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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/

Oct 23
Barnes on Courts & Social Policy

Barnes on Courts & Social Policy

Jeb Barnes (University of Southern California - Department of Political Science) has posted Courts and Social Policy on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This article reviews the complex literature on the role of courts in social policy. It argues…
Oct 23
Stone on Scalia & Arbitration

Stone on Scalia & Arbitration

Katherine V.W. Stone (University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law) has posted The Bold Ambition of Justice Scalia's Arbitration Jurisprudence: Keep Workers and Consumers out of Court (21 Employee Rights and Employment Policy…
Oct 23
Stahl on Easement

Stahl on Easement

Kenneth Stahl (Chapman University - The Dale Fowler School of Law) has posted The Trespass/Nuisance Divide and the Law of Easements (George Washington Law Review, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The law of easements is a mess.…

Rank this Week: 19

Federalist Society Multimedia…

Federalist Society Multimedia Archive

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

http://www.fed-soc.org/publications/page/multimedia-from-past-federalist-society-events-2014

Aug 14
Occupational Licensing, Antitrust, and Innovation 8-9-2017

Occupational Licensing, Antitrust, and Innovation 8-9-2017

Regulatory Transparency ProjectEvery state has laws or regulations that require individuals seeking to offer a certain service to the public first to obtain approval from the state before they may operate in the state. Recent years have seen…
Jul 28
2017 Annual Supreme Court Round Up 7-13-2017

2017 Annual Supreme Court Round Up 7-13-2017

Washington, DC Lawyers ChapterOn July 13, 2017, Miguel Estrada of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP delivered the Annual Supreme Court Round Up at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.Featuring:Mr. Miguel Estrada, Gibson Dunn…
Jul 13
The Constitutional War Powers of the Executive and Legislative Branches 7-7-2017

The Constitutional War Powers of the Executive and Legislative Branches 7-7-2017

Article I InitiativeWhat kind of war power does the Constitution grant the President and Congress? What limitations apply to each branch concerning the power to declare war and the use of military force? Over time, how has the Framers’…

Rank this Week: 34

The Right Coast

Thoughts from San Diego on law, politics, and culture. By Thomas A. Smith.

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

Oct 23
Donald Trump: King of Deregulation? | The Weekly Standard

Donald Trump: King of Deregulation? | The Weekly Standard

It seemed a characteristic bit of Trumpian magniloquence—he’s not only a boffo deregulator, he’s the best ever! Still, it was a remarkable claim. Trump has overseen more deregulation than George W. Bush or Ronald…
Oct 23
The assault on academic freedom at UCLA - The College Fix

The assault on academic freedom at UCLA - The College Fix

Over the past few years, UCLA has lost four prominent scholars: James Enstrom, Keith Fink, Val Rust and Tim Groseclose. Each incident is different, whether they left, resigned, or were forced out. But they all have a common thread: each...
Oct 23
‘Tyrant’ Laura Ingraham Already Terrifying Fox News Staffers—and Her Show Hasn’t Even Aired Yet

‘Tyrant’ Laura Ingraham Already Terrifying Fox News Staffers—and Her Show Hasn’t Even Aired Yet

When conservative author and talk radio host Laura Ingraham sits down in the anchor chair on Oct. 30 for the first time as a host on Fox News’ evening lineup, the cable network will be making a multi-prong bet. The...

Rank this Week: 154

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...

Rank this Week: 173

Nexus

Chapman's Journal of Law and Public Policy

http://www.lawschoolblog.org/

Jan 10
How to Choose a Law School

How to Choose a Law School

How to Choose a Law School So by now you’ve wrapped up your undergrad and passed your LSAT. Now it’s time to find a law school, which in and of itself is a daunting task. Everyone and their mother is still clawing their way to an…
Jan 10
The Supreme Court

The Supreme Court

The Supreme Court…
Jan 10
All about Law School

All about Law School

Here is where I will be writing all about law school.

