Barrister Olly Jarvis maintains The Crime Hub, an interesting intersection of crime fiction, true crime, and crime fiction. Mr. Jarvis is a thriller writer himself, author of Unconvicted (2018), Death by Dangerous (2015), and...
Douglas E. Abrams, University of Missouri School of Law, has published References to Movies in Judicial Opinions and Written Advocacy, Part II, at 75 Journal of the Missouri Bar 297 (Nov-Dec. 2019). Here is the abstract....
James Fenimore Cooper / Law and Literature / Mark Twain / Samuel Langhorne Clemens
by · Published January 7, 2020 · Last modified September 24, 2020
ICYMI: Mark Twain wrote this imaginary prosecution of the novelist James Fenimore Cooper for “literary offenses.” You can find it published at (among other places) 24 Litigation 72 (Winter 1998) as well as here...
Via @rogueclassicist, here’s the Moot Trial of Lysistrata, presented by Classics for All. Mary Howarth Arden, Lady Arden of Heswall, a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, presides. Lysistrata (text) Aristophanes
Holidays / Law and Film / Miracle on 34th Street (Film)
by · Published December 20, 2019 · Last modified November 16, 2020
Santa Claus and law in the movies might seem to be a strange pairing. Yet several films, including The Santa Clause (a homeowner accidentally knocks off the jolly old elf and then must fill in for...
Jurisprudence / Law and Philosophy / William Blackstone
by · Published December 17, 2019 · Last modified September 23, 2020
Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh BOOK I. Chapter the Eleventh. Of the CLERGY. Just when I was thinking that there wasn’t a single point of interest in this chapter’s dry taxonomy of...
Law and Humanities Summer School / University of Lucerne
by · Published December 17, 2019 · Last modified September 24, 2020
Law and Humanities Summer School: Law, Art, Politics (15-19 June 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,...
Blogs / Law and History / Law and Literature
by · Published December 16, 2019 · Last modified December 17, 2019
If your reading tastes run to the odd, the eccentric, the Gothic, the off-beat (in literature or history), the pop culture-ish, or the feline, check out Undine’s blog Strange Company. Among her recent psots,...
Via Above the Law, news that Ari Scharg, a partner at Edelson PC, has written and performed the rap video “Non-Compliant.” If you missed learning about class actions in law school, you’re all set. Check...
I treated myself to a set of the first season DVDs of Young Sheldon and was watching the episodes the other day. I really like this show, particularly for the continuing development of the...
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