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Juris Diversitas

An international, interdisciplinary community for the study of legal and normative mixtures and movements.

http://jurisdiversitas.blogspot.com/

Jun 18
WORKSHOP: Comparative Perspectives on Theory and Practice of Preventive Detention

WORKSHOP: Comparative Perspectives on Theory and Practice of Preventive Detention

#Workshop Comparative Perspectives on Theory and Practice of Preventive Detention Christopher Michaelsen, 20-21June http://t.co/Gbuy3p43Te — Malen Gordoa (@MalenIISJ) June 18, 2013
Jun 18
SEMINAR: Democracy and Justice

SEMINAR: Democracy and Justice

contemporary comparative frontiers at swinburne Swinburne Institute for Social Research Democracy & Justice – Special Seminar Wednesday, 17 July, 13:00-15:00, BA912 (Hawthorn Campus) ‘Comparative Contemporary…
Jun 18
BOOK: Sumalla on Historical Memory and Criminal Justice in Spain

BOOK: Sumalla on Historical Memory and Criminal Justice in Spain

Intersentia has published Josep M Tamarit Sumalla’s Historical Memory and Criminal Justice in Spain: A Case of Late Transitional Justice. The abstract reads: The Spanish transition from the Franco regime to democracy has not been a…

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The Right Coast

Thoughts from San Diego on law, politics, and culture. By Gail Heriot, Mike Rappaport, Tom Smith and Maimon Schwarzschild.

http://rightcoast.typepad.com/rightcoast/

Jun 18
N.Y.U. Gives Its Stars Loans for Summer Homes - NYTimes.com

N.Y.U. Gives Its Stars Loans for Summer Homes - NYTimes.com

Richard Revesz, who recently ended a decade as the dean of New York University Law School, lives with his wife, an N.Y.U. law professor, in a handsome West Village town house that was financed by N.Y.U. They also have a...
Jun 18
NYU Provides Sweetheart Loans to Faculty, Administrators to Buy Vacation Home

NYU Provides Sweetheart Loans to Faculty, Administrators to Buy Vacation Home

NYU has already attracted attention for the multimillion-dollar loans it extends to some top executives and professors buying homes in New York City, a practice it has defended as necessary to attract talent to one of the most expensive…
Jun 17
Driver arrested in death of soccer ball dribbler

Driver arrested in death of soccer ball dribbler

Police in Oregon say they have arrested the driver they say fatally struck a man trying to dribble a soccer ball 10,000 miles from Seattle to Brazil for the World Cup. via msn.foxsports.com

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Defero Law

Community of UK legal bloggers.

http://www.deferolaw.com/profiles/blog/list?promoted=1

Jun 18
Our Child Abuse Lawyers discuss the Court appearance of teacher Jeremy Forrest

Our Child Abuse Lawyers discuss the Court appearance of teacher Jeremy Forrest

This is yet another example of a case where mandatory reporting may have assisted. Jeremy Forrest appeared in Lewes Crown Court last week to face charges of child abduction. The court has heard that Forrest began teaching the school girl when…
Jun 18
LinkedIn “endorsements” – Do they frustrate you and leave you wondering?

LinkedIn “endorsements” – Do they frustrate you and leave you wondering?

I doubt you can have missed the endorsements feature on LinkedIn, the one that keeps asking you to endorse people you barely know for things you’re not sure they've ever done. Let’s get real, you’re a lawyer, you’re…
Jun 18
When is the best time to blog on social networking sites?

When is the best time to blog on social networking sites?

Everyone wants to have their material seen by their desired audience, otherwise why go to all the efforts that writing an interesting blog post takes? But when is the best time in the day to share your material? To maximise exposure of your…

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Written Description

Reviews recent scholarship in patent law, intellectual property theory, and innovation. By Christopher Suarez, Sarah Tran, and Tan Mau Wu.

http://writtendescription.blogspot.com/

Jun 18
Chief Judge Markey and Doctrinal Development

Chief Judge Markey and Doctrinal Development

As I wrote in What Are the Sources of Patent Inflation? An Analysis of Federal Circuit Patentability Rulings, I think some of the expansion in the bounds of patentability that has occurred since the creation of the Federal Circuit could be…
Jun 12
Why Stop at Fees? The Case for Making All Patent Losers Pay, and Pay Heavily

