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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…

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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

Jun 5
Events in June 2013 and following month

Events in June 2013 and following month

I've updated the events page at www.irishlaw.org/events/ as follows:Thu. 6 June 2013: Children's Rights in Healthcare Conference 2013 - University College Cork http://www.ucc.ie/en/lawsite/eventsandnews/upcoming/Sat. 8 June…
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…

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Covers the First Amendment, democracy and design in the digital age. By New York Law School Professor Beth Simone Noveck and members of the First Amendment in the Digital Age Course at Stanford University.

http://cairns.typepad.com/blog/

Jun 5
Wiki Style Government

Wiki Style Government

The Public Administration Select Committee of the UK Parliament issued a Report on Public Engagement in Policymaking calling for “wiki style” approaches to policymaking and creating greater engagement in the workings of…
Jun 3
“Groupy Once More”: J. Richard Hackman on Group Behavior and Performance

“Groupy Once More”: J. Richard Hackman on Group Behavior and Performance

This week family and friends of the late Richard Hackman, who passed away in January, gather in Cambridge, Massachusetts to celebrate his life and work. He devoted his career as a social and organizational psychologist to studying what makes…
Jun 3
IRS: Turn Over A New Leaf, Open Up Data

IRS: Turn Over A New Leaf, Open Up Data

From the Forbes blog Co-authored by Stefaan Verhulst The core task for Danny Werfel, the new acting commissioner of the IRS, is to repair the agency’s tarnished reputation and achieve greater efficacy and fairness in IRS investigations.…

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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…

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Aviation Law Prof Blog

By DePaul University Law Professors Brian F. Havel, Michael S. Jacobs and Andrew Eastmond.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/aviation/

May 31
Friday Link Roundup

Friday Link Roundup

In case you've missed anything, here are the top aviation developments from the past few days: Following Qatar's abandoned effort to seize ICAO hosting responsibilities from Canada, ICAO formally committed to keeping its headquarters in…
May 30
Spring 2013 Issue of IALP Available

Spring 2013 Issue of IALP Available

The Volume 12, Spring 2013 issue of the International Aviation Law Institutes's journal, Issues in Aviation Law and Policy (IALP), will be available next week. The following articles will appear in the issue: Jeremias Prassl, The European…
May 24
Friday Link Roundup

Friday Link Roundup

News of note before beginning your Memorial Day weekend: Qatar appears to have backed off its attempt to lure ICAO headquarters away from Canada. The European Commission has accepted the conditions proposed by Lufthansa, Air Canada and United…

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Buffalo Wings & Toasted…

Buffalo Wings & Toasted Ravioli

Law, social media, and social networking technologies, with excursions into politics, travel, food and drink. By Professor James G. Milles.

http://jimmilles.com

May 31
Teaching Kinder, Gentler Legal Ethic

Teaching Kinder, Gentler Legal Ethic

Teaching Legal Ethics as a summer course for the first time seemed like a good opportunity to try some new techniques, or some old techniques I’ve never quite mastered before. This week I had four students do a role-playing exercise…
Apr 28
SUNY Buffalo Law Offering 2-Year J.D. for Foreign Lawyer

SUNY Buffalo Law Offering 2-Year J.D. for Foreign Lawyer

From the New York Law Journal: Lawyers who hold law degrees from institutions outside the United States will be able to earn a J.D. in two years through an accelerated degree program at University at Buffalo Law School set to ……
Apr 18
On law schools and institutional crisi

On law schools and institutional crisi

Bill Henderson has previously said that he expects big layoffs at law schools this fall – presumably thinking that there will be a huge overall revenue shortfall, but that schools won’t know, until opening day, just how bad their…

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Mass Tort Litigation Blog

By Professors Byron Stier and Howard Erichson.

