Sam A. Williams on The Jurisprudence of Sandwiches
Sam A. Williams The Jurisprudence of Sandwiches I. Introduction In May of 2017, X (then known as Twitter) user @Mattomic posted “The Sandwich Alignment Chart,” seen here: [1] The chart offered a...
Jurisprudence
Amaya on Virtue and Objectivity in Legal Reasoning
Amalia Amaya, Edinburgh Law School; UNAM Philosophical Research Institute, is publishing Virtue and Objectivity in Legal Reasoning in Objectivity in Law (G. Villa Rosas and J. Fabra eds., 2022). Here is the abstract. This...
New From Routledge: Thom Giddens, Judgment: New Trajectories in Law (2022) @ThomGiddens @routledgebooks
Thom Giddens, University of Dundee, has published Judgment: New Trajectories in Law (Routledge, 2022). It will be available beginning March 16, 2022. Here from the publisher’s website is a description of the book’s contents....
Jessie Allen on Blackstone: Pencils: Book the Second, Chapter 32
Pencils Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh Book II, Chapter 32: Of Title by Testament and Administration This is the last chapter in Blackstone’s volume on property. Fittingly, it’s about what happens...
Kramer on Hart on Legal Powers as Legal Competences @cambridgelaw
Matthew H. Kramer, University of Cambridge Faculty of Law, has published Hart on Legal Powers as Legal Competences as University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 19/2021. Here is the abstract. This...
Mothers of Redemption
Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh Book the Second, Chapter 31: Of Title by Bankruptcy This chapter is about how law makes bad things good. Bankruptcy turns bad behavior into personal renewal; unpaid...
Horses
Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh Book the Second, Chapter the Thirtieth. Of Title by Gift, Grant and Contract This chapter has a hard time separating fact from fiction. It’s sort of a...
Comprehensive Legal Coverage
Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh Book the Second, Chapter the Twenty-Ninth. Of Title by Succession, Marriage and Judgment. This chapter is about not being seen. Among the methods of acquiring property that...
Blackstone Sparks Joy
Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh Book the Second, Chapter the Twenty-Eighth, Of Title by Custom. The quirky doctrines in this chapter muddle the line between animate and inanimate beings. Reading about old legal...
Of Rights and Reasons
Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh Book the Second, Chapter 27. Of Title by Prerogative and Forfeiture This chapter is about hunting. Actually, it’s about not hunting, because the king outlawed it in order to...