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Medical Futility
Medical Futility
Tracks judicial, legislative, policy, and academic developments concerning medical futility. By Professor Thaddeus Mason Pope.
http://medicalfutility.blogspot.com/
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Jun 18
Public Health Paternalism Blog
Public Health Paternalism BlogI have started a new blog on Public Health Paternalism: HealthPaternalism.com. Medical Futility will continue to cover developments in end-of-life law, ethics, and policy. Health Paternalism, in contrast, will cover the… -
Jun 17
ECMO - The Next Medical Futility Battleground?
ECMO - The Next Medical Futility Battleground?The use of ECMO has been growing. In contrast to dialysis, CPR, and mechanical ventilation; clinicians can usually more confidently refuse to offer or provide ECMO when they deem it medically inappropriate. Yet, one wonder… -
Jun 15
Nevada Enacts POLST Statute
Nevada Enacts POLST StatuteNevada has just become the latest state to legislatively adopt POLST. Last week, Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval signed A.B. 344. In April, Indiana also enacted a POLST statute. Before that, 18 states already had POLST…
Rank this Week: 106
TortsProf Blog
TortsProf Blog
Covers accident and injury law. By Professors William G. Childs, Sheila B. Scheuerman and Christopher J. Robinette.
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/tortsprof/
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Jun 17
Olson on Privacy and Solicitation
Olson on Privacy and SolicitationWalter Olson has a post on today's USSC case Maracich v Spears: "The Privacy Case in Which Every Justice Switched Sides." (Compared with Maryland v. King). --CJR -
Jun 13
Hylton on the Economics of Class Actions and Class Action Waiver
Hylton on the Economics of Class Actions and Class Action WaiverKeith Hylton (Boston University) has posted to SSRN The Economics of Class Actions and Class Action Waivers. The abstract provides: Class action litigation has generated a series of recent Supreme Court decisions imposing greater federal… -
Jun 12
Two by Stapleton on Causation
Two by Stapleton on CausationJane Stapleton (Texas/ANU) has posted to SSRN two pieces on causation. First up is Reflections on Common Sense Causation in Australia and the abstract provides: Part 1 of this chapter argues that the High Court of Australia’s so-called…
Rank this Week: 247
PropertyProf Blog
PropertyProf Blog
By Professors D. Benjamin Barros and Alfred L. Brophy.
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/property/
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Jun 18
An Update on the Private Property Rights Protection Act
An Update on the Private Property Rights Protection ActIlya Somin offers a brief update on the fate of the Private Property Rights Protection Act: Last week, the House Judiciary Committee passed the Private Property Rights Protection Act, which would prevent local governments that engage in… -
Jun 18
Map of the Day: The Atlas of True Name
Map of the Day: The Atlas of True NameThe "Atlas of True Names" reveals the etymological roots, or original meanings, of the familiar terms on today’s maps. For instance, where you would normally expect to see the Sahara indicated, the Atlas gives you “The Tawny… -
Jun 18
Freyfogle on Aldo Leopold
Freyfogle on Aldo LeopoldEric Freyfogle (Illinois) has posted Leopold's Last Talk (Wash. J. Envtl. L. & P.) on SSRN. Here's the abstract: During the last decade of his life, Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) delivered more than 100 conservation talks to various popular,…
Rank this Week: 261
Ratio Juris
Ratio Juris
Offers perspectives on judicial decisionmaking and the legal process. By Professors Jim Chen, Alfred Brophy, Stefanie Lindquist, R.J. Lipkin, Chad M. Oldfather, Lori A. Ringhand, and Elizabeth Weeks.