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

May 23
Lawyering for Group

Lawyering for Group

The papers from the Fordham Law Review Symposium Lawyering for Groups are now online. Howard Erichson & Ben Zipursky wrote the Foreword. Other contributors include..... Elizabeth Burch, Adquately Representing Groups Kristen Carpenter…
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…

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Paul Maharg

Covers legal education, law, literature, and legal critique.

http://paulmaharg.com/

May 6
Teaching Legal Ethics & Developing Professional Judgment

Teaching Legal Ethics & Developing Professional Judgment

This is a session at ANU College of Law that I’m attending & liveblogging — see here for full details. It was organised by Tony Foley & colleagues, and the keynote speaker is Judith Wegner from North Carolina, who in…
Apr 5
Nottingham Law School, Centre for Legal Education

Nottingham Law School, Centre for Legal Education

I’ve accepted a position as a part-time professor in Nottingham Law School, starting this month, and concurrent with my position at ANU. I’ll be working on research and publication projects with staff in the Centre for Legal…
Apr 3
European Journal of Law & Technology: BILETA special edition

European Journal of Law & Technology: BILETA special edition

The latest issue of EJLT is out, and it’s a special edition, edited by Sefton Bloxham and me, consisting of papers from the 2012 BILETA (British & Irish Law Education Technology Association) legal education stream. The…

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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…

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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…

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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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VC Research Network

Venture Capital blawg by Boalt Hall Law School Law Professors Jesse M. Fried, Ken Taymor, and Robert Bartlett, III

http://vc.berkeleylawblogs.org/

Apr 5
Carrots & Sticks: How VCs Induce Entrepreneurial Teams to Sell Startup

Carrots & Sticks: How VCs Induce Entrepreneurial Teams to Sell Startup

[Editor’s Note: This post comes to us from Professors Jesse Fried and Brian Broughman] Venture capitalists (VCs) play a significant role in the financing of high-risk, technology-based business ventures. VC exits usually take one of…
Mar 26
Delaware Law as Lingua Franca: Theory and Evidence

Delaware Law as Lingua Franca: Theory and Evidence

[Editor’s Note: This post comes to us from Professors Jesse Fried, Brian Broughman and Darian Ibrahim) Delaware dominates the corporate chartering market in the U.S—it is the only state that attracts a significant number of…
Feb 27
The Dynamics of Venture Capital Contract

The Dynamics of Venture Capital Contract

(Editor’s Note: This post comes to us from Professors Carsten Bienz and Julia Hirsch).

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Gustavo Pamplona

Direito Publico: constitucional, administrativo, ambiental e tributario.

http://gpamplona.blogspot.com/

Mar 30
Confira Gustavo Pamplona

Confira Gustavo Pamplona

facebook Confira Gustavo Pamplona Você compartilhou o seu email com Gustavo Pamplona que sigeriu a você curtir sua página no Facebook Cadastre-se no Facebook se você deseja curtir Gustavo Pamplona e conectar-se a…
Mar 24
TJDFT. Doação. Igreja. Decadência. Inocorrência. Negócio jurídico nulo. Impossibilidade de convalidação

TJDFT. Doação. Igreja. Decadência. Inocorrência. Negócio jurídico nulo. Impossibilidade de convalidação

Não há que se falar em decadência, se o pedido deduzido na inicial é de declaração de nulidade de negócio jurídico, por violação ao art. 548 do Código Civil, que…
Mar 24
STJ. Rateio de prejuízo em cooperativa deve ser proporcional à fruição dos serviço

STJ. Rateio de prejuízo em cooperativa deve ser proporcional à fruição dos serviço

A Terceira Turma do Superior Tribunal de Justiça (STJ) entendeu ser ilegal o critério de distribuição igualitária dos prejuízos da Unimed Brasília Cooperativa de Trabalho Médico,…

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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:

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Research Freedom

Covers developments in free legal research. By Professor Jason Potter.

http://researchfreedom.com/

Mar 12
New Tutorial: How to Conduct FREE Legal Research Online

New Tutorial: How to Conduct FREE Legal Research Online

This new video tutorial from the ABA is surprisingly comprehensive and focuses primarily on resources in the Law Library of Congress, the “largest law library in the world.” For international legal research, the LLoC is where…
Mar 11
Lexis Now Permits Unlimited Access to Lexis Advance for Summer Research

