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23 Feb 2024, 3:30 am by Brian Bix
Brian Bix A growing number of couples and individuals use some combination of in vitro fertilization (IVF) clinics, egg donors,1 sperm donors, and gestational surrogates to have children. [read post]
16 Nov 2023, 3:30 am by Brian Bix
., forthcoming), available at SSRN (Feb. 15, 2022)>  Brian Bix A forthcoming collection, Jurisprudence in the Mirror, displays similarities and differences in both practice and theory across the divide between civil law legal systems (e.g., those of Continental Europe and Central and South America) and common law legal systems (like those of U.S. and the UK). [read post]
17 Aug 2023, 4:24 am by Jeremy Telman
When I was young and danced, my first ballet class was for "advanced beginners? [read post]
10 Jul 2023, 12:25 pm by Lawrence Solum
Brian Bix (University of Minnesota Law School) has posted Hans Kelsen and Choosing Legal Normativity on SSRN. [read post]
3 Jul 2023, 4:30 am by Lawrence Solum
Brian Bix (University of Minnesota Law School) has posted COVID Concerns: Some Realism About Equitable Relief (Law and Contemporary Problems, Vol. 85, No. 2, 2022) on SSRN. [read post]
30 May 2023, 12:00 am by Lawrence Solum
Francesco Parisi (University of Minnesota - Law School; University of Bologna), Ariel Porat (Tel Aviv University; University of Chicago - Law School), & Brian Bix (University of Minnesota Law School) have posted Opportunistic Breach of Contract on SSRN. [read post]
18 Jan 2023, 3:30 am by Brian Bix
Brian Bix The United States is an outlier among other nations on the matter of surrogacy. [read post]
17 Oct 2022, 3:30 am by Brian Bix
Brian Bix Paul Miller offers a manifesto for an approach to private law—more precisely, for theories of doctrinal areas within private law–that is both traditional and quite new. [read post]
12 Jan 2022, 3:30 am by Brian Bix
Brian Bix As Katharine Baker recounts in her excellent article, Equality and Family Autonomy, functional analysis was once part of a positive progressive narrative within family law: it was through a functional analysis that scholars and courts (and some legislatures) found a way to give legal recognition – and legal protection – to individuals and families whom legal formalities would not protect. [read post]
7 Jan 2022, 12:05 pm
  I have been lucky enough to be able to teach one of the core courses in the Penn State School of International Affairs. [read post]
13 Dec 2021, 3:30 am by Alma Diamond
This insight represents a foundational commitment held in common between various strands of legal philosophy, in part because of what Brian Bix has identified as a “hermeneutic turn”: theorists accept that an understanding of law must take account of the distinctive way in which it engages human agency and rational consciousness. [read post]
1 Oct 2021, 6:04 pm by Mitu Gulati
And Felipe is brilliant in his gentle but insightful questioning (as an aside, if you are a fan of contracts theory, you might also like the episode with Brian Bix; I loved it). [read post]
2 Aug 2021, 3:30 am by Brian Bix
Brian Bix There are two overlapping complaints often offered about contemporary jurisprudence: the first is that it is too much aimed at an audience of (other) philosophers rather than an audience of legal practitioners;1 the second is that it is too dependent on advanced theory to be accessible to the average lawyer and legal academic. [read post]
7 Jul 2021, 3:52 am by Jeremy Telman
When I teach contracts, I often push back against students' instinct that a breach of a promise is a moral wrong. [read post]
12 May 2021, 7:53 am by Jeremy Telman
I learned on The Twitter of the most recent episode, featuring Brian Bix. [read post]
9 Dec 2020, 6:30 pm by Christine Corcos
Brian Bix, University of Minnesota Law School, has published Reflections on Truth in Law in 8 Cosmos + Taxis (2020). [read post]