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The Faculty Lounge

The Faculty Lounge

Conversations about law, culture, and academia. By Professors Dan
Filler, Laura Appleman, Al Brophy, Kathleen Bergin, Kevin Noble
Maillard and Calvin Massery.

http://www.thefacultylounge.org/
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The Faculty Lounge

The Faculty Lounge

Conversations about law, culture, and academia. By Professors Dan
Filler, Laura Appleman, Al Brophy, Kevin Noble Maillard and Calvin
Massey.

http://www.thefacultylounge.org/
  • Jan 29

    Avatar Not So Titanic?

    Avatar Not So Titanic?
    So Avatar has passed Titanic as history's highest-grossing film, with
    worldwide ticket sales of $1.86 billion (story here and list here).
    Yeah, but we all recognize that ticket prices today are higher than in
    years gone by, making any such claim somewhat meaningless. So where
    does Avatar rank when grosses are adjusted for ticket price inflation?
    I don't have the answer for worldwide revenue, but for domestic
    revenue Avatar ranks (as of today) in the mid 20's on the list
    (sandwiched between screen gems Posted on Friday, January 29, 2010 at 2:23 pm
  • Jan 29

    Quotes of the Day

    Quotes of the Day
    Via Tyler Cowen, from Barking Up The Wrong Tree: "[P]itchers from the
    southern United States were more likely to hit batters in these
    situations, but primarily if the batter was White." Source: "It was a
    thought pitch": Personal, situational, and target influences on
    hit-by-pitch events across time. from Journal of Applied Psychology -
    Vol 94, Iss 6 by Timmerman, Thomas A. Via Above the Law, from Richard
    Posner: "Litigation is not ping-pong." Source: No. 09-8042 CUNNINGHAM
    CHARTER CORPORATION, Posted on Friday, January 29, 2010 at 2:23 pm
  • Jan 29

    Obama's Supreme Court Attack

    Obama's Supreme Court Attack
    In last night's State of the Union message, President Obama attacked
    the Supreme Court for its Citizens United decision. With the justices
    sitting in the well of the chamber, directly before him, he tactlessly
    chastised them for their decision. Of course, the Supreme Court is not
    immune from criticism, but given the time and place the President's
    antic came across as puerile anger. Moreover, if he must criticize the
    Court in person he at least ought to get his facts straight. Obama
    declared that Citizens Posted on Friday, January 29, 2010 at 2:23 pm
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Land Use Prof Blog

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/
  • Feb 09

    Epstein on Bybee's Takings Decision

    Epstein on Bybee's Takings Decision
    Richard Epstien (Chicago; Stanford/Hoover) has posted Takings Law Made
    Hard, Regulation, Winter 2009-2010. The abstract: The novel opinion of
    Ninth Circuit Judge Jay Bybee in Guggenheim v. City of Goleta could
    threaten the tortured jurisprudence that has protected regulatory
    takings... Posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 7:31 am
  • Feb 09

    28th Annual Public Interest Envir ...

    28th Annual Public Interest Environmental Law
    Conference
    John Bonine at University of Oregon School of Law announces their 28th
    annual PIELC conference. From the conference website: Continuing
    economic uncertainty is merging with environmental and social
    degradation, and humanity faces both a mounting crisis and a dawning
    opportunity.... Posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 7:31 am
  • Feb 09

    25% Unemployment?

    25% Unemployment?
    While the general unemployment number recently dipped below 10%, the
    jobless percentage of construction workers has nearly reached
    25%--another indication that land use trends don't seem poised to grow
    positive anytime soon: The U.S. construction industry's unemployment
    rate hit 24.7%... Posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 7:31 am
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First Amendment Law Prof Blog

First Amendment Law Prof Blog

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

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/firstamendment/
  • Feb 04

    Stanley Fish:Citizens United Opin ...

    Stanley Fish:Citizens United Opinions Reflect
    Limited Argument Repertoire Available Within
    Current First Amendment Jurisprudence
    In the New York Times, Stanley Fish examines the language and
    argumentation used by Justice Kennedy, writing for the majority in
    Citizens United, and by Justice Stevens, writing in dissent. Professor
    Fish identifies "chill" to be the word most important... Posted on Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 1:44 pm
  • Feb 01

    First Amendment Scholarship Update

    First Amendment Scholarship Update
    Here is this week's collection of newly available scholarship
    addressing First Amendment issues: 1) Andrew Koppelman (Northwestern
    University School of Law), The New American Civil Religion: Lesson for
    Italy, forthcoming in George Washington International Law Review. The
    abstract states: American... Posted on Monday, February 1, 2010 at 4:02 pm
  • Feb 01

    Will Citizens United Ruling Creat ...

