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11 Dec 2008, 2:32 pm
Quoting extracts from the BNP articles, Finlay and Wood say the arguments resemble a conspiracy theory and they identify the use of two tools of persuasion in relation to Muslims in Britain: the “accentuation effect”, which is the attempt to portray outgroups as homogeneous and distinct from ingroups; and “essentialism”, which is the idea that [...] [read post]
11 Dec 2008, 7:31 pm
22 Jul 2009, 2:55 pm
Personally, I was pulling for Ted Baxter, but: hat tip Buzzfeed. [read post]
20 Jan 2008, 6:39 am
The recent brouhaha sparked by Brian Tamanaha’s questioning whether interdisciplinary hiring is a good idea for 2-4 tier law schools, documented well here and here, has prompted Larry Solum to pen a very interesting (and long) take on the history of interdisciplinary scholarship in law schools. [read post]
20 Apr 2008, 10:32 am
In 1971, the Supreme Court: upheld today the constitutionality of busing as a means to “dismantle the dual school systems” of the South. [read post]
31 May 2009, 4:25 pm
Frank Cross and Stefanie Lindquist’s “Meauring Judicial Activism” is now available on Oxford University Press. [read post]
1 Nov 2009, 11:27 am
Professor David Nutt, the British government's chief drug advisor, has been fired after claiming that ecstasy and LSD are less dangerous than alcohol. [read post]
24 Nov 2008, 3:58 pm
Of interest: EPA established the National Network for Environmental Management Studies (NNEMS) in 1986 to foster a growing interest among higher education students in environmental careers. [read post]
26 Nov 2008, 3:01 pm
Of interest: First Annual Conference: Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability, May 8-9, 2009 Sustainability is quickly becoming a core issue for business strategy and management. [read post]
9 Oct 2007, 7:19 am
Andrew Gelman has an interesting post on his blog in which he and a co-author debate the merits of publishing your work in journals (referred to as “papers”) vs. publishing your work on webpages (referred to as “articles”). [read post]
12 Oct 2007, 7:10 am
Those who follow the blogs are probably already familiar with the wealth of free blog advice that has been offered to new UC-Irvine law school dean Erwin Chemerinsky. [read post]
10 Jan 2008, 5:39 am
At at the AEI yesterday: Debating the Case for a U.S. [read post]
30 May 2008, 5:39 am
Last Sunday, the NYT’s Deborah Solomon interviewed former US Attorney David Iglesias. [read post]
22 Dec 2009, 3:44 pm
Maybe, at least for a while - apparently they did a no-no. [read post]
16 Nov 2007, 6:58 am
My co-author Jack Chin posts on Concurring Opinions about litigation concerning a denial of tenure at University of Michigan Law School. [read post]
4 Dec 2007, 7:53 am
USA Today has a candidate match game that allows you to compare your answers to policy questions to the various candidates. [read post]
8 Oct 2008, 2:26 pm
As of this morning, Obama got the bigger bounce: [read post]
11 Nov 2008, 3:16 pm
Judge Richard Posner suggests that an economic depression might not be that bad for the country and that depressions often have a silver lining. [read post]
6 Apr 2009, 7:08 am
And what should it mean? [read post]
12 Apr 2009, 11:33 am
A New York Times article questions what will take the place of finance for the nation’s “best and brightest” after the fall of Wall Street. [read post]
