June 2006
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Changes in Top Law Faculties, 2003-2006
This may be of interest to some readers.
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Nolan and Jenkins from St. Andrews to Nottingham
Daniel Nolan, currently professor of theoretical philosophy at the University of St. Andrews, has accepted a chair in philosophy at the University of Nottingham, to start in September 2006. Carrie Jenkins, currently lecturer in philosophy at the University of St. Andrews, has accepted a position as lecturer in the department of philosophy at the University…
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Ann Coulter, Fascist (Leiter)
I had to take a break from the hiatus to share this gem (via Ruchira Paul). Remember that this genuine, homegrown American fascist (whose preferred untermenschen are "liberals," to be sure, not "Jews") was lauded with a frontpage story in Time magazine. (A cultural sidenote: "fascist" is still an epithet in America; if and when…
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Not Much Real News in the Dog Days of Summer…So Time for Fun with SSRN Downloads (as of June 1)
From the June 1 data: Top 25 authors with most downloads in the last 12 months: 1. Lucian Bebchuk (Harvard; Corporate, L&E: 14,748) 2. Bernard Black (Texas; Corporate, L&E: 12,564) 3. Stephen Bainbridge (UCLA; Corporate: 9,312) 4. Cass Sunstein (Chicago; Constitutional, Public Law: 7,426) 5. Mark Lemley (Stanford; Intellectual Property: 7,317) 6. Brian Leiter (Texas;…
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Apparently, Cheney is Offended by a Free Press (Nadelhoffer)
The gall of some people. How dare the media–biased as it towards the left–out yet another secretive program the Bushies have put in place to catch the bad guys while circumventing our rights. Apparently, Dick Cheney is deeply offended by the media’s audacity. After all, not only does the leak make America unsafe–much like questioning…
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Wright Interviews Dennett and Wilson (Nadelhoffer)
I just stumbled upon the following interesting interview by Robert Wright with Daniel Dennett–where Dennett discusses everything from Brights, evolution, and intelligent design, to his Russellian tea-pot agnosticism. Wright’s interview with E.O. Wilson–which contains discussions of several of the same issues as the Dennett interview–can be found here. A number of Wright’s interviews concerning the…
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Stiffing the Middle Class (Nadelhoffer)
The non-partisan Drum Institute for Public Policy recently released the results of their analysis of how middle-class-friendly the members of U.S. Congress have been. It’s no surprise how poorly Republicans fared on nearly every salient issue (e.g., 99% of the members of the House received a failing grade overall)–but it might surprise some people to…
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Peace Takes Courage (Nadelhoffer)
Over at The Progressive, Matthew Rothschild tells the amazing story of Ava Lowery–a fifteen year old peace activist from Alabama whose animations have caused quite a stir among the denizens of the radical right (her web page can be found here). It’s worth looking at some of the venomous hatred and anger that has been…
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Three More Lateral Hires for Virginia: Bagley, Brown-Nagin, and Collins
In addition to hiring Gregory Mitchell (behavioral law & economics) from Florida State University (noted earlier), UVA has announced three more lateral hires with tenure: Margo Bagley (intellectual property) from Emory University; Tomiko Brown-Nagin (legal history) from Washington University in St. Louis; and Michael Collins (federal courts) from Tulane University. This has otherwise been a…
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For Whom (Tom) Bell Tolls: Baylor!
Details here. Some explaining needs to be done. MOVING TO THE FRONT from June 18: more info here.
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Congressional Halliburton Protectionism (Nadelhoffer)
Over at Alternet, Bob Geiger discusses the congressional refusal to hold Halliburton accountable for defrauding the American tax-payers. Here is a telling excerpt: In an effort to stop companies like Halliburton and its subsidiaries from cheating our troops and stealing from Americans, Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND), introduced S.AMDT.4230 and attached it to the Defense Authorization…
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“Yalies and Their Fake Scholarships”
A graduate of Yale Law School who is now a law professor asked me to post the following observations (sent under the title, above): As the next faculty recruitment season begins in "quiet search" mode, I have come across a CV from yet another candidate who lists on his or her resume a "scholarship" from…
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“New Legal Realism” (Leiter)
Those interested in legal philosophy may find this post of value.
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Death of the News? (Nadelhoffer)
Over at The Nation, Mark Miller has an interesting short article entitled "The Death of News" that is worth checking out. In it, he chronicles the grim developments concerning media consolidation. As Miller pointedly observes: In short, our very lives and liberty are at unprecedented risk because our press has long since disappeared into "the…
David J. Gunkel «Person, Thing, Robot: A Moral and Legal Ontology for the 21st Century and Beyond» (MIT, 2023) Link:…