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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/
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Sep 20
Limitations on the Business Case for Diversity
Limitations on the Business Case for DiversityJamillah Bowman Williams, Breaking Down Bias: Legal Mandates vs. Corporate Interests, Wash. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2017), available on SSRN.Marcia L. McCormickThose working in antidiscrimination law are well-versed in the central role that the… -
Sep 19
Who Should Terminate or Modify Irrevocable Trusts?
Who Should Terminate or Modify Irrevocable Trusts?Bradley E.S. Fogel, Terminating or Modifying Irrevocable Trusts by Consent of the Beneficiaries—A Proposal to Respect the Primacy of the Settlor’s Intent, 50 Real Prop., Tr. & Est. L.J. 337 (2016). Michael Yu Professor Bradley… -
Sep 18
When the Life of the Law is Logic
When the Life of the Law is LogicSarah B. Lawsky, Formalizing the Code, 70 Tax L. Rev. 377 (2017), available at SSRN. Susan Morse In Formalizing the Code, Professor Sarah Lawsky offers a glimpse of what might be gained if law were written in formal logic…
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Legal Scholarship Blog
Legal Scholarship Blog
Features law-related calls for papers, conferences and workshops. From the Ohio State Moritz College of Law, University of Georgia School of Law, University of Pittsburgh School of Law and University of Washington School of Law.
http://legalscholarshipblog.com
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Sep 20
Colloquia/Workshop
Colloquia/WorkshopEmory University School of Law Michael S. Kang, Thomas Simmons Professor of Law, Emory University School of Law, presents today his paper entitled Gerrymandering and the Constitutional Norm Against Government Partisanship. ... -
Sep 19
Colloquia/Workshop
Colloquia/WorkshopNew York Law School Nadine Strossen, John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law, New York Law School, presents today as part of the Tuesday Scholarship Luncheon series. -
Sep 18
Lecture
LectureUniversity of Wisconsin Law School Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of California, presents today: Conflict, Institutions, and Public Law: Reflections on Twentieth Century America as a Developing…
Rank this Week: 111
Law & Development Blog
Law & Development Blog
By Professors Tom Ginsburg and Veronica Taylor.
http://lawdevelopment.blogspot.com/
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Nov 20
Update -- new blog on 'regulatory geography'
Update -- new blog on 'regulatory geography'Many of my previous posts on this blog have made reference to how dynamics of geography might effect law and development. Along these lines, my own research focuses more on the regulatory effects of geography (what I call regulatory… -
Jun 15
On pianos, trees and development
On pianos, trees and developmentAn apologies to our readers for my absence during this semester. Family matters have kept me away from most of my professional commitments. But I am back, and happy to see that Michael Dowdle's has done a good job at keeping the blog alive!In… -
May 5
M. Sornarajah's Resistance and Change in the International Law on Foreign Investment -- and its relevance to law and development (and New Development Economics in particular)
M. Sornarajah's Resistance and Change in the International Law on Foreign Investment -- and its relevance to law and development (and New Development Economics in particular)My colleague here in Singapore, M. Sornarajah ('Sorna' to his friends) has a new book just published by Cambridge University Press entitled Resistance and Change in the International Law on Foreign Investment. The book has (surprising?)…
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Verdict
Verdict
Provides legal analysis and commentary on topical legal news and cases.
http://verdict.justia.com/
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Sep 19
Supreme Court of Israel Requires Ultra-Orthodox Men to Perform Military Service
Supreme Court of Israel Requires Ultra-Orthodox Men to Perform Military ServiceCornell University law professor Michael C. Dorf comments on a recent decision by the Israel Supreme Court holding that the government’s policy of exempting Haredim (ultra-Orthodox Jews) from military service was unconstitutional… -
Sep 17
Changing Places by Changing Ourselve
Changing Places by Changing OurselveCornell University law professor Joseph Margulies describes the transformation of Olneyville, a low-income neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island, as the result of comprehensive place-based solutions to crime and disorder. Margulies points… -
Sep 14
Al Franken, Giant of the Senate
Al Franken, Giant of the SenateJohn W. Dean, former counsel to President Richard Nixon, praises Senator Al Franken’s newest book, Al Franken, Giant of the Senate. Without giving spoilers, Dean shares a few reasons he recommends the book, in which Franken provides…
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Gallagher Blogs
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/
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Aug 24
Announcing: West Academic Study Aids Online
Announcing: West Academic Study Aids OnlineAt the end of a law student's semester of law school, she might not know how to approach their exams. Students can't possibly expect to write everything that they learned in a three hour exam, so how do they pare their outlines down to the… -
Aug 17
The Path to Lawyer Well-Being
The Path to Lawyer Well-BeingThe National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being has just released its report, The Path to Lawyer Well-Being: Practical Recommendations for Positive Change (Aug. 2017). It's important for all sectors of the legal community, so it includes… -
Aug 17
Confederate Monuments and the Law
Confederate Monuments and the LawCivil War monuments have been in the news lately, so I thought I'd do some research.One great (and free) starting point is SSRN, a site where scholars can post their papers and researchers can search them. I typed in civil war…
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Law, Technology & Arts Blog
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/
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Jul 13
EU Antitrust Policy: Favoring Innovation over the Googles’ of the World
EU Antitrust Policy: Favoring Innovation over the Googles’ of the WorldBy Amela Zukic As many of us have heard, the European Commission recently slapped Google with a 2.7-billon dollar antitrust fine for allegedly favoring its own comparison-shopping service, an illegal practice in the EU. Google now has 90 days… -
Jul 11
Spotify Proposes $43 Million Settlement Class Action Lawsuit for Unlawful Distribution of Copyrighted Music
Spotify Proposes $43 Million Settlement Class Action Lawsuit for Unlawful Distribution of Copyrighted MusicBy: Adam Roberts Popular music streaming service Spotify has agreed to pay $43.45 million to settle a class action lawsuit brought by a collection of songwriters and music copyright holders. The class plaintiffs allege that Spotify… -
Jul 6
Texting Too Far
Texting Too FarBy Ari Robbins On Friday, June 16th, a Massachusetts Juvenile Court Judge found twenty-year old Michelle Carter guilty of the involuntary manslaughter of Conrad Roy III. Carter was found guilty of recklessly causing Roy III’s death.…
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