example, had one on Marion Harron; the 2011 exam had one on Bernice Lotwin Bernstein, and the 2010 exam profiled Ida Klaus. For this…
May 21
New Release: Murkens, "From Empire to Union: Conceptions of German Constitutional Law since 1871"

New Release: Murkens, "From Empire to Union: Conceptions of German Constitutional Law since 1871"

Oxford University Press has released From Empire to Union: Conceptions of German Constitutional Law since 1871, by Jo Eric Khushal Murkens (London School of Economics and Political Science). Here's a description from the Press:Germany has…

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Legal Profession Blog

By Professors S. Alan Childress, Michael S. Frisch and Jeffrey M. Lipshaw.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/legal_profession/

May 22
Abuse of Subpoena Draws Suspension

Abuse of Subpoena Draws Suspension

After rejecting two petitions for voluntary discipline, the Georgia Supreme Court imposed a six-month suspension of an attorney for misuse of a subpoena in connection with claims of family violence against him. The attorney learned that his…
May 21
The Batter Is Out

The Batter Is Out

The New York Appellate Division for the First Judicial Department has imposed an interim suspension based on the following: On January 19, 2010, respondent pleaded guilty to three counts of aggravated harassment in the second degree (Penal…
May 21
Dirty Laundry

Dirty Laundry

The Wisconsin Suprteme Court has ordered a suspension of two years of an attorney convicted of money laundering. The attorney's misconduct involved money due to a client pursuant to a marital settlement agreement. The attorney held payments…

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Legal Theory Blog

Covers constitutional theory, feminist legal theory, law and economics, normative legal theory and more. By University of Illinois Professor Lawrence B. Solum.

http://lsolum.typepad.com/legaltheory/

May 22
Roig on Emerging Technologies & Free Speech

Roig on Emerging Technologies & Free Speech

Jorge R. Roig (Charleston School of Law) has posted Emerging Technologies and Dwindling Speech (University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law, Vol. 16, 2013 (Forthcoming)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Inspired in part by the…
May 22
Rao on Responsibility for Humanitarian Intervention

Rao on Responsibility for Humanitarian Intervention

Neomi Rao (George Mason University School of Law) has posted The Choice to Protect: Rethinking Responsibility for Humanitarian Intervention (Columbia Human Rights Law Review, Vol. 44, No. 3, pp. 697-751, Summer 2013) on SSRN. Here is the…
May 22
Sutherland on Corruption in Internet Governance

Sutherland on Corruption in Internet Governance

Ewan Sutherland (University of Witwatersrand, LINK Centre) has posted Corruption in Internet Governance - Bribery, Cronyism and Nepotism on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Corruption has been identified as a significant issue in…

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Legal Writing Prof Blog

By Professors Nancy Soonpaa, Sue Liemer, Coleen M. Barger and Mark E. Wojcik.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/legalwriting/

May 22
Attention, word lover

Attention, word lover

The numerous names for linguistic phenomena may interest only word lovers—but there are many of those among this blog’s followers. Legal writing expert Bryan Garner, who counts himself among the word lovers, presents a passel of arcane…
May 21
Notification of Conference and Call for Proposals - Psychology & Lawyering: Coalescing the Field

Notification of Conference and Call for Proposals - Psychology & Lawyering: Coalescing the Field

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas - William S. Boyd School of Law will be hosting an upcoming conference which may be of interest to legal writing professors, as it deals with the intersection of psychology and lawyering skills. More...
May 20
brief right

brief right

If you're looking for some inspiration for staying the course as you grade a stack of 1L papers, you may appreciate brief right, a blog written by Kirby Griffis, a Washington, D.C., litigator. After marking the umpteenth misplaced apostrophe,…

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Leiter Reports: A Group Blog

Covers academic freedom, authoritarianism and fascism, intelligent design and more. By University of Texas Professor Brian R. Leiter and others.

http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/

May 22
Three New Professorial Fellows at Aberdeen's Northern Institute of Philosophy

Three New Professorial Fellows at Aberdeen's Northern Institute of Philosophy

They are J.C. Beall (Connecticut), Oystein Linnebo (Oslo), and Greg Restall (Melbourne), effective September 1 of this year. All three work in and around logic and philosophy of mathematics, and will contribute, among other things, to the…
May 22
Interesting developments at "Philosophy of Brains" blog...

Interesting developments at "Philosophy of Brains" blog...

...including a new cooperative arrangement for blog discussion of articles in Mind & Language.
May 21
Exeter's John Dupre Awarded roughly Two Million Euros by the European Research Council...

Exeter's John Dupre Awarded roughly Two Million Euros by the European Research Council...

