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24 Jan 2019, 12:08 am
The case has attracted some media attention in light of recent suggestions that English law, particularly libel law, is being abused by wealthier males to silence female accusers. [read post]
23 Jan 2019, 4:00 am
See John-Paul Boyd’s Slaw post of December 7, 2018, “The Gloomy Future of Access to Family Justice in British Columbia: Outcomes of the Law Society’s 2018 Annual General Meeting. [read post]
22 Jan 2019, 1:30 pm
English courts first recognized the jury’s power to acquit a criminal defendant — even when the weight of the evidence points to the defendant’s guilt — in 1670. [read post]
21 Jan 2019, 4:43 pm
There was the first English “right to be forgotten” case and the most high profile case of the year was that brought by Sir Cliff Richard against the BBC. [read post]
18 Jan 2019, 3:02 am
[Michael Moline, Florida Politics, Insurance Journal on this Insurance Information Institute white paper, Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida and more, Rocco English, Florida Daily, earlier] Update on 2018 developments in civil justice [Mark Behrens and Christopher Appel, Federalist Society] “Costs and Compensation of the U.S. [read post]
17 Jan 2019, 7:58 pm
Each arbitrator shall be fluent in English. [read post]
15 Jan 2019, 5:00 am
Clerking for US Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens was also a highlight, as one might imagine. [read post]
14 Jan 2019, 5:01 am
IBM's Watson can beat the top Jeopardy players in answering English-language factual questions. [read post]
9 Jan 2019, 3:29 am
[Merpel wonders about the difference between "sashimi slicing" and the more common English idiom "salami slicing", do readers have any insights?] [read post]
9 Jan 2019, 12:01 am
Massachusetts raised a military force under the command of John Endicott. [read post]
8 Jan 2019, 9:16 am
A Congressional Research Service report from 2007 explains the debate over executive powers in this area goes back to the time of English philosopher John Locke, who envisioned a need for emergency executive powers when legislative powers were lacking or unavailable. [read post]
4 Jan 2019, 3:33 am
(See also, King John, Act 5, scene 2 and The Tempest, Act 5, scene 1). [read post]
28 Dec 2018, 9:21 am
The justice told her own family’s immigration story: “My own father arrived in this land at age thirteen, with no fortune and speaking no English. [read post]
20 Dec 2018, 4:00 am
Periodically on Thursdays, we present a significant excerpt, usually from a recently published book or journal article. [read post]
20 Dec 2018, 2:04 am
Text Copyright John L. [read post]
16 Dec 2018, 9:30 pm
Here is the citation for the John Phillip Reid Prize, which the ASLH awarded to Amalia Kessler (Stanford University): Named for John Phillip Reid, the prolific legal historian and founding member of the Society, and made possible by the generous contributions of his friends and colleagues, the John Phillip Reid Book Award is an annual award for the best monograph by a mid-career or senior scholar, published in English in any of the fields defined broadly as… [read post]
16 Dec 2018, 12:01 am
Some 40,000 English were in debtor’s prisons and there were anti-tax riots across the country. [read post]
13 Dec 2018, 2:48 am
Text Copyright John L. [read post]
12 Dec 2018, 11:01 am
Democrats” (Nov. 28, 2018) “Promoting competition shouldn’t start with a virtual guarantee that 75 percent of the districts will be noncompetitive,” Asbury Park Press Editorial Board (Nov. 25, 2018) “The way most people use the word “competitive” — if they are at all conversant in conversational English — and the way the sponsors of the proposed changes define the word “competitive” are worlds apart. [read post]
10 Dec 2018, 3:16 pm
In its October/November 2017 issue, AARP’s magazine warned its senior citizen readers about bitcoin, in plain English, perhaps sarcastically (?) [read post]