Why Stop at Fees? The Case for Making All Patent Losers Pay, and Pay Heavily

Guest post by Professor Jonathan Masur, University of Chicago School of LawThe excellent op-ed published last week by Chief Judge Rader, Colleen Chien, and David Hricik has re-ignited the debate surrounding attorneys’ fee awards in…
Jun 3
Carrier: Classic Antitrust/IP Scholarship

Carrier: Classic Antitrust/IP Scholarship

The next contribution to the Classic Patent Scholarship Project is from Professor Michael Carrier (Rutgers Camden), a leading expert on the intersection of IP and antitrust. His impressive scholarly portfolio includes the influential…

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Dorf on Law

By Cornell Law School Professor Michael Dorf and his friends.

http://www.dorfonlaw.org/

Jun 18
Law, Politics, Right Answers, and Basketball

Law, Politics, Right Answers, and Basketball

By Mike Dorf Yesterday's ruling in Alleyne v. United States produced an interesting division on the Court. The majority opinion by Justice Thomas was joined by the Court's liberal wing, whereas the four other conservatives…
Jun 16
"All Deliberate Speed" for Same-Sex Marriage?

"All Deliberate Speed" for Same-Sex Marriage?

By Mike Dorf Although it's always tricky to predict outcomes of SCOTUS cases, the betting among the cognoscenti is that the Court will invalidate DOMA in the Windsor case and either uphold Prop 8 in the Perry case or find some way to duck…
Jun 14
The Burden of Proof and Tax Law: Deja Vu Silline

The Burden of Proof and Tax Law: Deja Vu Silline

-- Posted by Neil H. Buchanan In my Dorf on Law post yesterday, I described the simply embarrassing "fact check" provided by PolitiFact regarding the following statement from a Republican Congressman: "The IRS doesn't have to prove something…

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BlawgConomics

Explores the intersection of law and economics. By Joshua Sturtevant.

http://blawgconomics.blogspot.com/

Jun 18
Super Bugs, Super Drugs Redux

Super Bugs, Super Drugs Redux

A scary story about drug-resistent gonhorrea made the rounds recently. Meanwhile, The Guardian recently reported that "Antibiotic-resistant bacteria with the potential to cause untreatable infections pose "a catastrophic threat" to…
Jun 17
Buchanan on Fact Checking

Buchanan on Fact Checking

I have railed against fact checkers on several occasions on this page (typically during election season when most fodder for such railing presents itself) but I have never (as far as I am aware) had the displeasure of being the 'facts'…
Jun 14
Stay Out of Grandma's Candy Drawer Kids (The Law of Unintended Consequences Edition)

Stay Out of Grandma's Candy Drawer Kids (The Law of Unintended Consequences Edition)

While popular in some quarters, it appears that Colorado's loose pot laws have led to some unintended consequences, namely, the ingestion of THC-laced candies by unsuspecting children. Freakonomics has a brief note on the problem -…

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Federalist Society Audio

Audio of recent events, speeches and conferences of the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies.

http://www.fed-soc.org/audio/MP3s/fsaudio.xml

Jun 16
Regulation and the Rule of Law 6-11-2013

Regulation and the Rule of Law 6-11-2013

First Annual Executive Branch Review Conference On June 11, 2013, the Federalist Society's Executive Branch Review Project held its First Annual Executive Branch Review Conference at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. The conference…
Jun 16
Environmental Law and Regulation 6-11-2013

Environmental Law and Regulation 6-11-2013

First Annual Executive Branch Review Conference On June 11, 2013, the Federalist Society's Executive Branch Review Project held its First Annual Executive Branch Review Conference at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. The second…
Jun 16
Dodd-Frank and Beyond 6-11-2013

Dodd-Frank and Beyond 6-11-2013

First Annual Executive Branch Review ConferenceOn June 11, 2013, the Federalist Society's Executive Branch Review Project held its First Annual Executive Branch Review Conference at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. The second…

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Tillers on Evidence and Inference

The evidence blog of Professor Peter Tillers of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University.

