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  1. Peter's avatar

    Why not publish open access? Are university presses such an important tool to generate money?

  2. Rollo Burgess's avatar

    My general rule is that any book involving extensive mathematical or logical notation should be read in hard copy. Digital…

  3. historygrrrl's avatar

    I’ve had to deal with a few of these HTML e-books from OUP. Aside from the usual annoyances, I have…

  4. Elise Marlowe's avatar

    Just to share a personal observation on the state of academic freedom in mainland China: I spent seven years in…

  5. Mike O'Brien's avatar

    (Not an academic, but I read a lot of PDFs of current philosophy publications). Besides the big-picture concerns (like undermining…

  6. Jc Beall's avatar

    I’ve nothing to add except to reaffirm that Volker is right. It’s a mess, and likely to get messier. What…

  7. Jason Leddington's avatar

    Despite the inconvenience, this makes a lot of sense to me. Thousands of recently published philosophy books can be found…

Law Dragon Magazine Names 9 Law Profs Among the Nation’s “500 Leading Lawyers”

Complete lists here, including a description of what may be loosely described as the "methodology."  Those recognized this year:  Lucian Bebchuk (Harvard), Jack Goldsmith (Harvard), Neal Katyal (Georgetown), Kenneth Klee (UCLA), Harold Koh (Yale), Mark Lemley (Stanford), Geoffrey Stone (Chicago), Jonathan Turley (George Washington), and Elizabeth Warren (Harvard).   Judge Richard Posner, who still teaches part-time at Chicago, also made the list, unsurprisingly.  Among the profs, civil liberties and "war on terror" issues seem to be a theme in the choices.

UPDATE:  I missed Klee the first time around, because he was listed with his law firm, not with UCLA, where he is also a professor.  By contrast, Law Dragon Magazine lists Michael Ratner with Columbia University, where he is an adjunct professor, not a full-time member of the faculty.  His primary association is in practice, with the Center for Constitutional Rights.

ANOTHER:  A Dean at Columbia writes:  "Michael Ratner has taught here in the past as a lecturer in law [not adjunct professor], but not since spring 2003."

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