Rank this Week: 319

BlawgConomics

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

http://blawgconomics.blogspot.com/

Nov 5
The Problem with Libertarianism

The Problem with Libertarianism

Libertarianism has created some excitement among the American masses recently in lock-step with the perception that government interference in citizens' lives is on the rise. However, opponents like to point out that libertarianism…
Nov 4
Obamacare Proving My Point Better Than I Ever Could

Obamacare Proving My Point Better Than I Ever Could

I have spoken unfavorably about Obamacare many times on this page. While I didn't like the voting process related to it, the forced coverage language or the taxes and the rising costs that would necessarily be associated…
Nov 2
The Price of Liberty...

The Price of Liberty...

I had to make a quick stop into the office this morning. Unfortunately, part of the Metro system I would have taken was closed. Fear not dear readers - this was due to weekend track work, not a lesser-reported government…

Rank this Week: 364

Juris Diversitas

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

http://jurisdiversitas.blogspot.com/

Oct 11
Call for Papers - Flags, Identity, Memory: Critiquing the Public Narrative through Color

Call for Papers - Flags, Identity, Memory: Critiquing the Public Narrative through Color

Flags, Identity, Memory: Critiquing the Public Narrative through ColorAnne Wagner and Sarah Marusek (eds)In our project, the identification of “identity” employs culturally specific color codes and images that conceal assumptions…
Oct 9
New Publications from Klaus Schwarz Verlag, Berlin

New Publications from Klaus Schwarz Verlag, Berlin

New Publications / NeuerscheinungenKlaus Schwarz Verlag New releases / Neuerscheinungen 2017/2018Gábor HamzaStudies on Legal Relations between the Ottoman Empire/the Republic of Turkey and Hungary, Cyprus, and MacedoniaSelected Essays…
Oct 3
Juris Diversitas 6th Annual Conference, Call for Paper

Juris Diversitas 6th Annual Conference, Call for Paper

CALL FOR PAPERSJURIS DIVERSITAS6th ANNUAL CONFERENCEJune 25-27, 2018Potchefstroom, South AfricaIn partnership withFaculty of Law, North-West University, Potchefstroom & the Centre for Comparative Law in Africa Law, Roots &…

Rank this Week: 545

The Albany Government Law Review…

The Albany Government Law Review Fireplace

The Albany Government Law Review runs this student written and edited law blog engaged in substantive law review-like legal analysis and academic speculation.

http://aglr.wordpress.com/

Apr 26
Workplace Wellness Programs under the ACA: Drawing the Line between Effective Health Incentives and Employer-Imposed Infringement

Workplace Wellness Programs under the ACA: Drawing the Line between Effective Health Incentives and Employer-Imposed Infringement

By: Patrick Tyler, Albany Government Law Review As part of the new requirements for employer-provided health plans, the Affordable Care Act (hereinafter, “ACA”) allows employers to offer employees incentives worth up to fifty…
Mar 29
End of Life Decisions – A Fundamental Right?

End of Life Decisions – A Fundamental Right?

Tara Silk – Albany Government Law Review I. Introduction The cancer diagnoses of two young women recently debated in the media have shown a spotlight on the…
Feb 16
Reclassifying Internet Service Providers: A cursory review of the FCC’s role in regulating the internet

Reclassifying Internet Service Providers: A cursory review of the FCC’s role in regulating the internet

By: Brian Henchy, Albany Government Law Review It is axiomatic that the internet has become ingrained as an everyday part of society. It has become an invaluable and heavily…

Rank this Week: 528

Religious Left Law

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/

Oct 19
The Palestinian Struggle for Self-Determination & the Right of Resistance to Occupation

The Palestinian Struggle for Self-Determination & the Right of Resistance to Occupation

There are only two ways. The one currently pursued by the Israeli government, in all its agencies, is the path of violent, stubborn coercion. The extreme nationalists of the Israeli right have a vision that is easy enough to comprehend; it is…
Oct 16
Anarchism: Philosophy & Praxis — a bibliography

Anarchism: Philosophy & Praxis — a bibliography

The first draft of my latest—82nd—bibliography, “Anarchism: Philosophy & Praxis,” is now available.
Oct 13
The generalized or universal aesthetic appreciation of religious art

The generalized or universal aesthetic appreciation of religious art

As I‘ve likely mentioned in this space before (when you reach my age, confidence in one’s memory is evanescent), in our class at city college on “comparative world religions” I suggested at the beginning of the term…