Lexis Now Permits Unlimited Access to Lexis Advance for Summer Research

This is an update to my post last spring warning students about the potential repercussions of using Westlaw and Lexis passwords for summer employment. It appears that Lexis Advance has joined Bloomberg Law in permitting unlimited access to…
Dec 5
Instant Poll: Free Research Tools in Practice

Instant Poll: Free Research Tools in Practice

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Agoraphilia

Law and economics, and intellectual property by Tom W. Bell and Glen Whitman

http://agoraphilia.blogspot.com/

Mar 9
Marginal Utility Theory of Daylight Saving Time

Marginal Utility Theory of Daylight Saving Time

I just posted this on Facebook, and I thought I might as well post it here as well. This is the marginal utility theory of Daylight Saving Time. If you could, you would allocate your daylight according to marginal utility -- starting with…
Mar 8
Economics of the Undead: Call for Abstract

Economics of the Undead: Call for Abstract

Anyone wondering what kind of projects have been keeping me from blogging lately? Well, here's one...Call for AbstractsEconomics of the Undead: Blood, Brains & BenjaminsGlen Whitman & James P. Dow, EditorsThe editors seek abstracts…
Dec 12
CFTC Targets Prediction Markets; Hits First Amendment

CFTC Targets Prediction Markets; Hits First Amendment

Would you pay good money for accurate predictions about important events, such as election results or military campaigns? Not if the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has its way. It recently took enforcement action against…

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University of Toronto Law School…

University of Toronto Law School Faculty Blog

Discussions by faculty members of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law on administrative law, competition law, antitrust, constitutional law, current events, family law, intellectual property, law and economics and taxation.

http://utorontolaw.typepad.com/faculty_blog/

Feb 14
This Blog has now moved

This Blog has now moved

The University of Toronto Faculty Blog has now moved to our new website. It can be seen at http://www.law.utoronto.ca/blog/faculty . The new blog includes an RSS feed. The complete archives of this blog have been transferred to the new blog…
May 15
The GSU Copyright Case: Some Canadian Perspective

The GSU Copyright Case: Some Canadian Perspective

This post was originally published on Prof. Katz's blog.
May 9
Prof. Ed Morgan - "The difference between lunchtime prayer and a Jesus T-shirt"

Prof. Ed Morgan - "The difference between lunchtime prayer and a Jesus T-shirt"

This commentary was first published by Prof. Ed Morgan in The Globe and Mail on May 9, 2012. A public school in Toronto thinks a clergyman can be invited to conduct Islamic prayers at lunchtime on school grounds. As a school trustee …

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The Life of Books

Explores the idea that 'books are dead. By Professor Richard Leiter.

http://thelifeofbooks.blogspot.com/

Jan 29
Misunderstood: West Publishing as Content Provider

Misunderstood: West Publishing as Content Provider

I read with interest this morning, Simon Chester's interesting post on SLAW about Thomson Reuters' Bold Leap to become a software company. It's an interesting piece that gives additional perspective on the announcements TR made at the recent…
Jan 22
The Future of Primary Law

The Future of Primary Law

West's (OK, Thomson Reuters, technically, but it will always be West to me) announcement that they are shifting focus on becoming a legal software/services company rather than a being primarily a content "creator," should send a…
Oct 14
Challenges of Mining Case Citations from Law Review Article

Challenges of Mining Case Citations from Law Review Article

The previous post was written two weeks ago. And I've been working primarily with Paul Deschner of the HLSL Innovation Lab to design an algorithm that can mine cases from a full text law review database. There are some interesting challenges…

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WordInEdgewise

Covers marriage equality, torts and public health issues. By Professor John G. Culhane.

http://wordinedgewise.org

Dec 19
Will Congress Repeal the Law Barring Suits against Gun Sellers?

Will Congress Repeal the Law Barring Suits against Gun Sellers?

