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12 May 2024, 6:00 am
As always, the Lexicon provides a short introduction to a concept in legal theory for law students. [read post]
5 May 2024, 6:00 am
As always, the Lexicon is aimed at law students with an interest in legal theory. [read post]
3 May 2024, 3:25 am
Categories and labels are useful for communication and a shared lexicon can make it easier to get things done. [read post]
29 Apr 2024, 9:01 pm
In this, the second of a two-part essay series, we continue to explore the constitutional issues raised by a recent episode in which a public high school (Central Davidson High School in Lexington, North Carolina) imposed disciplinary suspension on a student, Christian McGhee, for invoking the term “illegal alien” when asking a question to his teacher about an assignment. [read post]
28 Apr 2024, 6:00 am
Related Lexicon Entries Legal Theory Lexicon 035: Strict Construction and Judicial Activism Legal Theory Lexicon 071: The New Originalism Legal Theory Lexicon 074: Restraint and Constraint in Constitutional Theory Bibliography David Plunkett & Timothy Sundell, Disagreement and the Semantics of Normative and Evaluative Terms, 13 Philosophers' Imprint 23 (2013). [read post]
25 Apr 2024, 5:03 am
However, it’s imperative to demystify the lexicon to ensure you’re well-equipped for any challenges you may face down the road. [read post]
21 Apr 2024, 9:05 pm
“Two-way proxy” referred to a form of proxy that provided a line-item, up-or-down choice to the proxy-giver; the term has disappeared from our lexicon, but was used by securities law experts like Louis Loss as late as the 1960s. [read post]
21 Apr 2024, 6:00 am
Related Lexicon Entries Legal Theory Lexicon 035: Strict Construction and Judicial Activism Legal Theory Lexicon 071: The New Originalism Bibliography Thomas B. [read post]
17 Apr 2024, 3:20 am
Is it time to remove the term “nonlawyer” from the legal lexicon? [read post]
14 Apr 2024, 6:00 am
Related Lexicon Entries Legal Theory Lexicon 005: Holdings Legal Theory Lexicon 017: The R [read post]
11 Apr 2024, 8:38 am
In response to these near-constant invocations of the hypothetical, many have suggested that the meme should be struck from our lexicon in conversations about free speech. [read post]
7 Apr 2024, 9:55 am
Related Lexicon Entries Legal Theory Lexicon 020: Causation Legal Theory Lexicon 024: Balancing Tests Legal Theory Lexicon 026: Rules, Standards, and Principles Legal Theory Lexicon 054: Standards of Review Bibliography Larry Alexander, Scalar Properties, Binary Judgments, 25 J. [read post]
4 Apr 2024, 10:54 am
Look at how they are commonly depicted in our everyday lexicon by Thesaurus.com and Merriam-Webster, the two leading resources for everything word-related. [read post]
31 Mar 2024, 6:00 am
" As always, the Lexicon is aimed at law students--especially first year law students--with an interest in legal theory. [read post]
24 Mar 2024, 6:00 am
Related Lexicon Entries Legal Theory Lexicon 006: The Veil of Ignorance Legal Theory Lexicon 008: Utilitarianism Legal Theory Lexicon 010: Deontology Legal Theory Lexicon 012: Virtue Ethics Legal Theory Lexicon 016: Positive and Normative Legal Theory Legal Theory Lexicon 032: Fit and Justification Legal Theory Lexicon 059: The Law Is A Seamless Web Legal Theory Lexicon 067: The Priority of the Particular … [read post]
20 Mar 2024, 7:24 am
This involves exploring the tension betweenthe technical language of cybersecurity and the interpretative language of legalresponse, the adequacy of current legal terminologies to address evolving cyberthreats, and the development of new legal lexicons that can effectively encapsulatethe complexity of cyber phenomena.7. [read post]
18 Mar 2024, 7:23 am
Vullo, one of 2 free-speech cases up for oral argument in the Supreme Court today: In the early 1960s, the term “jawboning” entered the political lexicon to describe a government official’s ability to accomplish a similar feat of political strength—in this case stifling the speech and other advocacy of groups with disfavored views—through the seemingly innocuous tool of public statements. [read post]
17 Mar 2024, 6:00 am
This entry in the Legal Theory Lexicon will only scratch the surface of these debates. [read post]
10 Mar 2024, 6:00 am
Related Lexicon Entries Legal Theory Lexicon 016: Positive and Normative Legal Theory Legal Theory Lexicon 041: Metaethics Legal Theory Lexicon 053: It Takes A Theory To Beat A Theory Legal Theory Lexicon 056: Pragmatism Legal Theory Lexicon 069: Reflective Equilibrium Online Resources Jonathan Dancy, Moral Particularism, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Bibliography Jonathan Dancy, Ethics without Principles (Oxford: Oxford University… [read post]
7 Mar 2024, 8:04 am
Following Monday’s announcement by the European Commission that it was handing down a €1.8 billion fine against Apple, Spotify—the Swedish music-streaming service that a decade ago lodged the initial private complaint that spawned the Commission’s investigation—published a short explainer on its website titled “Fast Five Facts: Facts that Show Apple Doesn’t Play Fair. [read post]
