September 2009
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The Blawgosphere Grows by Two
"Persuasive Authorities" and "Computational Legal Studies." AND YET A THIRD from Stephen Ellmann (New York Law School). And with that, I'm going to have to declare a moratorium on such announcements, lest I be deluged with requests to do so. But I may still link to particular posts or blog of special interest to readers…
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Canadian Law Schools Ranked Again
Here. The underlying measures remain the same as in prior years, though we made some adjustments to the scholarly impact measure. I would like Macleans to also conduct a reputational survey of academics, but they have not had the budget to do it, unfortunately. I still think this exercise provides some useful information for prospective…
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Cochrane v. Krugman…or the Pseudo-Science of Macroeconomics Implodes
We noted Krugman's attack (which didn't go far enough) on the "pseudo-science" (with apologies to Larry Laudan) of macroeconomics, but now one of his targets, John Cochrane, an economist in the Finance Department at the Business School here has responded, and in terms that are not wholly, shall we say, edifying. There is a useful…
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Massive Fee Increases in the Offing for University of California Students
Story here; an excerpt: The proposed mid-year increase to take effect in Spring 2010 would see tuition rise to $585 for resident undergraduates, and between $579 and $654 for resident graduate students (for the remainder of the year) and for 2010-11 tuition would rise to $1,344 for resident undergraduates, and between $1,332 and $1,506 for…
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Blogs by Law Professors and Law Librarians
Turns out there are a lot of them, more than I knew. Here are the law bloggers who've started just in the last six months! Who is reading all these blogs? I confess to having not even been aware of most of them. As these additional stats make clear, blogging has become almost de rigeur…
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In Memoriam: Myles Brand (1942-2009)
The New York Times obituary is here, and it emphasizes, unsurprisingly, his work with the N.C.A.A. and in academic administration. But prior to his move into administration of one kind or another, Professor Brand did some well-known work in metaphysics and epistemology, especially action theory, as a professor at places like Pittsburgh, Arizona, and Illinois/Chicago.
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“Foundations of Religious Liberty: Toleration or Respect?”
This draft paper may perhaps be of interest to some readers; the abstract: Should we think of what I will refer to generically as “the law of religious liberty” as grounded in the moral attitude of respect for religion or in the moral attitude of tolerance of religion? I begin by explicating the relevant moral…
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Creating a List of Philosophers Visiting from Abroad
MOVING TO FRONT FROM AUGUST 27 Yujin Nagasawa, a philosopher at the University of Birmingham, writes: I wonder if you might be interested in discussing on your blog the possibility of making a list of philosophers visiting foreign countries. The website of the British Philosophical Association used to have a list of philosophers visiting UK…
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“Foundations of Religious Liberty: Toleration or Respect?”
This draft paper may perhaps be of interest to some readers; the abstract: Should we think of what I will refer to generically as “the law of religious liberty” as grounded in the moral attitude of respect for religion or in the moral attitude of tolerance of religion? I begin by explicating the relevant moral…
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“Legal Peer Review”
The South Carolina Law Review's efforts to enlist law professors for actual peer review of articles (about which we wrote last year) has now yielded a new, multiple-journal peer review initiative, called the "Peer Reviewed Scholarship Marketplace." If it is to succeed, it will require the participation of law professors, so take a moment, and…
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Become a “Friend” of SEP!
As long as we're on worthy philosophy causes this week: we all know what a great resource the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy has become, but to keep it going and keep it free, it needs support: so if you use SEP, become a "friend" of SEP. It even comes with some perks! Check it out. …
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Law School Hiring Thread…
…over at Prawfs. I'm not sure whether these supply useful information, useless misinformation, or just increase anxiety–or maybe all three. But in the hopes that it will be more of the first, I post a link. Good luck to all job seekers. And remember that chance plays a huge role in this process, and that…
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Do Job Interviews for Philosophy Posts Serve a Purpose?
Richard Holton (MIT) writes: There's now quite a widespread perception amongst philosophers that interviews don't do any good, and may do some harm, in hiring the best faculty. Much of this is based on the belief that there is a body of psychological research that has established that this is the case. I had subscribed…
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Support Philosophy Bites!
I've linked on various occasions to the nice interviews that Nigel Warburton and David Edmonds, the proprietors of "Philosophy Bites," do with a diverse array of philosophers on an equally diverse array of topics. In Oxford this past weekend, I met with them and was surprised to learn that they pay for "Philosophy Bites" out…
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The Civil Procedure Blog…
…has a new look and name.
I only just learned of Barry’s passing, and I’m enormously saddened at the news. I wrote my PhD on his…