http://tillerstillers.blogspot.com/

Jun 16
The Reliability or Unreliability of Our Always-Constructed Memorie

The Reliability or Unreliability of Our Always-Constructed Memorie

It is generally believed -- and I believe -- that the mind does not work like a tape recorder and that memories are "constructed." Does it follow that all memories -- which are constructed, or assembled, by the mind -- are…
Jun 16
Conscious Memories Are Constructed

Conscious Memories Are Constructed

Christopher D. Frith, "Disorders of Conscious and Unconscious Mental Processes," in Eric R. Kandel, James H. Schwartz, Thomas M. Jessel, Steven A. Siegelbaum & A. J. Hudspeth, eds., Principles of Neural Science 1373, 1383 (5th ed.,…
Jun 16
Vision and Inference

Vision and Inference

Charles D. Gilbert, "The Constructive Nature of Visual Processing," in Eric R. Kandel, James H. Schwartz, Thomas M. Jessel, Steven A. Siegelbaum & A. J. Hudspeth, eds., Principles of Neural Science 556, 556-557 (5th ed.,…

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religiousleftlaw

Politically progressive law professors from various religious traditions discuss law and cognate subjects from their unique perspectives: Legal theory, politics, and comparative theology.

http://www.religiousleftlaw.com/

Jun 15
An Update on the Home Mortgage Bridge Loan Assistance Act

An Update on the Home Mortgage Bridge Loan Assistance Act

Hi Friends, Early last year, I noted with pleasure some progress underway in connection with a truly 'win-win' mortgage bridge loan statute I'd drafted with a friend and colleague at FRBNY. Today I am pleased to be able to report that the…
Jun 14
Open U.S. Intervention in Syrian War

Open U.S. Intervention in Syrian War

Most of us are waking up to the following news about the Syrian war: WASHINGTON — “The White House declared Thursday that Syria had crossed a ‘red line’ by using chemical weapons in that country’s civil war, and…
Jun 10
An Anchor, Not a Bubble: Student Loans and the New American Serfdom

An Anchor, Not a Bubble: Student Loans and the New American Serfdom

The economic world, some would have it, has been awash in a sea of frothy bubbles for a couple of decades now. And there is some truth to this claim. The NASDAQ stock surge of the late 1990s was a bubble. The underlying valuations never…

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Lawyers are boring.

Covers Taxonomy, Open Access, Free Legal Sources, Plain Language, BigData, IT to create new law and new lawyers.

http://lawyersareboring.tumblr.com

Jun 14
Legal Startups: changing the world by changing the law

Legal Startups: changing the world by changing the law

If you, like me, understand some Italian. On LegalPad I’ve just published this short article, stuffed with data and irony, to convince law students to change route and think twice about their role. Legal Pad is a project by…
May 29
What's on a lawyer's mind? The experiment.

What's on a lawyer's mind? The experiment.

I’ve been collaborating for some time with AL the Automatic Lawyer, the first or maybe the second Italian legal startup: a place for downloading tailor-made legal documents in all the major EU languages. Beta test will be ready in…
May 10
What is Legal Architecture

What is Legal Architecture

(and why I call myself a Legal Architect) Legal Architecture’s manifesto, first draft. My post on Legal Half Hour. Excerpts: “Law is information. Like information, it can be produced from many different sources and reach…

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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/

Jun 13
Lehavi on Control over Decision-Making in Private Legal Organization

Lehavi on Control over Decision-Making in Private Legal Organization

Amnon Lehavi (Interdisciplinary Center Herzliyah - Radzyner School of Law) has posted Concepts of Power: Majority Control and Accountability in Private Legal Organizations (Virginia Law & Business Review (Forthcoming)) on SSRN. Here is…
Jun 13
Schrag on MOOCs & Legal Education

Schrag on MOOCs & Legal Education

Philip G. Schrag (Georgetown University - Law Center) has posted MOOCs and Legal Education: Valuable Innovation or Looming Disaster? on SSRN. Here is the Abstract: Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have spread across the landscape of higher…
Jun 13
Alexander on Principle

Alexander on Principle

Larry Alexander (University of San Diego School of Law) has posted What are Principles, and Do They Exist? on SSRN> Here is the abstract: In this paper I distinguish principles from rules and standards and ask if there are norms...