In this Slate article, posted earlier this evening, I argue that the 2005 law that banned most suits against gun sellers was a terrible capitulation to the NRA, larding gun manufacturers and dealers with a broad immunity against suit that no…
Dec 10
Does Victory Have A Price?

Does Victory Have A Price?

In this Slate article, I argue that the recent success of same-sex marriage at the ballot box might, paradoxically, make it harder for equality advocates to win at the Supreme Court. But I think they should win, anyway.
Dec 8
Analysis of Yesterday’s SCOTUS Decision to Hear Both Defense of Marriage Act and Prop 8 case

Analysis of Yesterday’s SCOTUS Decision to Hear Both Defense of Marriage Act and Prop 8 case

Over at The New Civil Rights Movement, I’ve got a piece that ‘splains to layfolk what happened at the Supreme Court yesterday, and what I think it might mean.

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Elder Law Prof Blog

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

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/elder_law/

Dec 5
University of Illinois seeks clinical prof for new Elder Financial Justice Clinic

University of Illinois seeks clinical prof for new Elder Financial Justice Clinic

Clinical Professor – Elder Financial Justice Clinic College of Law University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The University of Illinois College of Law – a national leader in the field of elder law and policy – invites applications for…
Sep 24
Check out the Supremes' pending cases of significance to older American

Check out the Supremes' pending cases of significance to older American

AARP Foundation Litigation has released its annual U.S. Supreme Court Preview summarizing and analyzing cases important to people 50+ that have been granted or are pending certiorari in the 2012-13 term. The Preview is available on AFL’s…
Sep 17
Central States Law Schools Association 2012 Scholarship Conference will be held October 19 and 20, 2012, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law

Central States Law Schools Association 2012 Scholarship Conference will be held October 19 and 20, 2012, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law

Annual Scholarship Conference October 19-20 Cleveland-Marshall College of Law The C. We invite law faculty from across the country to submit proposals to present papers or works in progress. The purpose of CSLSA is to foster scholarly…

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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…

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The Cardozo Jurist

Cardozo's law student newspaper

http://www.cardozojurist.com/

Nov 26
Students Learn from, Meet with Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor

Students Learn from, Meet with Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor

There are not many occasions on which Cardozo students voluntarily wait in line outside of their school to hear a guest speaker. However, on October 22nd, such was the case when Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor visited Cardozo for the…
Oct 12
The Rabbi of Rhomboid

The Rabbi of Rhomboid

Shalom Jews and Gents! It’s your girlfriend’s favorite convert, aka Chocolate Challah, aka my Solomon is black and my Tzitzit is blue, aka Samson’s Son, aka Bruchalic, aka 5 slaps and a thunderclap coming at you for the first time.
Oct 12
Remembering the ‘90s: Bayside! The UnMusical!

Remembering the ‘90s: Bayside! The UnMusical!

Bayside! The UnMusical! is a musical parody of Saved by the Bell performed at the intimate Kraine Theater on 4th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues. This is a performance where you will laugh for sixty minutes, look back, and have no idea…

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The Becker-Posner Blog

A law and economics blog by University of Chicago Law School Professors Gary Becker and Senior Lecturer Judge Richard Posner

http://uchicagolaw.typepad.com/beckerposner/

Nov 25
MOOCs—Implications for Higher Education—Posner

MOOCs—Implications for Higher Education—Posner

“MOOCs,” an acronym for “massive open online courses,” denotes an important, possibly a revolutionary, development ineducation. These courses are online, free of charge, open to anyone in the world who has a laptop and an Internet…
Nov 25
Online Courses and the Future of Higher Education-Becker

Online Courses and the Future of Higher Education-Becker

Online courses began around 1990 with the growth of more widespread access to the Internet. They spread rapidly in the United States during the last half of the 1990’s buoyed by the dot-com boom, and fell sharply after that bubble burst.…
Nov 18
Why People Vote and What That Implies-Becker

Why People Vote and What That Implies-Becker

The number of voters in the recent US presidential election was down by about 5 million voters from 2008, yet still about 120 million Americans voted this month. President Obama had one of the smallest winning percentages in the popular vote…

