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...
Newly published in paperback: Law’s Sacrifice: Approaching the Problem of Sacrifice in Law, Literature, and Philosophy (Brian Nail and Jeffrey Ellsworth, eds., Routledge, 2019). This volume examines the relationship between law and sacrifice...
The Surrey Centre for Law and Philosophy (SCLP) invites applications for two PhD studentships in legal philosphy, beginning in July 2021. The deadline for applications is April 7, 2021. These three-year studentships cover full...
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...
Luke William Hunt, University of Alabama, is publishing Hobbesian Causation and Personal Identity in the History of Criminology in the Intellectual History Review (2020). Here is the abstract. Hobbes is known for bridging natural...
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...
Andrea Faggion, State University of Londrina, has published Why a Hedgehog Cannot Have Political Obligations at 33 Ratio Juris 317 (2020). Here is the abstract. According to Ronald Dworkin, political obligation is to be...
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...
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...
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...
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