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Voir Dire

Covers social science approaches to law and legal institutions, legal doctrine and legal policy implementation, and profession issues for academics. By Professors Jeff Yates and Andrew Whitford.

http://lawandcourts.wordpress.com

Jun 3
Star Trek technology … today

Star Trek technology … today

Well, kinda – but pretty astounding really … H/T reddit 1. Quantum Teleportation 2. “Geordi Visors” that help the blind “see” with their tongues 3. Tractor beams – albeit wimpy one
Jun 1
Dangerous neighborhoods in the US

Dangerous neighborhoods in the US

Starting at #25 Rank Neighborhood Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000) My Chances of Becoming a Victim Here (in one year) 25 Chicago, IL (S Indiana Ave / E 60th St) 65.77 1 in 15 24 Tulsa, OK (E Apache St … Continue reading →
May 26
Intergenerational argument starter

Intergenerational argument starter

Just add water … Check out the rest on Buzzfeed.

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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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The Albany Government Law Review…

The Albany Government Law Review Fireplace

The Albany Government Law Review runs this legal blog. It is the first student written and edited law blog in the country to engage in substantive law review-like legal analysis and academic speculation.

http://glrfireplace.albanygovernmentlawreview.org

Apr 5
Trickle-Down Empowerment: How The New York State Legislature Can Empower Attorneys Who Advocate For Victims of Domestic Violence by Incorporating Social Science Findings When Justifying New Legislation

Trickle-Down Empowerment: How The New York State Legislature Can Empower Attorneys Who Advocate For Victims of Domestic Violence by Incorporating Social Science Findings When Justifying New Legislation

By Heath Hardman, Albany Government Law Review I. Introduction The fields of social science and psychology continue to make advances in human understanding, and courts sometimes make use of this information.[1]…
Mar 8
Moratorium on Progress: How New York’s “Moratorium” Statute Has Helped Halt Public Sector Teacher Pension Reform

Moratorium on Progress: How New York’s “Moratorium” Statute Has Helped Halt Public Sector Teacher Pension Reform

By Ed Delauter, Albany Government Law Review We need a government that performs better and costs less . . . . [this] means enacting mandate relief. By next year, pension costs for schools and state and local governments will have…
Feb 20
The Supreme Court’s Refusal to Hear Case Involving the Illinois Eavesdropping Act

The Supreme Court’s Refusal to Hear Case Involving the Illinois Eavesdropping Act

By Courtney Elliott, Albany Government Law Review In recent years, courts have had to examine wiretap statutes in relation to recording law enforcement officers during the performance of their job duties.[1] Most Americans now carry at…

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Point of Law Forum

Provides information and opinion on the U.S. litigation system. By the Manhattan Institute and AEI Liability Project. Contributors include Professors Michael Krauss, David Bernstein, Lester Brickman, Michael DeBow, Richard Epstein, Daniel P. Kessler and Stephen Presser.

http://www.pointoflaw.com/

Nov 27
Chairman Schapiro's Troubled Tenure at the SEC

Chairman Schapiro's Troubled Tenure at the SEC

Chairman Schapiro announced yesterday that she will be stepping down as head of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in several weeks. Accompanying her announcement, was a nine-page list of her accomplishments during her nearly…
Nov 26
The Philadelphia Story

The Philadelphia Story

The success of trial lawyers in Philadelphia has come at the expense of the Pennsylvania economy. Our own Jim Copland explains in an op-ed and at great detail in Trial Lawyers Inc. - Philadelphia....
Nov 25
Senator-elect Warren's Quandary

Senator-elect Warren's Quandary

There has been a lot of speculation about whether Senator-elect Elizabeth Warren will get a seat on the Senate Banking Committee, a perfect forum to go after the financial industry. If Ms. Warren does get the coveted spot, she may...