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Student Bloggers - University of…

Student Bloggers - University of Chicago Law School

Law student blog posts at the University of Chicago Law School

http://uchicagolaw.typepad.com/

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 4
Student Blogger - Let's Work Together: Coordination Among Government Agencie

Student Blogger - Let's Work Together: Coordination Among Government Agencie

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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…

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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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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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The Shout

Covers wiretaps, privacy, copyright, and free speech. By Jennifer Granick.

http://www.granick.com/blog

Oct 30
Granick Slate Card: November 6, 2012 Election

Granick Slate Card: November 6, 2012 Election

GRANICK SLATE CARD NATIONAL ELECTION, NOVEMBER 2012 Friends, Romans, Republicans:
Jul 24
Catching Up

Catching Up

Unfortunately, I haven’t been keeping this site up to date as I’ve been blogging on the Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society site. To that end, here are my most recent posts: The Unintended Consequences of CISPA New…
Apr 23
BCPO Raffle

BCPO Raffle

Contact me if you want tickets for this worthy cause! BCPO Raffle 2012 Flyer

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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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The Confrontation Blog

Covers the Confrontation Clause and developments related to Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004). By University of Michigan Law Professor Richard D. Friedman.

http://confrontationright.blogspot.com/

Oct 15
Three decisions from the California Supreme Court on forensic report

Three decisions from the California Supreme Court on forensic report

The California Supreme Court issued three decisions today on the Confrontation Clause and forensic reports. Two of them divided the court and show how bad things can get in light of the confusion sown by the US Supreme Court's decision in…
Jun 20
Source of the "targeted individual" test?

Source of the "targeted individual" test?

I hope to be offering more commentary on Williams within a few days. Meanwhile, perhaps I can offer a solution to one mystery. Justice Kagan quite sensibly says that where Justice Alito's "targeted individual" test comes from "is…
Jun 19
Thoughts on Williams, Part I: Reasons to Think the Impact May be Limited

Thoughts on Williams, Part I: Reasons to Think the Impact May be Limited

Here is a first installment of preliminary thoughts on Williams. Obviously, I think the result is unfortunate; I think Williams should have won. But the damage to the Confrontation Clause may be much less than I might have guessed it would…

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Susan Crawford Blog

By Cardozo Law School professor Susan Crawford.

http://scrawford.net/blog/

Oct 7
Killing Program Access and Broadband Competition

Killing Program Access and Broadband Competition

Another Friday filing by the FCC: 146 pages on program access.
Sep 9
Killing the copper and income inequality

Killing the copper and income inequality

A hundred years ago, America decided that everyone was entitled to an affordable telephone line. Now some Americans (thanks to muni bright spots and other efforts) are making the upgrade to a fiber-to-the-home connection – the new global…
Aug 28
A User’s Guide to the Video War

A User’s Guide to the Video War

Stephen Combs/Flickr

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Charlotte Law in Africa

Charlotte School of Law's activities in Africa

http://charlottelawinafrica.wordpress.com/

Oct 5
Grandpa Chris and his New Friend

Grandpa Chris and his New Friend

Cape Town – 10/02/12 Update: Today we nicknamed Chris “Grandpa” and he gladly accepted, he can be so serious sometimes!
Oct 3
See Wofford Run

See Wofford Run

USA to Cape Town 10/01/12 We boarded the plane at 6:00am, the first 6:00am flight of three that we have this week. After we all acknowledged that no one is normal at 6:00am (Nicole throwing away perfectly good cheese, Chris refusing to eat,…
Apr 18
Kumasi Children’s Home

Kumasi Children’s Home

Saturday, March 24, 2012 – Today we visited the Kumasi Children’s Home, which is a local orphanage here in Kumasi. This was probably the hardest thing I’ve ever had to emotionally endure. The conditions of the place were unlike any…

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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…

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South Texas Law Professor

Reactions and musings from South Texas College of Law professor Dru Stevenson.

http://drustevenson.blogspot.com/

Aug 29
Fincham on The Parthenon Dispute

Fincham on The Parthenon Dispute

My STCL colleague Derek Fincham has a new article on SSRN entitled The Parthenon Sculptures and Cultural Justice, which I recommend to my readers - it's a very interesting subject.
Aug 29
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My STCL colleague Derek Fincham has a new article on SSRN entitled The Parthenon Sculptures and Cultural Justice, which I recommen
Aug 29
Ann Romney and Arianna Huffington: Separated at Birth?