...for a project on philosophy of biology and process ontology.

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Leonard Link

Features reporting and commentary on law, music, film and current events with a special emphasis on Sexuality & the Law. By New York Law School Professor Arthur S. Leonard.

http://newyorklawschool.typepad.com/leonardlink/

Apr 27
This blog is no longer live - see my new blog address below

This blog is no longer live - see my new blog address below

NYLS has switched me to a new location. Beginning in 2013, I am blogging at artleonardobservations.com.
Dec 12
Federal Court Finds Real Estate Brokers Discriminated Against PWA

Federal Court Finds Real Estate Brokers Discriminated Against PWA

U.S. District Judge Samuel Conti ruled on December 3 that two New York City realtors, Manhattan Apartments, Inc., and Abba Realty Associates, violated a city law when dealing with a person living with AIDS who was seeking to rent an...
Dec 12
Another development on the DOMA Case - What Could It Mean?

Another development on the DOMA Case - What Could It Mean?

The Supreme Court has appointed Prof. Vicki Jackson of Harvard Law School to be "amicus curiae" in United States v. Windsor to brief and argue in support of the point of view that the Court does not have jurisdiction to...

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Lewis & Clark Law School…

Lewis & Clark Law School Podcast

Lewis & Clark Law School Podcast of events and speakers.

http://lawlib.lclark.edu/podcast

Nov 20
Hope Babcock: Putting a Price on Whales to Save Them

Hope Babcock: Putting a Price on Whales to Save Them

NRLI Distinguished Visitor LecturePutting a Price on Whales to Save Them: The Moral Infirmities of a Market-Based Solution to a Regulatory Failure or What Do Morals Have to Do With It
Oct 12
2012 Business Law Fall Forum

2012 Business Law Fall Forum

Fall Business Law Forum2012 Business Law Fall Forum
Oct 10
Native American Law Student Group Speaker Serie

Native American Law Student Group Speaker Serie

"Practicing Indian Law" SeriesNative American Law Student Group Speaker Serie

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Life Sentences Blog

A blawg by Marquette University Law School Professor Michael O'Hear to track new legal developments and research relating to long prison sentences.

http://www.lifesentencesblog.com/

Nov 15
Incarceration and Collateral Damage: Prof. Traci Burch to Speak at Marquette on Nov. 29

Incarceration and Collateral Damage: Prof. Traci Burch to Speak at Marquette on Nov. 29

We live in an era of unprecedented mass incarceration. Since the mid-1970?s, America’s imprisonment rate has quintupled, reaching heights otherwise unknown in the western world. We embarked on this incarceration binge with little…
Oct 22
Seventh Circuit Affirms Life Sentence Notwithstanding Supreme Court’s Recent Eighth Amendment Decision

Seventh Circuit Affirms Life Sentence Notwithstanding Supreme Court’s Recent Eighth Amendment Decision

From the time of its decision in Harmelin v. Michigan (1991), affirming a mandatory sentence of life without parole for a drug trafficking offense, through its decision in Ewing v. California (2003), affirming a de facto life sentence for…
Oct 8
What’s Next for the Right to Effective Assistance of Counsel?

What’s Next for the Right to Effective Assistance of Counsel?

I have a new article on SSRN that considers recent developments in the Supreme Court relating to effective assistance of counsel. Here’s the abstract:

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M & A Law Prof Blog

By Professors Brian J.M. Quinn, Afra Afsharipour, and Michael A. Woronoff.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/mergers/

May 20
Delaware arbitration argument

Delaware arbitration argument

In case you missed it, you can listen to last week's arguments before a panel of the Third Circuit online. Here is the audio file. -bjmq Update ... starting to think that Federal judicial vacancies has risen to crisis levels...
May 17
Delaware arbitration update

Delaware arbitration update

As I noted yesterday, the Delaware Coalition for Open Government and the Chancery Court were before a panel of the Third Circuit arguing the merits of Delaware's arbitration procedure. Tom Hals of Reuters was there and he thinks the…
May 16
Delaware Arbitration in front of Third Circuit today

Delaware Arbitration in front of Third Circuit today

The question of the constitutionality of Delaware's Chancery arbitration program is before the Third Circuit today. I think my position on this program is pretty clear -- I'm for openness. See here for past posts on the topic. I've got...

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madisonian.net

Coves law, society, and technology. By University of Pittsburgh professor Mike Madison, Loyola University Chicago professor Brett Frischmann and Seton Hall Law professor Frank Pasquale.

http://madisonian.net

May 21
Politics and Innovation, Silicon Valley-Style

Politics and Innovation, Silicon Valley-Style

George Packer 1, Steven Johnson 0. Johnson tries to take down Packer’s critique of the contemporary Silicon Valley plutocracy, but he misses the mark. Packer, a Palo Alto native, knows what he’s talking about when he…
May 14
Is a broadcast to everyone private under the Copyright Act?