Rank this Week: 617

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/

Oct 17
A Deep Dive on NPE Outcome

A Deep Dive on NPE Outcome

I glibly commented on a friend's Facebook post last week that "patent troll" academic articles are so passe, despite the growing number of articles that use that term as compared to, say, 2012. Now, I shouldn't complain; given that my most…
Oct 10
The Case for a Patent Box with Strings Attached

The Case for a Patent Box with Strings Attached

[This post is co-authored with Daniel Hemel, an assistant professor of law at the University of Chicago Law School, and cross-posted at Whatever Source Derived.] Trump administration officials are hoping that their plan for steep…
Oct 10
Patents and Vertical Integration: A Revised Theory of the Firm

Patents and Vertical Integration: A Revised Theory of the Firm

I'm a big fan of Peter Lee's work, and I'm a big fan of theory of the firm work. Imagine my joy upon seeing Prof. Lee's new article, forthcoming in Stanford Law Review, called: Innovation and the Firm: A New Synthesis. This article is a…

Rank this Week: 635

Dorf on Law

By Cornell Law School Professor Michael Dorf and his friends.

http://www.dorfonlaw.org/

Oct 23
Above The Law is Not Above Uninformed Invective: What's Their Issue With Vegans?

Above The Law is Not Above Uninformed Invective: What's Their Issue With Vegans?

by Sherry F. ColbHere is an open letter to the author of a recent essay on Above The Law:Dear Mr. Mystal:I had occasion last week to read your Above The Law essay, “Columbia Law Vegans Are Probably Discriminated Against, And I Assume…
Oct 20
The Double-Taxation Bogeyman Rides Again

The Double-Taxation Bogeyman Rides Again

by Neil H. BuchananThe sales job for the White House's non-plan to change the tax system is not going well, by all accounts. As usual, Donald Trump's lack of focus has distracted everyone, as he flits from one personal feud to another…
Oct 19
What to Do about SCOTUS Mistakes: A Not-So Modest Proposal

What to Do about SCOTUS Mistakes: A Not-So Modest Proposal

By Eric SegallThis week ProPublica issued a report with the headline "It's a Fact, Supreme Court Errors aren't Hard to Find." The group reviewed "dozens of cases" and said that it found a "number of false or wholly unsupported claims."…

Rank this Week: 753

Journal of Law, Economics & Policy

From George Mason University School of Law.

http://jlep.net/home/

May 25
JLEP Congratulates Its 2017-2018 Incoming Masthead

JLEP Congratulates Its 2017-2018 Incoming Masthead

2017-2018 Editorial Board Editor-in-Chief Bonnie Kelly Executive Editor Steven Horn Managing & Publications Editor Erich Grome Articles Editor Samantha Trussel Notes Editor Brian Silver Research & Articles Selection Editor…
Sep 4
JLEP Welcomes its New Candidate Member

JLEP Welcomes its New Candidate Member

The Journal of Law, Economics & Policy would like to announce and welcome its 2015-2016 Candidate Members. Congratulations! Abby Chestnut Allison Curry Anshika Mehrotra Blake Browning Christian Nee David Showalter…
Jun 18
JLEP Congratulates Its 2015-2016 Incoming Masthead

JLEP Congratulates Its 2015-2016 Incoming Masthead

Editor-in-Chief Manmeet Dhindsa Executive Editor Jesse Hong Managing Editor Gwen Ball Senior Articles Editor Samantha Grunberg Senior Notes Editor Geoff Moody Senior Research Editor Liz Dalton Research Editor Matt Devendorf Articles Selection…

Rank this Week: 768

Law & Economics Prof Blog

Edited by Murat C. Mungan, David Gamage, Eric Rasmusen, Ben Depoorter, Gerrit de Geest, Shi-Ling Hsu, Manuel A. Utset, Jr., Brian Galle and Yuval Feldman.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_econ/

May 17
Law & Economics Prof Blog Seeks New Editor

Law & Economics Prof Blog Seeks New Editor

The Law & Economics Prof Blog is on hiatus while we try to put together a new team of editors. The Law Professor Blogs Network offers law professors the premier blogging platform and the opportunity to share in growing sponsorship...
Feb 18
Comma Heterodoxy