Ann Romney and Arianna Huffington: Separated at Birth?

So, am I the only one who thinks Ann Romney and Arianna Huffington look alike? I'm not sure I could tell them apart if they were standing next to each other and used the same shade of hair color...

Rank this Week: 2747

The Sports Law Professor

Dedicated to the complete integration of sports and law. By Willamette University College of Law Professor Jeffrey Standen.

http://thesportslawprofessor.blogspot.com/

Aug 28
The Problem with the Red Sox-Dodgers Trade

The Problem with the Red Sox-Dodgers Trade

So my favorite team swapped my favorite player (and the team's best) to the Dodgers, along with two other solid players, for a handful of minor league players of various promise. Obviously, in terms of baseball talent, this is a very lopsided…
Nov 13
NBA at the Crossroad

NBA at the Crossroad

The NBA and its players appear unable to reach an agreement on the terms and conditions of labor. A number of proposals have been rejected. From available reports, the primary difference appears to center around the division of income. I…
Jul 25
NFL Players Sell the Rookies Short

NFL Players Sell the Rookies Short

Although details remain undisclosed, it appears the new NFL/NFLPA collective bargaining agreement will contain a substantial limitation on the terms of rookie salaries, especially at the top of the draft. This development is troublesome to…

Rank this Week: 3209

The University of Chicago Law…

The University of Chicago Law School Faculty Blog

Covers constitutional law, copyright/technology, corporate law, criminal law, free speech, genetic testing, international law, national security and more.

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

Aug 26
Apple v. Samsung: What Are Patents Good For?

Apple v. Samsung: What Are Patents Good For?

Late Friday afternoon, Apple won a dramatic $1 billion-plus patent verdict against Samsung. The verdict has been described, by Samsung to be sure but also by many commentators, as anti-consumer, meaning presumably that prices will be…
Feb 21
Politics, Copyright and the First-Amendment Common

Politics, Copyright and the First-Amendment Common

On the eve of the Republican primary in Florida, the Romney campaign started running a new television ad called “History Lesson.” Romney was coming off Newt Gingrich’s double-digit win in South Carolina and the momentum in the campaign…
Jan 23
Video: Law School Faculty on United States v. Jone

Video: Law School Faculty on United States v. Jone

Today the Supreme Court handed down a decision in United States v. Jones which held that attaching a GPS device to a vehicle and then using the device to monitor the vehicle’s movements constitutes a search under the Fourth Amendment. In…

Rank this Week: 2739

Velvel on National Affairs

Covers national events. By Massachusetts School of Law Dean Lawrence Velvel.

http://velvelonnationalaffairs.blogspot.com/

Jul 18
It Appears That The Madoff Scam Was Not, Repeat Not, A Ponzi Scheme.

It Appears That The Madoff Scam Was Not, Repeat Not, A Ponzi Scheme.

July 18, 2012
Jun 21
How The Current Situation In Legal Education Came To Pass. Part III

How The Current Situation In Legal Education Came To Pass. Part III

June 21, 2012
Jun 20
How The Current Situation In Legal Education Came To Pass. Part II

How The Current Situation In Legal Education Came To Pass. Part II

June 20, 2012

Rank this Week: 2749

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.

