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Saturday, January 31, 2004
Legal Theory Bookworm This week the Legal Theory Bookworm recommends Constitutional Interpretation: Textual Meaning, Original Intent, and Judicial Review by Keith E. Whittington (Princeton). Whttington's book is one of the very best about originalism in constitutional theory. Here is a blurb:
Download of the Week This week's Download of the Week is Rescuing Justice from Constructivism by G. A. Cohen (Oxford). Here is a taste of this sophisticated paper that poses a fundamental challenge for constructivists like Tim Scanlon & the late Jack Rawls. Here is a taste:
Friday, January 30, 2004
Conference Announcement: Workshop on Vagueness
Call for Papers: Human Rights, Democracy, and Religion
Conference Announcement: Rocky Mountain Virtue Ethics Conference
Complex Egalitarianism Check out Complex Egalitarianism by Erik Olin Wright and Harry Brighouse. Here is a taste:
Ashiagbor on Economic and Social Rights in the EU Charter at Oxford At Oxford's faculty of laws, Diamond Ashiagbor presents Economic and social rights in the EU charter (on human rights, social rights and social policy discourse). Gross on Indian Citizenship & Identity at Texas At the University of Texas, Ariela Gross, USC, presents Administering Citizenship, Identity and Land in Indian Territory, 1865-1907. Saul on Pornography & Speech Acts at Oxford At Oxford's Jowett Society, Jennifer Saul (Sheffield) presents Pornography, Speech Acts, and Context. Start on Contractarian Approaches to Disability at North Carolina At the University of North Carolina's philosophy department, Cynthia Stark (Utah) presents How To Include the Severely Disabled in a Contractarian Theory of Justice. Goodman on Telecosm Spectrum Rights Ellen P. Goodman (Rutgers University - Law School) has posted Spectrum Rights in the Telecosm to Come (San Diego Law Review, Vol. 41, 2004) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Anti-Theory in Literature Check out Theory in chaos by David Kirby over at CSMonitor.com:
Reidenberg on States and Internet Enforcement Joel Reidenberg (Fordham University School of Law) has posted States and Internet Enforcement (University of Ottawa Law & Technology Journal, Vol. 1, 2004) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Mossoff on Epstein on "Is Copyright Property?" Adam Mossoff (Michigan State University-DCL College of Law) has posted Is Copyright Property? A Comment on Richard Epstein's Liberty vs. Property (from Adam Mossoff, PROMOTING MARKETS IN CREATIVITY: COPYRIGHT IN THE INTERNET AGE, James V. DeLong, ed., 2004) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Speta on FCC Authority Over the Internet James B. Speta (Northwestern University - School of Law) has posted FCC Authority to Regulate the Internet: Creating It and Limiting It (Loyola University Chicago Law Journal, Vol. 35, No. 15, 2004) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Thursday, January 29, 2004
Fisher on Alterntive Compensation for the Entertainment Industry The Thursday is Workshop Day post below already mentions that Terry Fisher (Harvard Law School) is delivering An Alternative Compensation System for the Entertainment Industry at Stanford's Olin series today. I've now had a chance to look at Fisher's paper on this very timely and important topic. Here is a taste:
Rational Agency Without Noumenal Selves As I posted below, Geoffrey Sayre-McCord (Professor and Chair, Department of Philosophy at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) is presenting Rational Agency and Normative Concepts at Penn's law and philosophy series. I've had a chance to look at this marvelous paper. Here is a very brief snippet from the introduction:
Thursday is Workshop Day Here is the roundup of workshops from hither and yon:
Also at Penn, Martha Nussbaum (Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Economics, University of Chicago) is giving the JUDITH R. BERKOWITZ ENDOWED LECTURESHIP IN WOMEN'S STUDIES. Her title is Gender Justice, Human Rights, and Human Capabilities. At Boston University law, Susan Koniak (BU) presents How Like a Winter? The Plight of Absent Class Members Denied Adequate Representation. At Florida State, Jennifer Mnookin, University of Virginia School of Law, presents Atomism, Holism and the Law of Evidence. At Georgetown's Colloquium on Intellectual Property & Technology Law, Rosemary J. Coombe, York University, presents The Globalization of Intellectual Property: Informational Capital and Its Cultures. At Stanford's Olin series, Terry Fisher (Harvard Law School) presents An Alternative Compensation System for the Entertainment Industry. At the University of Michigan's law and economics series, Omri Ben-Shahar, Michigan, presents "Agreeing to Disagree": Filling Gaps in Deliberately Incomplete. The title on the website is "incomplete," but not deliberately so. At George Mason, Craig Lerner, GMU School of Law, presents “Accomodations” for the Learning Disabled: A Level Playing Field or Affirmative Action for Elites? At Oxford's Public International Law Discussion Group, Robert Volterra presents The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf: Technical Science, Star Chamber, or Quasi-Judicial Tribunal? At the Australian National University's RSSS, Norva Lo (La Trobe University) presents Humpty Dumpty Analysis of 'Valuing', Empty Analysis of 'Valuable'. At UCLA's legal history series, Sally Gordon, University of Pennsylvania, presents Parochial School Funding: Catholics, Protestants, and Legal Activism at Mid-Century. Will the Tenure Devolution Hit the Legal Academy? While the legal academia sleeps, tenure is rapidly disappearing. Consider the following from The Morphing of the American Academic Profession by Martin Finkelstein:
Nelkin on Moral Luck Dana Nelkin (UC San Diego & affiliated with USD's Institute on Law and Philosophy) has the Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy entry on Moral Luck posted. Here is a taste:
Ginsburg & McAdams on International Dispute Resolution Tom Ginsburg and Richard H. McAdams (University of Illinois College of Law and Yale Law School (Visiting)) have posted Adjudicating in Anarchy: An Expressive Theory of International Dispute Resolution (William & Mary Law Review, Fothcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Lipton on Information Policy Jacqueline D. Lipton (Case Western Reserve University School of Law) has posted A Framework for Information Law and Policy (Oregon Law Review, Vol. 82, No. 3, 2004) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Wednesday, January 28, 2004
