Ties that Bind
Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh BOOK I. Chapter the tenth. Of the PEOPLE, whether ALIENS, DENIZENS, or NATIVES. This chapter is about the different legal statuses of residents within a governmental territory....
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Peace and Beer
Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh Book 1. Chapter the ninth. Of subordinate MAGISTRATES. This chapter is about the keepers of the king’s peace – sheriffs, under-sheriffs, constables, coroners, bailiffs, and justices of...
The Royal Fish, or, Blackstone is Boring
Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh Book 1. Chapter the Eighth. Of the KING’S REVENUE. Well, I promise I will never again complain about short chapters. This one, enumerating the various sources of...
Torture and the Legal Pen
Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh BOOK THE FIRST. Chapter the seventh. Of the KING’S PREROGATIVE. Blackstone Weekly is sorry for the long hiatus between entries. Given that this section of the Commentaries is...
Projection/Subjection
Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh Book the First. Chapter the sixth. Of the KING’s DUTIES. Blackstone Weekly is growing weary of these little bitty chapters. This one is only about three...
New Journal Law, Technology, and Humans Launches @LawTechHum @QUTLaw
A link to Law, Technology, and Humans, edited by Kieran Tranter of the School of Law, Queensland University of Technology. LTH is an online, open access publication devoted to an understanding of law and the technological...
Call For Papers: Philosophical Journal of Conflict and Violence @thePJCV
Call for Papers Philosophical Journal of Conflict and Violence (PJCV) Special Edition on Conflict and Violence in Plato’s Philosophy Edited by Joan-Antoine Mallet (Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3) We invite contributions dealing with all facets...
Bernstein on Legal Interpretation and the Half-Empirical Attitude
Anya Bernstein, SUNY Buffalo Law School, has published Legal Interpretation and the Half-Empirical Attitude. Here is the abstract. Legal writers have recently turned to corpus linguistics for help interpreting legal texts. Corpus linguistics —...
“I’m Not a Lawyer, But I Play One in the Movies” @THR
From The Hollywood Reporter: a look at some new movies that feature dynamic lawyers as role models for the profession, and the actors who play them. In the spotlight: Alan Alda, Ray Liotta, and...
Conventions of Peers
Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh BOOK THE FIRST. Chapter the fifth. Of the COUNCILS belonging to the KING. This chapter describes the four different consular bodies that advise the King of...