Rank this Week: 3430

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: 3132

Sexual Orientation and the Law…

Sexual Orientation and the Law Blog

By Professors Sara R. Benson and William B. Turner.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/lgbtlaw/

Jan 28
About Sexual Orientation and the Law Blog

About Sexual Orientation and the Law Blog

The Law Professor Blogs Network has ceased publication of this blog.
Oct 25
Feminist Legal Theory

Feminist Legal Theory

Feminist Legal Theory Collaborative Research Network Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, June 5-8, 2011 Invitation and Call for Papers Dear friends and colleagues, As many of you know, the Feminist Legal Theory Collaborative Research…
Jun 29
Obama and same-sex marriage: the lawyerly straddle continue

Obama and same-sex marriage: the lawyerly straddle continue

Republished from the University of Chicago Law School Faculty Blog. President Obama's remarks last week to a gay/lesbian fundraising event must have disappointed his supporters who have grown tired of straddling and rhetorical games on the…

Rank this Week: 1846

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: 1770

Cardozo Blog

The official blog of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University in New York City.

http://www.cardozo.yu.edu/Blog.aspx

Dec 20
Of Inference Networks and -- gasp! -- Onto-Epistemology

Of Inference Networks and -- gasp! -- Onto-Epistemology

The following book has finally been published: William Twining, Philip Dawid & Dimitra Vasilaki, eds., Evidence, Inference and Enquiry (Oxford & British Academy, 2011, available in the U.S. in February 2012). The book
Dec 20
Of Inference Networks and -- gasp! -- Onto-Epistemology

Of Inference Networks and -- gasp! -- Onto-Epistemology

The following book has finally been published: William Twining, Philip Dawid & Dimitra Vasilaki, eds., Evidence, Inference and Enquiry (Oxford & British Academy, 2011, available in the U.S. in February 2012). The book examines evidence,…
Dec 23
A Small Manifesto

A Small Manifesto

A (Minor) Manifesto (about Legal Education) 1. Law school courses generally focus on legal rules. But facts are just as important both for successful law practice and for an understanding of the actual workings o

Rank this Week: 4353

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.

Rank this Week: 4792

Bluhm Blog

Features discussions on clinical education, justice and legal reform by Northwestern University School of Law Professor Steven Drizin, Clinical Professor Karen L. Daniel, and legal journalist Rob Warden

http://blog.law.northwestern.edu/bluhm/

Nov 11
ENOUGH 2!

ENOUGH 2!

ADDENDUM: On November 16, Cook County Circuit Court Chief Judge Paul Biebel granted the motion to vacate of all four defendants in the Englewood case: Vincent Thames, Terrill Swift, Michael Saunders, and Harold Richardson. The Charles…
Jun 25
Ms. Right (Ann Coulter) is So Wrong About the Central Park Jogger Case

Ms. Right (Ann Coulter) is So Wrong About the Central Park Jogger Case

In her new book, Demonic: How the Liberal Mob is Endangering America, Ann Coulter riffs on the Central Park Jogger case and uses the case as a prime example of how liberals, especially those "Innocence Project defense style lawyers" undermine…
Feb 7
Advance Preview: Definitive Book on Central Park Jogger Case Destined to be a Classic

Advance Preview: Definitive Book on Central Park Jogger Case Destined to be a Classic

Sarah Burns

Rank this Week: 1869

The Counselor

Boston College Law School news updates

http://counselor.bc.edu/

Aug 16
Bookstore Employment Opportunitie

Bookstore Employment Opportunitie

The BC Law bookstore is looking for 3-4 temporary student employees for the start of the fall semester. Applicants must be able to start employment on August 16th and continue through the first week of classes. These positions do not qualify…
Jul 21
4 Bedroom Apartment in Brookline

4 Bedroom Apartment in Brookline

4 Bedroom, 2 full bathroom apartment on Babcock Street in Brookline, move in date, August 1st. Rent is, $750 a month, heat and hot water and gas included, working fireplace, back yard, back deck, large living and dining rooms, eat in…
Jul 21
3 Bedroom Apartment 1 Mile from BCLS

3 Bedroom Apartment 1 Mile from BCLS

One mile from BC Law school, on Summit Street in Newton. Brand new, fully renovated open-floor plan unit with Granite kitchen and Marble bathroom. A 3 Bedroom, 1 Bath duplex apt., with Laundry units in the basement. Large open living…

Rank this Week: 4118

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…

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