February 17, 2016

A New Book from Jose Calvo Gonzalez on the Smithfield Decretals and Law and Visual Culture

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José Calvo González, University of Malaga, has published Marginalias jurídicas en el Smithfield Decretals, with an epilogue by Jesús R. de ...

Bunikowski on the Origins of Open Texture in Language and Legal Philosophies in Oxford and Cambridge

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Dawid Bunikowski, University of Eastern Finland Law School, Cardiff University Centre of Law and Religion, and University of the Arctic, is...

Steilen on the Josiah Philips Attainder and the Institutional Structure of the American Revolution

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Matthew J. Steilen, State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo, Law School, is publishing The Josiah Philips Attainder and the Institutio...
February 16, 2016

Ibarra Rojas on the Law as Nurturer of Cultural Policy

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Lucero Ibarra Rojas, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), has published Culture Through the State: Law and Policy as a Fra...
February 15, 2016

Nanasi on Domestic Violence Asylum and the Victimization Narrative

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Natalie Nanasi, Southern Methodist University School of Law, has published Domestic Violence Asylum and the Perpetuation of the Victimizati...

Litigation and Literature in the New York Courts: A Presentation of the Historical Society of the New York Courts

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On February 17 from 6 to 7:30 PM, the New York City Bar Association will host Litigation & Literature in the N.Y. Courts: Shaw, Shakesp...

Fawaz on Superheroes as Social Leaders and Radical Leaders in American Politics

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Ramzi Fawaz has published The New Mutants: Superheroes and the Radical Imagination of American Comics (New York University Press, 2016). ...

A New Book on Punishment in Popular Culture Edited by Charles Ogletree and Austin Sarat

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New from New York University Press: Punishment in Popular Culture (Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. and Austin Sarat, 2016) (The Charles Hami...
February 14, 2016

A Website Devoted to Harry Potter and Law

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If you're interested in Harry Potter and law (or law and literature) check out the website Harry Potter et le droit here . Site is in F...
February 11, 2016

Henderson on Legal Use of Crisis Discourse

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Laura M. Henderson, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, has published Crisis in the Courtroom: The Conditions of Possibility for Ruptures in Leg...

Liston on Substance and Process in Canadian Public Law

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Mary Liston, University of British Columbia School of Law, is publishing Transubstantiation in Canadian Public Law: Processing Substance an...

Law and Humanities, the Flint Water Crisis, and "An Enemy of the People"

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Mae Kuykendall, Professor of Law at Michigan State University College of Law, has published an op-ed in the Detroit Free Press on the Flint...

Howlin on the Politics of the Nineteenth Century Irish Jury Trial

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Niamb Howlin, Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin, is publishing The Politics of Jury Trial in Nineteenth-Century Ireland ...

Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos on Material Legal Metaphors

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Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos, University of Westminster, Westminster Law and Policy Centre, has published Flesh of the Law: Material...

Condello on the Reproduction and Production of Legal Concepts

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Angela Condello, University of Rome III, Department of Law, has published Metaphor as Analogy: Reproduction and Production of Legal Concept...
February 10, 2016

A Conference on Cultural Heritage Law at Georgetown University Law Center

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Georgetown University Law Center is hosting the Intersections in International Cultural Heritage Law Center conference, March 29-30, 2016. ...

Lanni on Collective Sanctions in Classical Athens

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Adriaan Lanni, Harvard Law School, is publishing Collective Sanctions in Classical Athens in Ancient Law, Ancient Society (Dennis Kehoe an...

Gearey on Maitland's Jurisprudence of the Trust

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Adam Gearey, University of London Birkbeck College School of Law, has published ‘We Want to Live’: Metaphor and Ethical Life in F.W. Maitla...

Quéma on M. Nourbese Philip's Zong! and Gregson v. Gilbert

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Anne Quéma, Acadia University, has published M. Nourbese Philip's Zong!: Metaphors, Laws, and Fugues of Justice at 43 Journal of Law a...

Rotunda on the Right of Dissent and America's Debt to Herodotus and Thucydides

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Ronald D. Rotunda, Chapman University School of Law is publishing The Right of Dissent and America's Debt to Herodotus and Thucydides ...

Ward on Trollope, Sensationalism, and English Law in "The Eustace Diamonds"

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Ian Ward, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Faculty of Law, has published The Trials of Lizzie Eustace: Trollope, Sensationalism, and the ...

Guerra-Pujol on Bargaining and Betrayal in "Breaking Bad"

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Enrique Guerra-Pujol, University of Central Florida and Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, has published So Long Suckers: Barga...

