March 2012
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Obamacare Ironies
This one is rich.
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Obamacare Ironies
This one is rich.
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Rawls’s Early Understanding of Philosophy of Science
Interesting bit of historical detective work here.
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In Memoriam: John Kidwell
John Kidwell, Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin School of Law, passed away on Saturday. Kidwell joined the Wisconsin faculty in 1972 and took emeritus status in 2005. He published in a variety of areas, including contracts, IP, and property. He was 66.
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In Memoriam: John Kidwell
John Kidwell, Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin School of Law, passed away on Saturday. Kidwell joined the Wisconsin faculty in 1972 and took emeritus status in 2005. He published in a variety of areas, including contracts, IP, and property. He was 66.
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Four Changes to the Status Quo in Legal Education That Might Be Worth Something
Some changes are obvious and we've been remarking on them for years (e.g., better oversight of employment reporting by schools), and some are beyond the power of law schools to affect (e.g., federally guaranteed student loans, which insure a market for even non-marketable law degrees). But here are ones law schools could affect, and are at…
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Four Changes to the Status Quo in Legal Education That Might Be Worth Something
Some changes are obvious and we've been remarking on them for years (e.g., better oversight of employment reporting by schools), and some are beyond the power of law schools to affect (e.g., federally guaranteed student loans, which insure a market for even non-marketable law degrees). But here are ones law schools could affect, and are at…
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The demise of democracy in America, again
The battle between the various wackos and frauds for the Republican Presidential nomination has been sustained entirely by billionaires now unconstrained by campaign finance laws. And that same influx of money threatens to take over the general election as well now. Maybe we should just skip the electoral charade, and let the billionaires gather and vote? …
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Philosophy in Turkey
The blog.
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U.S. News Reputation Survey of Lawyers and Judges
The response rate to this survey is veyr low–12% this year. Because the rates are so low, they average two years' worth of results, which helps avoid arbitrary fluctuations. They still on disclose the geographic breakdown of respondents, a serious lacuna. All the evidence suggests that firms in the Northeast corridor are overrepresented in the response…
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U.S. News Reputation Survey of Lawyers and Judges
The response rate to this survey is veyr low–12% this year. Because the rates are so low, they average two years' worth of results, which helps avoid arbitrary fluctuations. They still on disclose the geographic breakdown of respondents, a serious lacuna. All the evidence suggests that firms in the Northeast corridor are overrepresented in the response…
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In Memoriam: Hunter Tart
I am particularly sad to report the passing of my young colleague John Hunter Tart after a very brief illness. Hunter was a visiting assistant professor at Drexel Law, having joined us just this past August. He was a brilliant mathemetician who, after completing his M.S. at Stanford, chose to redirect his career toward law. He graduated from…
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In Memoriam: Hunter Tart
I am particularly sad to report the passing of my young colleague John Hunter Tart after a very brief illness. Hunter was a visiting assistant professor at Drexel Law, having joined us just this past August. He was a brilliant mathemetician who, after completing his M.S. at Stanford, chose to redirect his career toward law. He graduated from…
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I’m now running for President of the United States…
…please nominate me. I want to be an international war criminal too! OK, not really, I would shut down the military-industrial complex ("I like Ike!"). I'm running as a "family values" candidate (married, three children, you know!): moral reprobates like Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, and Mitt Romney hold immoral views that endanger children and adults, and…
I’m not sure whether an interactive, online logic textbook counts as an open-access philosophy book, but for those who might…