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14 Jan 2023, 6:30 am
According to Larry Solum, whose account accords with my memory, its first use was by Richard Epstein.[2] It's not clear to me that even in the physical sciences it takes a Theory to beat a Theory.[3]Without trying to borrow trouble by “relying on” authorities in other fields, I think that one version of the current view is that theory-change occurs in the physical sciences through a combination of the identification of anomalies that the Theory in question has trouble… [read post]
26 Dec 2012, 7:31 pm
(From Adam Fisher, Skipping Stones, Genkaku-Again, May 25, 2009) The cultural importance of veiling the underlying presumptions and mechanics of actions and beliefs-- of seeing reality and of being satisfied to follow instructions that are bound up in a reality that must neither be seen nor questioned--is very strong. [read post]
30 Jan 2018, 7:31 am
(Larry Catá Backer, Democracy Part XIX: Electoral Legitimacy in Honduras and Afghanistan, Law at the End of the Day (Nov. 29, 2009)). [read post]
25 Jul 2013, 5:18 pm
Backer, Larry Catá and Wang, Keren, State and Party in the Scientific Development of a Legitimate Rule of Law Constitutional System in China: The Example of Laojiao and Shuanggui (June 1, 2013). [read post]
1 Mar 2014, 6:22 am
Low Testosterone Lawyers have filed the following Androgel lawsuit in Illinois: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTFOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOISEASTERN DIVISION______________________________Richard C. [read post]
23 Nov 2017, 7:55 pm
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017)A question that emerged during the course of the recently concluded Round Table on the Implications of the 19th Chinese Communist Party Congress (here, here and here) the speakers wondered, collectively, about the extent and character of the evolution of CPC thinking, and the CPC Basic Line, with respect to Socialist Rule of Law and Socialist Constitutionalism. [read post]
1 Jan 2020, 2:19 pm
(Pix ©Larry Catá Backer, La Habana Cuba 2017)Every religion connects the structures of divinity to the human communities around which their worship is structured and social, political, economic, and cultural communities are organized. [read post]
6 Jul 2021, 7:02 am
Larry Catá Backer W. [read post]
6 Apr 2018, 4:00 am
In January, I wrote about the petition filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in D.C. federal district court for an order granting the writ of habeas corpus on behalf of eleven detainees at Guantanamo Bay—Tofiq Nasser Awad al-Bihani, Sharqawi al-Hajj, Sanad al-Kazimi, Suhail Sharabi, Said Nashir, Abdul Rabbani, Ahmed Rabbani, Abdu Latif Nasser, Abdul Razak, Abdul Malik, and Abu Zubaydah—whom, according to the petition, “have all been detained at Guantánamo… [read post]
7 Oct 2016, 2:40 pm
Taylor, Professor of Law, University of Denver, Sturm College of Law—The Unsettled State of Compelled Corporate Disclosure Regulation After the Conflict Mineral Rule Cases Virginia Harper Ho, Associate Professor of Law, Kansas University School of Law—“Comply or Explain” and the Future of Nonfinancial Reporting James Coburn, Senior Manager, Investor Programs, Ceres—Climate Risk and Sustainability Disclosure … [read post]
15 Sep 2013, 6:53 pm
(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2013) I have been posting about the development of a new course I have been developing for our first year law school students, "Elements of Law." [read post]
9 Oct 2013, 11:14 am
(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2013) I have been posting about the development of a new course I have been developing for our first year law school students, "Elements of Law." [read post]
3 Jan 2016, 7:03 pm
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016)At least since the Second World War American elites, as successors to and in concert with their Western European comrades, have sought to control the conversation about democracy, democratic legitimacy, and the appropriate forms within which states might structure their internal governance, especially when it relates to the ease with which Euro-American elites might penetrate these subordinate states. [read post]
27 Dec 2022, 6:30 am
This post was prepared for a roundtable onVoting Rights, convened as part of LevinsonFest 2022.Sanford Levinson First I must express my continued thanks to the persons actually behind this remarkable project, Richard Albert, Ashley Moran, and Trish Do. [read post]
14 Aug 2023, 2:32 pm
Leung Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, Faculties of Law & Medicine, The University of Hong Kong Dr Marcelo Thompson &Prof Felix Chan Law & Technology Centre, Department of Computer Science & Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong “Social Listening” Day 1 Morning Session 22 Aug (Tue) 09:30-12:45 (HKT) Prof Larry Catá Backer W. [read post]
18 Jan 2023, 6:30 am
Gore’s self-restraint, in short, represents one of the great moments of constitutional statesmanship in American history.[5]Nevertheless, it would be fool-hardy to expect future Vice-Presidents to follow him down this path if a third-par [read post]
10 Oct 2018, 7:24 pm
Because the offenses are listed with the most severe coming first, there are inconsistencies further down the chain of lesser severity offenses causing inconsistency and confusion about which subtraction of blame justifies imposition of a lesser penalty. [read post]
18 Nov 2015, 9:02 am
The first day of the 2015 UN Forum on Business and Human Rights offered a dual track palette of offerings that were meant to engage the broad spectrum of participants in attendance. [read post]
18 May 2020, 1:52 pm
Since then, some scholars, including Noah Feldman and Larry Tribe, have countered the claim that Sullivan’s role is to be a potted plant. [read post]
30 Sep 2023, 6:35 pm
Leung Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, Faculties of Law & Medicine, The University of Hong Kong Dr Marcelo Thompson &Prof Felix Chan Law & Technology Centre, Department of Computer Science & Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong “Social Listening” Day 1 Morning Session 22 Aug (Tue) 09:30-12:45 (HKT) Prof Larry Catá Backer W. [read post]