Christie on Courts and the Search for Ultimate Moral and Political Truth

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George C. Christie, Duke University School of Law, has published Some Reasons Courts Have Become Active Participants in the Search for Ulti...
February 6, 2016

T. S. Eliot On Great Detective Fiction

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Paul Grimstad delves into T. S. Eliot's ideas for what makes great detective fiction here, for the New Yorker. First on the list: be f...
February 4, 2016

New From the University of Provence Press, Edited by Jean Arnaud and Bruno Goosse: A Volume on Law and Art

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New from the University of Provence (P.U.P.) Press: Document, fiction et droit en art contemporain (Jean Arnaud and Bruno Goosse, ed.; Pub...
February 3, 2016

Maxeiner on J. L. Tellkampf in the United States (1838-1847)

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James R. Maxeiner, University of Baltimore School of Law, is publishing J.L. Tellkampf: German Legal Scientist in the U.S. (1838-1847) in a...
February 2, 2016

Legarre on H. L. A. Hart and John Finnis

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Santiago Legarre, Universidad Catolica Argentina, Notre Dame Law School, is publishing HLA Hart and the Making of the New Natural Law Theor...

Merritt on Professional Obligations to Educate the Next Generation

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Deborah Jones Merritt, Ohio State University College of Law, is publishing Hippocrates and Socrates: Professional Obligations to Educate th...
February 1, 2016

ABC Orders Pilot for New TV Series The Jury

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ABC has ordered a pilot from VJ Boyd ( Justified) and Mark Bianculli (MTV's Self Promotion ) for their anthology series The Jury , ac...
January 31, 2016

A Crime Novelist's Interesting Blog

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ICYMI: Martin Edwards' blog "Do You Write Under Your Own Name?" is a brisk and wonderful collection of little essays on crim...
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January 30, 2016

Resume Fraud and "Suits," the Series

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Lorraine Duffy Merkl writes about puffing your experience, resume fraud, and the tv series Suits here , for the New York Observer.
January 29, 2016

Mathematics, Crime, and Los Angeles

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Inside Higher Ed notes the publication of  L. A. Math: Romance, Math, and Crime in the City of Angels (Princeton University Press, 2016)  ...

Kent Summer School in Critical Theory To Be Held in Paris, June 13-24, 2016

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From Maria Drakopoulou and Connal Parsley, CoDirectors, University of Kent Centre for Critical Thought, Kent Law School Kent Summer...
January 28, 2016

What's Coming Up on "Suits"

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A discussion between the creator of legal drama Suits Aaron Korsh and The Hollywood Reporter about the upcoming plot twists on the show, ...
January 27, 2016

Lloyd on Wordsworth and Good Legal Thinking

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Harold Anthony Lloyd, Wake Forest University School of Law, has published Good Legal Thought: Forms, Frames, Choices, and Aims. Here is th...

Jeffrey Toobin On Seeing His Book Adapted For TV

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Jeffrey Toobin discusses the adaption of his book The Run of His Life for the series American Crime Story with Slate Magazine here.

Reid on the Jurisprudence of the Forced Share in the Ancient World

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Charles J. Reid, Jr., University of St. Thomas (Minnesota), School of Law, is publishing The Jurisprudence of the Forced Share in the Ancie...

Barnhizer On Political Correctness and Freedom of Speech

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David Barnhizer, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, has published 'Something Wicked This Way Comes': Political Correctness and the ...
January 26, 2016

Baude on A Source Guide to Early American Constitutional History

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William Baude, University of Chicago Law School, has published Early American Constitutional History: A Source Guide . Here is the abstract...

Hurd on Views of International Law

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Ian Hurd, Northwestern University Department of Political Science, is publishing Enchanted and Disenchanted International Law in Global Pol...
January 25, 2016

Reid on the Jurisprudence of the Forced Share: The High and Late Middle Ages

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Charles J. Reid, Jr., University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) School of Law, is publishing The Jurisprudence of the Forced Share: The High and...

A New Legal Drama From NBC

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NBC will be offering up another law-related drama, perhaps for the fall. This time, it's a soap (sorry, I should probably call it somet...

The Writing On the Walls

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Allison Meier ( Hyperallergic ) discusses Matt Champion's new book Medieval Graffiti: The Lost Voices of England’s Churches (Ebury Pres...
January 24, 2016

A Symposium on the Intersection of Art and Law in the Work of Félix González-Torres

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Upcoming at the de la Cruz Collection, Miami, Florida, February 11, 2016: Poetic Justice: On the Intersection of Art and Law in the Work o...
January 22, 2016

Lloyd on Law as Trope

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Harold Anthony Lloyd, Wake Forest University School of Law, has published Law as Trope: Framing and Evaluating Conceptual Metaphors . Here ...
January 21, 2016

Ferejohn and Hills on Publius's Political Science

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John A. Ferejohn and Roderick M. Hills, Jr., both of NYU Law School, have published Publius's Political Science. Here is the abstract....
January 20, 2016

Critical Legal Conference, 2016: Call For Stream Proposals Now Open

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Via James Martel: CRITICAL LEGAL CONFERENCE 2016 Kent Law School 1st – 3rd September Turning Points The Call for Str...