http://ratiojuris.blogspot.com/
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Jun 14
Open U.S. Intervention in Syrian War
Open U.S. Intervention in Syrian WarMost 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 2
Psychoanalysis & Buddhism: A Basic Reading Guide
Psychoanalysis & Buddhism: A Basic Reading GuideThis is a subject I hope to post something on in the near future, but in the interim I thought I’d make available some of the titles I’ll be reading in preparation. Aronson, Harvey B. Buddhist Practice on Western Ground:… -
May 30
Rutgers-Newark Law School: People’s Electric
Rutgers-Newark Law School: People’s ElectricProfessor George W. Conk has published his much anticipated (well, at least in some quarters) article on Rutgers-Newark Law School—People’s Electric—in the 1960s and ‘70s. Loyal and attentive readers might recall the…
Rank this Week: 708
Essentially Contested America
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
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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. LipkinAuthor: 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. LipkinAuthor: 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…
Rank this Week: 868
Delaware Campus Library Blogs
Delaware Campus Library Blogs
From Widener Law.
http://blogs.lawlib.widener.edu/delaware
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Jun 17
Westlaw discontinues free student printing
Westlaw discontinues free student printingWestlaw is discontinuing free printing as of June 17, 2013. Students will no longer be able to send Westlaw research to the dedicated (free) Westlaw printers. The printers will be removed soon. The Lexis free printers will still be available. -
Jun 3
Law library phones are fixed
Law library phones are fixedOur phone problem has been fixed, so you can call the library again -
Jun 3
Phones not working
Phones not workingOur phone system is down this morning. If you need to contact the law library please email us at Law.LibRef@widener.edu
Rank this Week: 933
WUSL Admissions Blogs
WUSL Admissions Blogs
From Widener Law.
http://blogs.law.widener.edu/admissionsmain
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Apr 29
Putting Theory Into Practice – Advice from Joshua Wilkinson, Admissions Counselor
Putting Theory Into Practice – Advice from Joshua Wilkinson, Admissions CounselorYou obtained that elusive J.D. and studied hard for the Bar Exam – but once you meet with your first client, all of that legal knowledge and heightened sense of what makes a persuasive written argument suddenly becomes… -
Mar 12
LSAT Fun!
LSAT Fun!February LSAT scores were recently released! What does that mean for you? Hopefully you’re score is amazing and you can breathe a sigh of relief. In that case, consider scholarship opportunities on your list of law schools. What are the… -
Jan 11
Beginning the last semester of law school….. – Thoughts from 3L Amira Khan
Beginning the last semester of law school….. – Thoughts from 3L Amira KhanIt seems like I have been waiting for three years to finally get to this point… I am FINALLY in my LAST semester of law school!
Rank this Week: 1096
Fame Appeal
Fame Appeal
Covers intellectual property and other legal issues affecting the entertainment and fashion industry.
http://fameappeal.com
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Sep 5
Christian Siriano @ InCrowd Industry Night 9/15
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Sep 5
Christian Louboutin wins trademark protection. Trademark serial No. 77141789 beats YSL
Christian Louboutin wins trademark protection. Trademark serial No. 77141789 beats YSLImage filed with Trademark office -
Aug 2
NAKED trademark Victoria’s Secret v. Urban Decay
NAKED trademark Victoria’s Secret v. Urban DecayA fight in the cosmetic aisle to see if the term “NAKED” should be held exclusively by Urban D
Rank this Week: 1103
Harrisburg Campus Library Blogs
Harrisburg Campus Library Blogs
From Widener Law.
http://blogs.lawlib.widener.edu/harrisburg
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May 28
Summer Schedule
Summer ScheduleMonday—Thursday 8 a.m.—11 p.m.… -
May 16
Between Session Hours – May 15 through May 27
Between Session Hours – May 15 through May 27May 15-17 8 a.m.—8 p.m. May 18 9 a.m.—5 p.m. May… -
Apr 23
Library Exam Hour
Library Exam HourEXAM HOURS APRIL 27—MAY 13 8 a.m.—2 a.m. Every Day MAY 14 8 a.m.—10 p.m.
Rank this Week: 1434
WordInEdgewise
WordInEdgewise
Covers marriage equality, torts and public health issues. By Professor John G. Culhane.
http://wordinedgewise.org
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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 caseOver 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.
Rank this Week: 1778