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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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Nexus

Chapman's Journal of Law and Public Policy

http://www.lawschoolblog.org/blog/

Oct 16
Texas’s Rule Prohibiting Access to Preventative Services for Thousands of Women Ruled Constitutional

Texas’s Rule Prohibiting Access to Preventative Services for Thousands of Women Ruled Constitutional

This August, in Planned Parenthood Ass’n of Hidalgo County Texas, Inc. v.
Oct 16
Too Big to Flourish: An Over-Involved Government Jeopardizes America’s Future

Too Big to Flourish: An Over-Involved Government Jeopardizes America’s Future

The United States’ social insurance laws, including Medicare and Medicaid, over-expand the Founding Fathers’ intended role for government in America. America was founded so that its limited government would respect personal liberty. …
Oct 14
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s Potential Impact on Education in California’s Public School

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s Potential Impact on Education in California’s Public School

The prevention of teen births and sexually transmitted infections amongst California’s youth has been a long-standing social and economic issue. Despite a steady decline from 1991, when California’s teen birth rate reached a record high…

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The Legal Conservative

Discusses law and cases from a conservative perspective. By the Woodring Law Firm.

http://www.woodringlawfirm.com/legal_conservative_blog

May 2
Individual Mandate: 2 Lawyers Debate Constitutionality: Introduction

Individual Mandate: 2 Lawyers Debate Constitutionality: Introduction

Individual Mandate: 2 Lawyers Debate Constitutionality: Introduction. First of three articles I have the privilege to write for Medscape to cover the healthcare lawsuit argued topics. Note, you may have to do a free sign up to access the…
Sep 6
Nice Background on Florida Solicitor General Scott Makar

Nice Background on Florida Solicitor General Scott Makar

A Certain Appeal || Gulf Coast Business Review | Tampa Bay, Bradenton, Sarasota, Fort Myers, Naples. Interesting read on the background of a friend, Solicitor General Scott Makar. I believe at this point he is the longest serving Florida…
Aug 12
Breaking: Eleventh Circuit Rules Obamacare’s Individual Mandate is Unconstitutional – Forbe

Breaking: Eleventh Circuit Rules Obamacare’s Individual Mandate is Unconstitutional – Forbe

Breaking: Eleventh Circuit Rules Obamacare’s Individual Mandate is Unconstitutional – Forbes. This is a 300 pg. opinion, so more comments to follow. 11th Circuit decision on Constitutionality of Healthcare Nice Quotes: In sum, the…

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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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Respondeat

Covers New York state law specifically, and law and philosophy generally.

http://respondeat.wordpress.com

Jan 2
The Zapato Is on the Other Foot: Argentine Court to Hear Case on Spanish Human Rights Violation

The Zapato Is on the Other Foot: Argentine Court to Hear Case on Spanish Human Rights Violation

In an interesting turn of events, via IPS News, Spanish human rights violations during the Franco-era are being heard in an Argentine court. According to the article, “One of the plaintiffs is 91-year-old Darío Rivas, who is seeking…
Jan 1
Improving the Outlook for Orlando’s Tourist Industry in 2012

Improving the Outlook for Orlando’s Tourist Industry in 2012

With a new year comes new challenges to Central Florida and in particular the Orlando and Orange County area.
Aug 20
Some Thoughts on the Lack of Consistency and Predictability in Federal Forum Non Conveniens Dismissal

Some Thoughts on the Lack of Consistency and Predictability in Federal Forum Non Conveniens Dismissal

The doctrine of forum non conveniens is applied with great inconsistency by federal district courts. The forum non conveniens analysis is, to quote Justice Scalia, “multifarious,” but what weight should be given to those factors is left…

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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

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Zeugma

Covers legal education, technology, rhetoric and legal theory. By Lancaster University's Sefton Bloxham, University of Warwick's Patricia McKellar, University of Strathclyde's Karen Barton and Glasgow Graduate School of Law's Paul Maharg.

http://zeugma.typepad.com/zeugma/

Jul 18
Moving on...

Moving on...

I'm moving blog host, from Typepad to Wordpress. I hadn't expected to go, but Typepad's recent newsletters on their company policies are making me edgy and, having been stung, like many academics, by Ning's recent policy changes (Dropbox…
May 17
Ross Priory, 2011

Ross Priory, 2011

Spent two days at the invitation of Alan Paterson (Strathclyde) and Richard Susskind discussing legal practice and legal education at Ross Priory, Strathclyde's retreat house on Loch Lomond, which has one of the best views anywhere in…
Apr 29
New book series: Emerging Legal Learning - call for title

New book series: Emerging Legal Learning - call for title

Over the past six months or so, amongst much else I've been involved in putting together a couple of book series.