Is a broadcast to everyone private under the Copyright Act?

For the final post in my copyright series, I want to focus on another example in my series of discussions about formalism vs. policy in copyright. Today’s case is WNET v. Aereo, which allowed continued operation of a creative…
May 7
ICANN’s New gTLD Proce

ICANN’s New gTLD Proce

In case anyone’s interested, here’s a link to a guest blog post I did for Xconomy’s new Texas site, on ICANN’s new gTLD process. It’s just a general overview of current issues.

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Mass Tort Litigation Blog

By Professors Byron Stier and Howard Erichson.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/mass_tort_litigation/

May 15
Distributive Justice in Action

Distributive Justice in Action

There is a very nice, lauditory article on Kenneth Feinberg in the New York Times today: "One Man Disperses Charity After Tragedy in Boston." The interesting thing about the compensation funds Feinberg is often asked to run are the…
May 15
Distributive Justice in Action

Distributive Justice in Action

There is a very nice, lauditory article on Kenneth Feinberg in the New York Times today: "One Man Disperses Charity After Tragedy in Boston." The interesting thing about the compensation funds Feinberg is often asked to run are the…
Apr 29
Engle's Progeny March On

Engle's Progeny March On

Earlier this month two tobacco trials with origins in the Florida Supreme Court's affirmation of classwide issue preclusion in Engle resulted in large awards. Searcy v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., M.D. Fla., No. 3:09-cv-13723, verdict rendered…

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MauledAgain

Covers tax law, legal education, the First Amendment, religion, and law generally. By Villanova law professor James Edward Maule.

http://mauledagain.blogspot.com/

May 22
Taxation is Not Theft

Taxation is Not Theft

Even a judge can’t get it right. In a blistering attack on taxation and government titled “Taxation is Theft,” Judge Andrew P. Napolitano – who has not been a judge for quite some time – dishes out a long list of…
May 20
Taxing Activities or Things That Can Disappear

Taxing Activities or Things That Can Disappear

The Philadelphia School District is in deep financial trouble. The combination of declining tax revenues, caused in part by a shrinking tax base and in part by all sorts of problems with the Philadelphia real property tax, and increasing…
May 17
Julian Block Looks at Marriage, Divorce, Affairs, Engagements, and Cohabitation in the Shadow of Tax

Julian Block Looks at Marriage, Divorce, Affairs, Engagements, and Cohabitation in the Shadow of Tax

Julian Block has delivered the 2013 edition of “Tax Tips for Marriage and Divorce,” the previous edition of which I reviewed favorably in Julian Block Talks Tax with Married, Divorced, and Other Couples. This edition is no less…

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Media Law Prof Blog

By Louisiana State University Law Professor Christine A. Corcos.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/media_law_prof_blog/

May 21
Word Frequency and Its Meaning

Word Frequency and Its Meaning

David Brooks discusses whether the frequency of words as revealed in the printed book means anything at all (here, in the New York Times). Read one of the articles he discusses in his NYT piece here. Try searching the Google...
May 21
CBS Pulls Final Season "Mike and Molly" Episode From Schedule, Shows Repeat

CBS Pulls Final Season "Mike and Molly" Episode From Schedule, Shows Repeat

In order to be responsive to the tragedy in Moore, Oklahoma, CBS pulled the final episode of the season of Mike & Molly, due to air Monday night, in which a tornado hits Chicago. Instead, the network aired a repeat...
May 20
FCC Acting Chair Mignon Clyburn Releases Statement To Staff

FCC Acting Chair Mignon Clyburn Releases Statement To Staff

STATEMENT FROM FCC ACTING CHAIRWOMAN MIGNON CLYBURN TO STAFF “By now you may have heard, that President Obama has asked me to serve as Acting Chair of the FCC, pending the confirmation of Tom Wheeler. I wish to express my...