KaZaA Strikes Back Check out the CNET story here:
Hasen on Slate Election law superblogger Rick Hasen has a new piece on Slate. Here is a taste:
Confirmations Wars Department: More on the Memos The Hill has a detailed report on the inner workings of the Senate Judiciary Committee in relation to the access by Republican staffers to Democratic memos on judicial selection. The story focuses on a shift in control of the committee from the leadership to Senator Hatch's personal staff. Here is a taste:
Hasen's Guide to Bush v. Gore Rick Hasen of Election Law Blog has posted A Critical Guide to Bush v. Gore Scholarship on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Kamm on Just War Theory and Terrorism at UCL At University College's Colloquium in Legal and Social Philosophy, Frances Kamm presents Failures of Just War Theory and Terrorism. Here is a bit from the introduction:
Parry on Torture at Villanova At Villanova law today, John Parry (University of Pittsburgh School of Law) presents Chavez v. Martinez and the Jurisprudence of Torture. Levinson on Non-Evidence at Loyola Marymount At Loyola Marymount, Laurie Levenson (LMU) presents Why Looks Matter: The Impact of Non-Evidence on the Courtroom. Sussman on Disgrace at Yale Today at Yale's philosophy series, David Sussman presents Kant and the Politics of Disgrace.. Tehranian on Natural Law and Fair Use John Tehranian (University of Utah) has posted Et Tu, Fair Use? The Triumph of Natural Law Copyright on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Liebowitz and Margolis on the Economists' Brief in Eldred Stan J. Liebowitz and Stephen E. Margolis (University of Texas at Dallas - School of Management and North Carolina State University) have posted Seventeen Famous Economists Weigh in on Copyright: The Role of Theory, Empirics, and Network Effects on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Two by Weisbach David A. Weisbach (University of Chicago Law School) has posted two papers on SSRN:
Iontcheva on the International Criminal Court Jenia Iontcheva (University of Chicago - Law School) has posted Nationalizing International Criminal Law: The Internatinoal Criminal Court as a Roving Mixed Court on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Tuesday, January 27, 2004
Bainbridge on Corporate Responsibility for Past Wrongs Stephen Bainbridge has a provocative & sensible post on this interesting topic. Here's a taste:
Cohen on Justice and Constructivism at Oxford At Oxford's Jurisprudence Discussion Group, G. A. Cohen (Oxford) presents Rescuing Justice from Constructivism. Here is a taste:
(Note that, for all that I am here purporting to show, the original position might be the right procedure for generating principles of regulation. But I do not, in fact, believe that, for uneccentric reasons that have nothing to do with the case being mounted here.) Lichtman on Irreperable Harms and Benefits at Chicago At the University of Chicago, The Coase Lecture is presented by Douglas Lichtman, Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School, who will deliver Irreparable Harms and Irreparable Benefits. Update: Amanda Butler has a report on the event here. Szigeti on Moral Sentiments & Dilemmas at Oxford Today at Oxford's Ockham Society, Andreas Szigeti presents Moral Sentiments and Moral Dilemmas. Fennell on Contracting Communities I was especially interested in this paper, which approaches its question from a very interesting perspective. Lee Anne Fennell (University of Texas School of Law) has posted Contracting Communities (University of Illinois Law Review, 2004) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Two by Goldman Eric Goldman (Marquette University - Law School) has posted two papers on SSRN:
Conference Announcement: Religiously Affiliated Law Schools
Friday, March 25, 2004 9:00?10:15 a.m. Session 1
Guzman on the Design of International Agreements Andrew T. Guzman (University of California, Berkeley - School of Law (Boalt Hall)) has posted The Design of International Agreements on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Monday, January 26, 2004
Weekend Wrap Up On Saturday, the Download of the Week was Inheriting Responsibilties by David Miller. Also on Saturday, The Legal Theory Bookworm recommended Michael Moore's Placing Blame, a General Theory of the Criminal Law. Sunday's regular features were delayed, but you can now find the Legal Theory Lexicon entry on Causation and the Legal Theory Calendar. Mirowski on the Philosophical Hammer at George Mason At George Mason's Philosophy, Politics and Economics series, Phil Mirowski (Department of Economics, University of Notre Dame) presents Philosophizing with a Hammer. Silberman on International Jurisdiction and Judgments at NYU At NYU's law series, Linda Silberman discusses the ALI Project on International Jurisdiction and Judgments. Holthoefer on International Law and Order at Chicago Today at the University of Chicago's political theory workshop series, Anne Holthoefer, University of Chicago, presents A Procrustean Bed? International Law and the Shaping of International Order. Crisp on Hedonism at Oxford Today at Oxford's Moral Philosophy Seminar, Roger Crisp (Oxford) presents Hedonism Reconsidered. Strahilevitz on the Right to Destroy Lior Strahilevitz (University of Chicago Law School) has posted The Right to Destroy on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Gibbons on a Federal Common Law of Copyright Contract Llewellyn Joseph Gibbons (University of Toledo - College of Law) has posted Stop Mucking up Copyright Law: A Proposal for a Federal Common Law of Contract is a Common Sense Solution (Rutgers Law Journal, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Wasserman on Symbolic Counter-Speech Howard M. Wasserman (Florida International University College of Law) has posted Symbolic Counter-Speech (William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal, Vol. 12, February 2004) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
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