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21 May 2023, 6:00 am
This entry in the Legal Theory Lexicon provides a rough and ready introduction to speech act theory pitched at law students (especially first-year law students) with an interest in legal theory. [read post]
17 May 2023, 10:30 pm
A review of international protocolsLegal considerations for the definition of death in the 2023 Canadian Brain-Based Definition of Death Clinical Practice GuidelineDiagnostic test accuracy for cessation of circulation during death determination: a systematic reviewBrain-based arterial pulse pressure threshold for death determination: a systematic reviewAutoresuscitation after circulatory arrest: an updated systematic reviewPotential pharmacological confounders in the setting of death determined by… [read post]
17 May 2023, 8:07 pm
Here's the abstract: In this chapter, I first trace how development, alongside equivalent ideas, graduated from its early usage in the colonial project and the activities of the League of Nations to become a key concept in the lexicon of international law and institutions after 1945. [read post]
17 May 2023, 6:51 pm
Since the inception of this humble, yet widely read blog, we have entered the lexicon of South Florida Legal chat. [read post]
16 May 2023, 10:42 am
Although Wang's original website is now defunct, scores of similar sites do exist, including a variation of This Person Does Not Exist and a variety of generators designed for such diverse uses as helping programmers look busy at work, creating a geography guessing game out of Google Street View, and introducing made-up dictionary definitions into the lexicon. [read post]
15 May 2023, 3:43 am
My thanks to Wang Chongyao at Wolfson College, Oxford, who has translated some Legal Theory Lexicon Posts into Mandarin: Legal Theory Lexicon 044: Legal Theory, Jurisprudence, and the Philosophy of Law Legal Theory Lexicon 016: Positive and Normative Legal Theory Legal Theory Lexicon 065: The Nature of Law [read post]
14 May 2023, 6:00 am
In a sense, the point of this Lexicon post is to provide a set of tools that for understanding the troubles that overreliance on but-for causation can cause. [read post]
7 May 2023, 6:00 am
Introduction There are many different theories of constitutional interpretation, but the most controversial and also perhaps the most influential is "originalism. [read post]
30 Apr 2023, 6:00 am
Subsequent entries in the Legal Theory Lexicon will cover more particular aspects of this topic such as "distributive justice. [read post]
27 Apr 2023, 9:02 am
Rowling and her publisher sued a small publisher for distributing an unauthorized guide to the Harry Potter series called “The Harry Potter Lexicon. [read post]
23 Apr 2023, 6:30 pm
Related Lexicon Entries Legal Theory Lexicon 023: Procedural Justice Bibliography Albert Dicey, The Law of the Constitution 194 (London: MacMillan, 9th ed., 1950) Richard H. [read post]
16 Apr 2023, 6:00 am
The Legal Theory Lexicon entry on second best explores these ideas in greater detail. [read post]
13 Apr 2023, 1:41 pm
This decision first introduces “Type A” and “Type O” claims into the PAGA lexicon. [read post]
10 Apr 2023, 4:00 am
"It is difficult to know whether, in fully adopting the lexicon of the pro-life movement in an opinion that ostensibly concerns whether the FDA satisfied its statutory obligations with respect to drug and safety, Judge Kacsmaryk was deliberately trolling the large majority of Americans who want medical abortion to remain legal, or whether, alternatively, he is so ensconced in his theocratic anti-abortion (as well as anti-LGBTQ) bubble as not to realize how intemperate his opinion is. [read post]
9 Apr 2023, 6:00 am
Related Lexicon Entries Legal Theory Lexicon 008: Utilitarianism Legal Theory Lexicon 009: Public Reason Legal Theory Lexicon 010: Deontology Legal Theory Lexicon 023: Procedural Justice Bibliography Mark Fenster, The Opacity of Transparency (March 15, 2005). [read post]
2 Apr 2023, 6:00 am
That's really a whole topic unto itself, but I want to briefly explore one aspect of that debate in this entry in the Lexicon. [read post]
26 Mar 2023, 6:00 am
" Related Lexicon Entries Legal Theory Lexicon 026: Rules, Standards, and Principles References Meir Dan-Cohen Decision Rules and Conduct rules: On Acoustic Separation in Criminal Law, 97 Harvard Law Review 625 (1984) (PDF here, also available to subscribers on Jstor and anthologized in Meir Dan-Cohen, Harmful Thoughts: Essays on Law, Self, and Morality (Cambridge University Press 2002). [read post]
22 Mar 2023, 3:21 pm
Galarsa also introduced some new terminology into the PAGA lexicon, referring to the PAGA claims arising from violations against the plaintiff as “Type A” claims, and the PAGA claims arising from violations against other employees as “Type O” claims. [read post]
21 Mar 2023, 3:30 am
Provisions about lapse and antilapse are part of the default rule lexicon for wills. [read post]
19 Mar 2023, 6:30 am
This week, the Lexicon provides an introduction to virtue ethics. [read post]