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MediaBerkman

Harvard Law School Berkman Center for Internet & Society Podcast.

http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediaberkman

May 14
Timothy H. Edgar on Addressing Cyber Conflict While Protecting Privacy and Internet Freedom

Timothy H. Edgar on Addressing Cyber Conflict While Protecting Privacy and Internet Freedom

What does talk of cyber war mean for our liberties? The United States has a new military command for cyberspace, with the Director of the National Security Agency (NSA) as its commander. At the same time, the Secretary of State has announced…
May 14
Timothy H. Edgar on Addressing Cyber Conflict While Protecting Privacy and Internet Freedom [AUDIO]

Timothy H. Edgar on Addressing Cyber Conflict While Protecting Privacy and Internet Freedom [AUDIO]

What does talk of cyber war mean for our liberties? The United States has a new military command for cyberspace, with the Director of the National Security Agency (NSA) as its commander. At the same time, the Secretary of State has announced…
May 7
Justin Reich on Personalized Learning, Backpacks Full of Cash, Rockstar Teachers, and MOOC Madne

Justin Reich on Personalized Learning, Backpacks Full of Cash, Rockstar Teachers, and MOOC Madne

For decades, policymakers and futurists have heralded digital tools as essential to the the future of learning. Has the moment of disruptive transformational revolution finally arrived? If we are at a watershed moment, what futures are…

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Michael Geist's Blog

Covers technology and DRM. By Michael Geist.

http://www.michaelgeist.ca

May 21
The Copyright Pentalogy: Copyright Collective Management

The Copyright Pentalogy: Copyright Collective Management

This week I wrote about the need for reform of the Copyright Board of Canada. Copyright collective management is addressed in two chapters of The Copyright Pentalogy: How the Supreme Court of Canada Shook the …
May 21
Canadian Library Association on Access Copyright Lawsuit

Canadian Library Association on Access Copyright Lawsuit

The Canadian Library Association issued a statement late last week on the Access Copyright lawsuit filed against York University, urging it to abandon the lawsuit and pointing to several legal concerns.
May 21
Competition Bureau To Investigate Google Canada

Competition Bureau To Investigate Google Canada

The National Post reports that the Competition Bureau of Canada plans to launch an investigation into Google Canada. The scope of the investigation is unknown.

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Mootness: The Moot Court Blog

Provides competition results & news, resources & commentary about interscholastic appellate advocacy. By Chicago-Kent College of Law Professor Kent Streseman.

http://mootness.typepad.com/mootness/

Mar 31
In which Mootness acknowledges its obsolescence....

In which Mootness acknowledges its obsolescence....

You have, I'm sure, heard the chill winds blowing through the dusty streets of the Mootness blog. Noted the tumbleweeds rolling by. Heard the cockroaches scurry over the floorboards of a place where good people once laughed and loved. Seen…
Feb 13
Michigan Peeps: Help Me

Michigan Peeps: Help Me

Does anyone have results for the 2007 State of Michigan Moot Court Competition? I've got some info regarding previous competitions, but not the most recent one.
Jan 31
Live from the National Moot Court Competition

Live from the National Moot Court Competition

A quick & dirty post on a just-completed tournament: Winner & Best Oral Advocate: Chicago-Kent College of LawRunner-up & 2nd-Best Oral Advocate: University of ColoradoBest Brief: University of California, Davis The other semifinalist teams…

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Nahmod Law

Covers 42 USC Section 1983 and constitutional law. By Professor Sheldon Nahmod.

http://nahmodlaw.com

May 20
DeShaney in the Circuits (III): The Fifth Circuit En Banc Holds the Line

DeShaney in the Circuits (III): The Fifth Circuit En Banc Holds the Line

Affirmative Duty Issues After DeShaney v. Winnebago County, 489 U.S. 189 (1989) I have blogged twice previously about DeShaney affirmative due process duty issues in the circuits. The first time was on August 22, 2011, and the second time was…
Apr 30
Class-of-One Equal Protection Claims: Uncertainty in the Seventh Circuit

Class-of-One Equal Protection Claims: Uncertainty in the Seventh Circuit

Class-of-One Equal Protection Claims It may surprise some of you to know that one can have a successful equal protection claim without being a member of a racial, gender, ethnic or other group. In Village of Willowbrook v. Olech, 528 U.S. 562…
Apr 17
Certiorari Granted in Madigan v. Levin: An Important Section 1983/ADEA Preclusion Case

Certiorari Granted in Madigan v. Levin: An Important Section 1983/ADEA Preclusion Case

Certiorari Granted in Madigan v. Levin The Supreme Court granted certiorari on March 18, 2013, in Levin v. Madigan, 692 F.3d 607 (7th Cir.), cert. granted sub nom. Madigan v. Levin, 132 S. Ct. — (2013), an important section 1983/ADEA…

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Nancy Rapoport's Blogspot

Covers governance in higher education and in law firms, bankruptcy ethics, popular culture and the law, Enron and other corporate fiascos, and professional responsibility generally. By Nancy Rapoport, a law professor at UNLV's Boyd School of Law.

http://nancyrapoport.blogspot.com/

May 15
Update on my Gonzaga piece on law schools, lying, and Enron.

