Announcements
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The first two issues of the Journal of Law, Philosphy, and Cutlure are available online. Follow this link!
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Patrick Keenan (University of Illinois – College of Law) has posted Do Norms Still Matter? The Corrosive Effects of Globalization on the Vitality of Norms (Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Why does the process of globalization undermine the power of social norms to regulate behavior? Norms are the…
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On Saturday, the Download of the Week was Contractualism About Contract Law by Robin Kar & the Legal Theory Bookworm recommended Retained by the People: The "Silent" Ninth Amendment and the Constitutional Rights Americans Don’t Know They Have by Dan Farber. The Lexicon entry was an update version of Formalism and Instrumentalism.
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This summer the Institute for Constitutional Studies (George Washington University) will offer two programs on the Constitution: a workshop for college instructors and a research seminar for advanced graduate students and junior faculty. The application deadlines for both programs are rapidly approaching. Please share this reminder with your colleagues and students. The WORKSHOP for college…
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The University of California Press has asked me to pass on the following announcement: in January, April, July and October. "The New Criminal Law Review picks up where the Buffalo Criminal Law Review left off, by providing an international and interdisciplinary outlet for cutting-edge scholarship on issues related to criminal law and state punishment, featuring…
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The Virginia Law Review Association is proud to announce the launch of In Brief, the online magazine of the Virginia Law Review. As of today, January 22, 2007, In Brief can be found at www.virginialawreview.org. You can also sign up for email notification of when the next issue of In Brief is published. Our debut…
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Once again, I would like to take this opportunity to thank some of the many people who have made Legal Theory Blog and my other academic work possible. This year, I would like to recognize my teachers and mentors in the philosophy department at UCLA–where I studied in the late 70s and early 80s. I…
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The Northwestern University Law Review has started a blog! Here is the announcement: Announcing the Northwestern Colloquy http://northwestern-colloquy.typepad.com/ Welcome to the Northwestern Colloquy. This first post provides an outline of the Colloquy, an exciting new feature of the Northwestern University Law Review. The Northwestern Colloquy will be the first scholarly weblog to be operated by…
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Articles Criminal Law Comes HomeJeannie Suk[ MORE ] How To Remove a Federal JudgeSaikrishna Prakash and Steven D. Smith[ MORE ] Responses Good Behavior, Judicial Independence, and the Foundations of American ConstitutionalismMartin H. Redish[ MORE ] Replies (Mis)Understanding Good-Behavior TenureSaikrishna Prakash and Steven D. Smith[ MORE ] Notes From Employment to Contract: Section 1981 and…
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Tim Wu has set up Project Posner–a website that provides a searchable, open-access version of Richard Posner’s opinions.