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13 Feb 2011, 11:06 am by David Lat
The Third Circuit affirmed a grant of habeas relief to a defendant who was convicted of murder, based on the defendant’s claim that prosecutor McMahon had purposefully and impermissibly kept African-Americans off his jury.The late Judge Edward Becker, in his opinion for the unanimous panel, quoted extensively from the tap [read post]
6 Feb 2011, 2:17 pm by Richard Posner
There are many democratic nations today, but, apart from the ancient Greek city states, there were virtually none before the nineteenth century, and few before the twentieth. [read post]
30 Jan 2011, 9:38 pm
Last month 81-year old Elaine Kaufman, the owner of New York City's legendary restaurant aptly named Elaine's (you know, the restaurant mentioned in Billy Joel's song "Big Shot": "They were all impressed with your Halston Dress and the people you knew at Elaine's"), died and left the bulk of her estate, including the restaurant itself, to the long time manager of the restaurant, Diane Becker. [read post]
30 Jan 2011, 1:19 pm by Gary Becker
People born on farms are still at an artificial disadvantage since rural schools tend to be of low quality, and it is still not easy, although much easier than in the past, to gain legal residency in cities. [read post]
17 Jan 2011, 8:47 am by Richard Posner
As Becker points out, there are external benefits to higher education. [read post]
5 Jan 2011, 11:52 am
Turns out, the owner has left the restaurant to her longtime manager Diane Becker. [read post]
15 Dec 2010, 10:01 pm by Tom K.
They have spread out from concentration in enclaves near the border or in the West of Mexico into many other areas, including major cities like Monterrey. [read post]
12 Dec 2010, 1:09 pm by Gary Becker
They have spread out from concentration in enclaves near the border or in the West of Mexico into many other areas, including major cities like Monterrey. [read post]
28 Nov 2010, 1:25 pm by Gary Becker
Predominantly Catholic countries in Europe and elsewhere, such as Ireland, Spain, or Mexico, had larger families than did predominantly Protestant countries, like Sweden or Norway, even after adjusting for the effects on fertility of differences among countries in their average incomes, education, importance of cities, and other variables. [read post]
5 Nov 2010, 6:40 pm by lawmrh
Becker Center for Professional Responsibility has a distinguished lecture series, which is worth considering. [read post]
28 Oct 2010, 8:54 am by John Culhane
It stands at the cosmological center of the Javanese universe, on the north end of a meridian that runs south from the mountain through the royal city of Yogyakarta to the beach at Parangtritis, the home of Kyai Loro Ratu Kidul, the queen of the South Seas. [read post]
29 Sep 2010, 7:13 am by Josh Wright
And now, some links: Gary Becker on China (WSJ) and, separately, on Net Neutrality David Schleicher (GMU) on The City as a Law and Economics Subject (a very  good paper) Scott Masten on tenure (Organizations and Markets) Behavioral economic pricing of hotdogs … or maybe just a mistake (Freakonomics) The Nobel Prize pool is up and running … Filed under: antitrust, behavioral economics, economics, federal trade commission, law and economics, monopolization [read post]
20 Sep 2010, 12:01 am by John Steele
 Ron Rotunda will give the Miller-Becker lecture, sponsored by Akron's Center for Professional Responsibility. [read post]
16 Sep 2010, 5:37 am by Steve Shiffrin
He has chapters focusing on legal discourse with the right to die issue at the forefront, the liberal harm principle of Mill and Joel Feinberg, the discourse of religious freedom with an extended discussion of the history of the secular and criticism of the jurisprudence of Eisgruber and Sager as well as Laycock, the capabilities approach of Martha Nussbaum situated in a discussion of Carl Becker's lectures on the Heavenly City of the Secular Philosophers, a chapter on… [read post]
29 Aug 2010, 4:03 pm by Richard Posner
In one Illinois town, the bankruptcy judge ordered the sale of city hall to satisfy creditors' claims. [read post]
9 Aug 2010, 11:00 am by Lucas A. Ferrara, Esq.
All flight segments departing from two major airports - Baltimore Washington (BWI) and Washington Reagan (DCA), and two small airports - Long Island-Islip (ISP) and Atlantic City (ACY) were canceled due to weather. [read post]