Comma Heterodoxy

In my last post I wrote: A. “This is an ingenious, and, after a bit of thought, plausible, justification.” An alternative is: B. “This is an ingenious, and after a bit of thought plausible, justification.” The conventional punctuation…
Feb 18
"To Each According to His Need," Including Opera

"To Each According to His Need," Including Opera

Taxprof reports on Miranda Fleischer's latest: Miranda Perry Fleischer (San Diego), How is the Opera Like a Soup Kitchen?, in The Philosophical Foundations of Tax Law (Oxford University Press, 2016): The charitable tax subsidies are, at…

Rank this Week: 817

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: 812

Law and Humanities Blog

An independent blog supporting law and humanities activities and scholarship, including the work of the Law and Humanities Institute. Posts discuss law and the arts, law and history, and occasionally law and social sciences, and law and science. The blog posts calls for papers, news of conferences, special events, and other items of interest to those in the field.

http://lawlit.blogspot.com/

Oct 23
A New Collection of John William Corrington's Writings, Edited by Allen Mendenhall @allenmendenhall @UnivPressNG

A New Collection of John William Corrington's Writings, Edited by Allen Mendenhall @allenmendenhall @UnivPressNG

Newly published: The Southern Philosopher: Collected Essays of John William Corrington (Allen Mendenhall, ed., University of North Georgia Press, 2017).John William Corrington was an English professor (D. Phil, University of Sussex) and…
Oct 23
Schlag on Reason as a Fundamental Concept in International Law @ColoLaw

Schlag on Reason as a Fundamental Concept in International Law @ColoLaw

Pierre Schlag, University of Colorado Law School, is publishing Reason in Fundamental Concepts for International Law (Jean d'Aspremont & Sahib Singh, eds., Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018). Here is the abstract. This brief essay, prepared…
Oct 20
Narrative and Metaphor in the Law, Edited by Michael Hanne and Robert Weisberg, Due in 2018 From Cambridge University Press @Stanford @AucklandUni

Narrative and Metaphor in the Law, Edited by Michael Hanne and Robert Weisberg, Due in 2018 From Cambridge University Press @Stanford @AucklandUni

Forthcoming from Cambridge University Press in 2018: Narrative and Metaphor in the Law, edited by Michael Hanne, University of Auckland, and Robert Weisberg, Stanford University. Here is a description of the book's contents. It has long…

Rank this Week: 1507

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/

May 10
Farewell

Farewell

In memoriam: Gary S. Becker, 1930-2014. The Becker-Posner blog is terminated. Richard A. Posner
Mar 14
Sabbatical Notice

Sabbatical Notice

Starting this weekend, we will be taking a one-month sabbatical from blogging. We will resume at the end of that period.
Mar 3
The Embargo of Cuba: Time to Go- Becker

The Embargo of Cuba: Time to Go- Becker

The US embargo of Cuba began in 1960, a year after Fidel Castro turned this island toward communism. It was extended to food and medicines in 1962, the same year as the showdown with Russia over the installation of missiles there. The embargo…

Rank this Week: 2140

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…

Rank this Week: 1694

Psychology of Law and Criminal…

Psychology of Law and Criminal Behavior

By Kenneth Padowitz.

http://www.psychology-criminalbehavior-law.com/

Aug 2
How “Expert” is Expert Testimony?

How “Expert” is Expert Testimony?

