Totems of Our Lives
Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh BOOK THE FIRST: Chapter the twelfth. Of the CIVIL STATE. This chapter’s subject is “[t]hat part of the nation which . . includes all orders of men,...
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Postdoc Position, Law and Theoretical Sciences, Masaryk University, Czech Republic @MasarykUni
The Faculty of Law, Masaryk University, seeks qualified candidates from abroad for a postdoctoral position in the field of law and theoretical legal sciences. The successful candidate should: be a researcher who has received a PhD...
Tsai on Supreme Court Precedent and the Politics of Reputation @robertltsai
Robert L. Tsai, Temple University School of Law, is publishing Supreme Court Precedent and the Politics of Repudiation in Law’s Infamy (Austin Sarat, ed., University of Massachusetts Press, 2020) (forthcoming). Here is the abstract....
Law and Humanities Summer School: Law, Art, Politics, June 15-19, 2020, University of Lucerne
The Law and Humanities Summer School is an intensive one-week study programme, to be held at the University of Lucerne, Switzerland, from 15 to 19 June 2020. The school is co-organised by the following...
Barbara Hughes-Moore, You Get What You Deserve: Joker and Criminal Justice
You Get What You Deserve: Joker and Criminal Justice Barbara Hughes-Moore Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth. Oscar...
Lawyers, Lawyers, Everywhere @Progressive
Did you know that Jamie, the unassuming insurance representative from the Progressive commercials, is an attorney? We certainly didn’t, and neither did his co-workers! They find out as he’s showing them his vacation photos....
Lloyd on How To Do Things With Signs: Semiotics in Legal Theory, Practice, and Education @LloydEsq
Harold Anthony Lloyd, Wake Forest University School of Law, has published How To Do Things With Signs: Semiotics in Legal Theory, Practice, and Education. Here is the abstract. Discussing federal statutes, Justice Scalia tells us...
Call For Papers: Murder and True Crime in the Media (St. Mary’s University, Twickenham) @YourStMarys
Update: please see the below Call for Papers for updates on the Murder and True Crime in the Media conference, including further details of our keynote presenters, and our conference website. This conference is now free to attend...
A Musical Impeachment! @carltonfwlarson @pbump @WashConMusic
Do you like your politics with music? Try out Charles Dupee Blake’s Impeachment Polka, in a delightful performance by Michael Adcock of the Washington Conservatory. He has also recorded an album of ragtime for...
Call For Nominations: Penny Pether Award
A passionate advocate for interdisciplinary scholarship in law, literature, and language, Penelope J. Pether (1957-2013) was Professor of Law at Villanova University School of Law and former Professor of Law and Director of Legal...