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Legal Scholarship Blog

Features law-related calls for papers, conferences and workshops. From the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and the University of Washington School of Law.

http://legalscholarshipblog.com

Sep 12
September 12, 2012 Colloquia/Workshop

September 12, 2012 Colloquia/Workshop

Alabama Nuno Garoupa (Illinois) Albany James T. Gathii Faculty Workshop Series – Sheldon Halpern, Hon. Harold R. Tyler Jr. Chair in Law and Technology (Albany)
Sep 11
September 11, 2012 Colloquia/Workshop

September 11, 2012 Colloquia/Workshop

Chicago Law Public Law and Legal Theory Workshop – Darrell A.H. Miller(Cincinnati Law) Cornell Law Asma Barlas (Ithaca College)
Sep 10
September 10, 2012 Colloquia/Workshop

September 10, 2012 Colloquia/Workshop

Columbia Law Mark J. Osiel (Iowa Law) presents Rights to Do Grave Wrong – paper is not publicly available Georgia Law Jamal Greene (Columbia Law)

Rank this Week: 11

JOTWELL - The Journal of Things We…

JOTWELL - The Journal of Things We Like (Lots)

Edited by University of Miami School of Law Professor Michael Froomkin, The Journal of Things We Like (Lots)–JOTWELL–invites law professors to join us in filling a telling gap in legal scholarship by creating a space where legal academics will go to identify, celebrate, and discuss the best new legal scholarship.

http://jotwell.com/

May 20
The Care and Feeding of Sticky Defaults in Information Privacy Law

The Care and Feeding of Sticky Defaults in Information Privacy Law

Lauren Willis, When Nudges Fail: Slippery Defaults, 80 U. Chi. L. Rev. ___ (forthcoming 2013) available at SSRN.Paul OhmIf Jotwell is meant to surface obscure gems of legal scholarship, which might go unnoticed otherwise, I might be missing…
May 17
The Brave New World of Identification

The Brave New World of Identification

Margaret Hu, Biometric ID Cybersurveillance, 88 Indiana L.J.__ (forthcoming 2013), available at SSRN.Mary FanThe memory seems almost quaint. While waiting with prosecutors in the hallway between indictments, an excellent customs…
May 15
Celebrating Federal Civil Rulemaking

Celebrating Federal Civil Rulemaking

Lonny Hoffman, Rulemaking in the Age of Twombly and Iqbal, U.C. Davis L. Rev. (forthcoming, 2013) available at SSRN.Brooke D. ColemanThe Federal Rules of Civil Procedure are 75 years old this year. Imagine a fete thrown in their honor-mini…

Rank this Week: 94

Law, Technology & Arts Blog

Covers emerging legal issues in IP, technology, commerce, and the arts. From the Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts.

http://wjlta.wordpress.com/

May 20
The Appropriation Artist Currently Known as Prince

The Appropriation Artist Currently Known as Prince

By Chris Young You know you have made it as a photographer, when your work is appropriated by an artist well known for relying on other artists’ copyrighted material. Last month, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed a…
May 13
Could Trademark Litigation Force the Washington Redskins to Change Their Name?

Could Trademark Litigation Force the Washington Redskins to Change Their Name?

By Pedro Celis In Blackhorse v. Pro Football, Inc., a group of Native American plaintiffs is challenging several of the Washington Redskins’ trademarks before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). They claim that the Redskins…
May 3
Don’t Mix with the Sixth!

Don’t Mix with the Sixth!

By Abby St. Hilaire Music sampling has become a mainstay in nearly all genres of popular music. Sampling involves selecting portions of pre-existing sound recordings to use as components of new musical compositions. The amount of work…

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Gallagher Blogs

Features library news and legal research tips. From the Marian Gould Gallagher Law Library of the University of Washington School of Law.

http://gallagherlawlibrary.blogspot.com/

May 15
New Faculty Publication: Ron Collins' Books by Supreme Court Justice

New Faculty Publication: Ron Collins' Books by Supreme Court Justice

Ronald K.L. Collins, Books by Supreme Court Justices, 38 J. Sup. Ct. Hist. 94 (2013).Identifying 353 books, Prof. Collins bibliography is the latest and most comprehensive work covering works written, edited, or compiled by the Justices.Chief…
May 14
New Faculty Publications: Toshiko Takenaka and Signe Naeve

New Faculty Publications: Toshiko Takenaka and Signe Naeve

Intellectual Property in Common Law and Civil Law (Toshiko Takenaka ed., Edward Elgar, 2013).UW Law professor Toshiko Takenaka has edited and contributed chapters to this new work, which covers patents, copyright, trademark and unfair…
May 10
New Faculty Publication: Anita Krig on Investment Company as Instrument

New Faculty Publication: Anita Krig on Investment Company as Instrument

Anita K. Krug, Investment Company as Instrument: The Limitations of the Corporate Governance Regulatory Regime, 86 S. Cal. L. Rev. 263 (2013). Available on SSRN.AbstractU.S. regulation of public investment companies (such as mutual funds) is…

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Verdict

Provides legal analysis and commentary on topical legal news and cases.

http://verdict.justia.com/

May 19
Changing Our Attitudes Toward Health Policie

Changing Our Attitudes Toward Health Policie

Justia columnist and attorney David Kemp discusses two recent issues that have come up in recent news related to health and health policy. The first issue Kemp discusses is that of breast cancer prevention and treatment, in light of a New…
May 16
President Obama’s Burgeoning Scandals—Benghazi, IRS, and AP’s Telephone Logs—Are All Smoke and No Fire

President Obama’s Burgeoning Scandals—Benghazi, IRS, and AP’s Telephone Logs—Are All Smoke and No Fire

Justia columnist and former counsel to the president John Dean discusses each of the three scandals on which the media are currently focusing. After commenting on the nature of modern political scandals generally, Dean focuses on the…
May 15
Abuse in the Sports World, and What Needs to Be Done About It

Abuse in the Sports World, and What Needs to Be Done About It

Justia columnist and Cardozo law professor Marci Hamilton discusses abuse in the world of sports, including school, amateur and professional sports. While child sex abuse has been a problem in this world, physical, emotional, and verbal…

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Law & Development Blog

By Professors Tom Ginsburg and Veronica Taylor.

http://lawdevelopment.blogspot.com/

Dec 7
Privatization

Privatization

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

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

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

A Research Agenda for Development Economic

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

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