The Eye-Opener The legal system as we know it, places considerable emphasis on expert testimony. On a reasonable scale, there is no expectation that such testimony would be accurate at all times and in all instances. However, digging deep…
Feb 4
Cultural Influence On Crime

Cultural Influence On Crime

One can take many different stances when asked to determine the causes of criminal activity. One area of research that has been gaining popularity views crime as a product of the culture or subculture to which one belongs, rather than…
Jan 28
Rational Choice as a Theory of Crime

Rational Choice as a Theory of Crime

Rational choice is a prominent theoretical model in many fields of research, though many criminologists continue to doubt its applicability as a general theory of crime. Much of this skepticism can be attributed to the over-simplification of…

Rank this Week: 2622

Colorado Common Law

Covers state public record law, civil rights, and obscenity. By Joe Thomas.

http://cocommonlaw.com

Jan 23
Moving to a New Website

Moving to a New Website

Dear Readers, I am moving to a new website: Intermediate Scrutiny. The change is necessary because I am longer located in Arizona. Because of life circumstances, I recently moved to Washington State and became a licensed attorney…
Apr 11
Vaughn Index in Colorado Public Record

Vaughn Index in Colorado Public Record

A Vaughn index is a tool used in public records disputes where the person requesting documents, will ask the court to compel the records custodian to list all responsive documents and explain why or why not the documents should be released.…
Apr 8
Banning Homelessness in Colorado

Banning Homelessness in Colorado

It appears a sad new trend in Colorado is to create policies or laws, treating homelessness as a criminal condition. A new report, “No Right to Rest: Criminalizing Homelessness in Colorado” which details the efforts cities and…

Rank this Week: 2275

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/

Dec 17
Fables of the Reconstruction: Human Emotion and Behavioral Heuristics in Environmental Economic

Fables of the Reconstruction: Human Emotion and Behavioral Heuristics in Environmental Economic

James Ming Chen, Fables of the Reconstruction: Human Emotion and Behavioral Heuristics in Environmental Economics, available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=2705196 or http://bit.ly/FablesReconstruction: Environmental economics provides an…
Nov 3
Momentary Lapses of Reason: The Psychophysics of Law and Behavior

Momentary Lapses of Reason: The Psychophysics of Law and Behavior

James Ming Chen, Momentary Lapses of Reason: The Psychophysics of Law and Behavior, available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=2683557 or http://bit.ly/MomentaryLapses: The conventional capital asset pricing model (CAPM) remains the preferred…
Aug 29
Law on the market

Law on the market

Daniel Martin Katz, Michael James Bommarito, Tyler Soellinger & James Ming Chen, Law on the Market? Evaluating the Securities Market Impact of Supreme Court Decisions, available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=2649726 or…

Rank this Week: 4308

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/

Aug 28
Reproducibility of Social Science Experiment

Reproducibility of Social Science Experiment

Ian Sample, Study delivers bleak verdict on validity of psychology experiment results The Guardian (August 27, 2015) &&& The dynamic evidence page Evidence marshaling software MarshalPlan
Aug 26
Racial Profiiling & Gangsta Rap as Evidence in Criminal Investigations & Trial

Racial Profiiling & Gangsta Rap as Evidence in Criminal Investigations & Trial

Wishful thinking pervades discussions of the evidentiary use of both racial profiling and "gangsta rap" in criminal investigations and trials. Compare, e.g., Holmes v. State, 306 P.3d 415 (2013) (gangsta rap lyrics held…
Aug 13
"As [Peter Tillers] explains, among the…

"As [Peter Tillers] explains, among the reasons character evidence is excluded is that such evidence 'violates a social commitment to the thesis that each person remains mentally free and autonomous at every point in [his] life.'" Andrew…

Rank this Week: 3425

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

Jul 2
thewildcatuk: Today I’ve been hosted on the LawyerFair daily...

thewildcatuk: Today I’ve been hosted on the LawyerFair daily...

thewildcatuk: Today I’ve been hosted on the LawyerFair daily podcast, run by the great Andrew Weaver. I’ve been ranting on the connections between Music and Law for about 10 minutes. If you make it to the end you can hear me…
Jan 29
"Why couldn’t law be designed by designers as well? Designers, humans who love beauty and keep users..."

"Why couldn’t law be designed by designers as well? Designers, humans who love beauty and keep users..."

“Why couldn’t law be designed by designers as well? Designers, humans who love beauty and keep...
Aug 9
Studying music, learning law

Studying music, learning law

thewildcatuk: Legal tech entrepreneur Marc Lauritsen - who’s also a musician - has read the post I...

Rank this Week: 2830

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 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…
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.

Rank this Week: 4674

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.

Rank this Week: 2591

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:

Rank this Week: 4199

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