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Essentially Contested America

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

http://essentiallycontestedamerica.org

Dec 8
Professor Robert Hayman’s Tribute to Bobby Lipkin

Professor Robert Hayman’s Tribute to Bobby Lipkin

[Author: Robert Hayman] [see photos from event] This will be a short talk about one of Bobby’s “big ideas,” about pragmatism, which might be best described as revolutionary pragmatism. Bobby’s interest in constitutional revolutions is…
Dec 3
Professor Erin Daly’s Presentation in Honor of Robert J. Lipkin

Professor Erin Daly’s Presentation in Honor of Robert J. Lipkin

Author: Erin Daly [see photos from event] I want to thank everyone for coming here today. I think that when we first heard that Bob had died, we were completely bereft. We were completely stunned. Bob had been around here for so long that…
Dec 1
Professor Jim May’s Remarks; A Celebration of Scholarship with the Presentation of The Widener Law Review Special Edition in honor of Robert J. Lipkin

Professor Jim May’s Remarks; A Celebration of Scholarship with the Presentation of The Widener Law Review Special Edition in honor of Robert J. Lipkin

Author: Professor Jim May [see photos from event] Bobby’s constitutional theories were cogent, unconventional and unsettling. Bobby was unafraid of toppling conventional wisdom and subverting dominant paradigms about constitutional…

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The TransAtlantic Assembly

Blog of American and European Practitioners and Academics on European and American Constitutional Law (with an eye to the European Constitution), International Law, European Law, and Law and Philosophy.

http://transatlanticassembly.blogspot.com/

Sep 4
Italy's tragic future

Italy's tragic future

Silvio Berlusconi is a modern dictator. He controls all the most important functions of the state and is THE key player in the private sphere. Modern dictators are characterized by an ability to disguise their authoritarianism through subtle…
Sep 2
No to Barroso

No to Barroso

Does anyone out there know who Barroso is? More importantly does anybody know what was his best achievement during his four years as President of the European Commission, the highest institution within the EU? Very few will be able to answer…
Jul 25
Obama's Transatlantic Speech

Obama's Transatlantic Speech

Berlin was like a honeymoon between America and Europe. But Obama's honey words, were a little too sweet:

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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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Brian Leiter's Legal Philosophy…

Brian Leiter's Legal Philosophy Blog

Covers jurisprudence, legal realism, and legal theory. By Professor Brian R. Leiter and Prof. Daniel Filler

http://leiterlegalphilosophy.typepad.com/leiter/

Apr 14
Green on Legal Realism and Naturalized Jurisprudence

Green on Legal Realism and Naturalized Jurisprudence

Via Solum, I learn that my (part-time) colleague Les Green's (long-gestating) paper on "Law and the Causes of Judicial Decision" is finally on SSRN (it will appear in final form in Green's forthcoming collection of papers from OUP). I have…
Mar 28
Jurisprudence II: Objectivity

Jurisprudence II: Objectivity

My tentative Spring Quarter Syllabus (Download Jurisprudence II Syllabus 2009), for those who might be interested.
Mar 12
Which journals publish the highest quality work in philosophy of law?

Which journals publish the highest quality work in philosophy of law?

A new poll, which might provide some useful information for younger scholars figuring out where to submit their work.

Rank this Week: 2056

Federalist Society - University of…

Federalist Society - University of Washington Chapter

Covers limited government, freedom, federalism and judicial restraint.

http://uwfedsoc.blogspot.com/

Dec 25
Somebody bless us, or something

Somebody bless us, or something

This is an encouraging sign. The freedom to worship whatever God we find most pleasing is perhaps the most fundamental freedom; it signifies freedom of thought. The fact that Iraqis are now free to worship Jesus if the mood strikes them…
Dec 15
Fifth Amendment Victory

Fifth Amendment Victory

Saw an interesting post over on The Volokh Conspiracy about a first dip into a murky 5th Amendment issue - can the gov't compel a suspect to enter a computer password? A man was detained at the Vermont-Canada border on suspicion of…
Nov 22
Holiday (Second Amendment) Reading

Holiday (Second Amendment) Reading

The Supreme Court's grant of cert. in DC v. Heller reminded me of an entertaining article on the Supreme Court's last Second Amendment ruling in 1939. I recommend Brian Frye, The Peculiar Story of United States vs. Miller, NYU Journal of Law…

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