    Will Citizens United Ruling Create the
    Momentum to End Judicial Elections?
    On Law.com, Tony Mauro spotlights what is being hailed by some as a
    silver lining to the Citizens United decision, the possibility that
    the ruling will draw attention to how an avalanche of corporate
    campaign contributions to the state campaigns... Posted on Monday, February 1, 2010 at 4:02 pm
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South Texas Law Professor

South Texas Law Professor

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

http://drustevenson.blogspot.com/
  • Mar 29

    This Week's "People With Too Much ...

    This Week's "People With Too Much Time On
    Their Hands"
    Here is this week's example of people with too much time on their
    hands/not enough to do: 100,000 Britons downloading "certificates of
    de-baptism" as a way of renouncing their unfashionable Christian
    heritage. The standard reason seems to be that the water ritual was
    performed when the person was an infant, and is therefore not
    meaningful. I understand that part - as a teenager, I arranged to get
    re-baptized partly to make a point that it was my own choice. But I
    don't get why something that is Posted on Sunday, March 29, 2009 at 5:10 pm
  • Mar 28

    The New Law Prof Rankings

    The New Law Prof Rankings
    This innovative new empircal article, Reproduction of Hierarchy? A
    Social Network Analysis of the American Law Professoriate, by a group
    of professors at the University of Michigan, offers a new way to rank
    the "influence" of law professors on American society (or at least on
    our legal system), based on their institutional affiliation.
    Particularly interesting is the comparison to US News rankings. My
    favorite part is this amazing graph of the law professor universe: My
    alma mater is pretty easyy to find Posted on Saturday, March 28, 2009 at 2:53 pm
  • Mar 26

    Top Ten Most Wanted Government Do ...

    Top Ten Most Wanted Government Documents
    Click here to get the Report ByCenter for Democracy & Technology
    & OpenTheGovernment.org: 1. Public Access to All Congressional
    Research Service Reports 2. Information About the Use of TARP and
    Bailout Funds 3. Open and Accessible Federal Court Documents Through
    the PACER System 4. Current Contractor Projects 5. Court Settlements
    Involving Federal Agencies 6. Access to Comprehensive Information
    About Legislation and Congressional Actions via THOMAS or Public
    Access to Legislative Information Service Posted on Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 4:09 pm
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The Fred Parks Law Library Blog

The Fred Parks Law Library Blog

Covers legal news and resources. From the South Texas College of Law.

http://thefredparkslawlibrary.blogspot.com/
  • Jan 30

    FDsys Search Strategies

    FDsys Search Strategies
    The Government Printing Office, the agency that publishes our nation's
    official documents, has almost completed its migration to FDsys, the
    new Federal Digital System that will ultimately replace the current
    GPO database of government publications, GPOAccess. The migration to
    FDsys was slated for completion at the end of 2009, but the date has
    been pushed back to April 2010. More content will be added in the next
    few months, but you don't have to wait to use the many good
    collections already available. On Posted on Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 9:55 pm
  • Jan 21

    Senate Executive Documents & ...

    Senate Executive Documents & Reports
    A student approached the reference desk recently, trying to locate a
    Senate Executive Report. These reports contain committee
    recommendations regarding the ratification of proposed treaties, or
    recommendations on proposed nominations. Beginning in 1979 these
    reports were published in the Serial Set, but the document we needed
    was issued in the 90th Congress, 1968. To locate this older report, we
    needed to look outside of the Serial Set in a unique collection called
    Senate Executive Documents and Reports Posted on Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 10:24 pm
  • Jan 21

    Faculty, staff and students can n ...

    Faculty, staff and students can now access
    personal library accounts
    Access your library account from campus and home! You can now see
    everything you have checked out, renew your books, and save searches
    of your research interests online. · Access your account through
    Stella, the online catalog, from Stanley or the library's public home
    page. · Select login and enter your last name and your G number (with
    the G included). You will now be logged into your personal library
    account. On the left are Help instructions for renewing books and
    setting up your preferred searches. Be Posted on Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 10:24 pm
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