Update on my Gonzaga piece on law schools, lying, and Enron.

After I published this piece, Robert K. Vischer, the dean of the University of St. Thomas Law School (Minnesota), gently suggested that I might want to clarify St. Thomas's restatement of its employment data: [Y]ou refer to St. Thomas…
May 13
It's official--the new bankruptcy fee guidelines are rolling out on July 1.

It's official--the new bankruptcy fee guidelines are rolling out on July 1.

Today's Wall Street Journal has a big article about the U.S. Trustee Program's new fee guidelines for lawyers in larger bankruptcy cases (here). The rollout of the guidelines isn't a surprise. The USTP published the proposed…
May 7
When I've had a tough day (and no, today wasn't tough), I read this blog.

When I've had a tough day (and no, today wasn't tough), I read this blog.

Here. I also read my friends' blogs, too....

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Native American Law Blog

Covers gaming, jurisdiction, land use, treaties and tribal law. By Professors Timothy Pleasant and Deena DeGenova.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/nativeamerican/

Apr 16
Today is the Day - Supreme Court Oral Argument

Today is the Day - Supreme Court Oral Argument

Yá'át'ééh! Greetings from the Supreme Court. I'm running on two energy drinks due to my 3:45 am wake up time this morning. Yours truly is seat No. 25 in the public viewing line for the Supreme Court arguments in Adoptive...
Apr 12
Memorial events for 150th Anniversary of Dakota-U.S. War of 1862

Memorial events for 150th Anniversary of Dakota-U.S. War of 1862

Was just emailed this to pass along. Questions should be directed to the contact person at the bottom of the posting. -Carolyn Quad Cities – 2013 marks the 150th anniversary of the year that Dakota Native Americans from Minnesota were...
Apr 12
Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl Gathering

Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl Gathering

If you are in the area, come and join on Tuesday morning. I plan on being there. -Carolyn INDIAN COUNTRY PRAYER GATHERING ON STEPS OF SUPREME COURT TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2013 8 a.m. Eastern Indian Country and friends of Indian...

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Neuroethics & Law Blog

An interdisciplinary forum for legal and ethical issues related to the brain and cognition. By University of San Diego School of Law Professor Adam Kolber.

http://kolber.typepad.com/ethics_law_blog/

May 22
PEBS Neuroethics Roundup (JHU)

PEBS Neuroethics Roundup (JHU)

Last Edition's Most Popular Article: Could a Neural Implant Correct Errant Thoughts?, Scientific American In The Popular Press Chinese project probes the genetics of genius, Nature News Scientific Advances In Prosthetic Limbs, The Diane Rehm…
May 22
"The Neuroscience of Decision Making and Our Standards for Assessing Competence to Consent"

"The Neuroscience of Decision Making and Our Standards for Assessing Competence to Consent"

The Neuroscience of Decision Making and Our Standards for Assessing Competence to Consent by Steve Clarke has been published in the most recent issue of Nueroethics: Abstract Rapid advances in neuroscience may enable us to identify the neural…
May 20
"Cognitive Enhancement, Rational Choice and Justification"

"Cognitive Enhancement, Rational Choice and Justification"

Cognitive Enhancement, Rational Choice and Justification by Veljko Dubljević has been published in the most recent issue of Nueroethics: Abstract This paper examines the claims in the debate on cognitive enhancement in neuroethics that…

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New York Court Watcher

Covers the United States Supreme Court, the New York Court of Appeals and other federal and state appeals courts. By Professor Vincent Martin Bonventre.

http://www.newyorkcourtwatcher.com/

May 14
Protecting Religious Liberty, Part 2 [presentation]

Protecting Religious Liberty, Part 2 [presentation]

This is my attempt at free exercise of religion in a visual nutshell. It's from a presentation I delivered at a recent panel on Protecting Religious Liberty. The event was co-sponsored by several student organizations at Albany Law…
May 11
Protecting Religious Liberty, Part 1 [commentary, interview, and presentation]

Protecting Religious Liberty, Part 1 [commentary, interview, and presentation]

[The videocast of a recent interview I did on the topic is linked at the end of the commentary that follows. The power point presentation will be included in Part 2.] The 1st Amendment allows "no law...prohibiting the free…
May 11
Religious Liberty--commentary + [updated 5/12/13]

Religious Liberty--commentary + [updated 5/12/13]

Protecting Religious Liberty, Part 1 [commentary, interview, and presentation], May 12, 2013. Catholics, Contraceptives, and 2nd Class Religious Liberty, March 15, 2012. Catholics, Contraceptives, and the (current Supreme Court's)…

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