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December 5, 2016
Canadian Journal of Women and Law/Revue femmes et droit Issues Call For Submissions: Race, Gender, and Law: A Tribute to the Scholarship of Sherene Razack
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Call for Submissions - Race, Gender and Law: A tribute to the scholarship of Sherene Razack http://bit.ly/cjwlcfp The Canadian Journal of...
December 3, 2016
Language and Manipulation in House of Cards: A New Book from Sandrine Sorlin
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Sandrine Sorlin, University of Aix-Marseille, has published Language and Manipulation in House of Cards: A Pragma-Stylistic Perspective (Pa...
December 2, 2016
A New Book on Lawyers in Fiction
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New from Palgrave Macmillan: Lars Ole Sauerberg, The Legal Thriller From Gardner To Grisham: See You In Court! (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016)....
Atuahene @ProfAtuahene on Takings as a Sociolegal Concept: An Interdisciplinary Examination of Involuntary Property Loss
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Bernadette Atuahene, Chicago-Kent Coolege of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, has published Takings as a Sociolegal Concept: An Inter...
Holtermann @JakovoHoHo on Getting Real or Staying Postive: Legal Realism(s), Legal Positivsm, and the Prospects of Naturalism in Jurisprudence
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Jakob v. H. Holtermann, Univesrity of Copenhagen, iCourts, Centre of Excellence for International Courts, has published Getting Real or St...
Schauer on Law's Boundaries
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Frederick Schauer, University of Virginia School of Law, is publishing Law's Boundaries in the Harvard Law Review. Here is the abstrac...
December 1, 2016
d'Aspremont @JdA_IntLaw and De Brabandere @EDBrabandere on The Paintings of International Law
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Jean d'Aspremont, University of Manchester School of Law, and University of Amsterdam, and Eric De Brabandere, Leiden University, Groti...
Call For Applications: Centre for Law and Culture, PhD Studentship
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The Centre for Law and Culture, St. Mary's University, Twickenham, London, is accepting applications for a fully funded full-time thre...
November 30, 2016
Forthcoming From Palgrave/Macmillan: Juries, Science, and Popular Culture In the Age of Terror: The Case of the Sydney Bomber
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Forthcoming in December: Juries, Science and Popular Culture in the Age of Terror: The Case of the Sydney Bomber (David Tait and Jane Good...
Call For Papers: Annual Legal Studies Graduate Student Conference
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Call for Papers Second Annual Legal Studies Graduate Student Conference “Law and Democracy” Saturday and Sunday, April 22nd - ...
Call For Papers: Representations of Law, Justice, and the Subject in "Engrenages"
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Via @thomgiddens CALL FOR PAPERS INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR THE SEMIOTICS OF LAW – REVUE INTERNATIONALE DE SÉMIOTIQUE JURIDIQUE ht...
Mahmud on Modern Law, Universality, and the Colonial Exception
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Tayyab Mahmud, Seattle University School of Law, Center for Global Justice, is publishing Wanted Dead & Alive: Modern Law, Universality...
November 29, 2016
Call For Papers: Criminal American: Reading, Studying, and Teaching American Crime Fiction: American Literature Association Symposium, March 3-4, 2017
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Criminal America: Reading, Studying and Teaching American Crime Fiction Call for Papers American Literature Association Symp...
Conference on the Art of Law, Bruges, Groeningemuseum, January 16-18, 2017
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Announcement: CONFERENCE: The Art of Law (Bruges, Groeningemuseum, 16-18 Jan 2017) The Art of Law: Artistic Representations and Iconog...
Jones @bchristophjones and Sarat @ljstprof on Justices as "Sacred Symbols": Antonin Scalia and the Cultural Life of the Law
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Brian Christopher Jones, Liverpool Hope University, and Austin Sarat, Amherst College, are publishing Justices As 'Sacred Symbols':...
Arapinis and Condello on The Intentionality Behind Legal Concepts and Their Extensional Boundaries
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Alexandra Arapinis, Laboratory for Applied Ontology (ISCT-CNR), and Angela Condello, University of Rome III, Department of Law, have publis...
Voss @Juss_Professor on the Royal Prerogative in Colonial Constitutional Law
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Satvinder Juss, King's College London; Dickson Poon School of Law; A. Dickson Poon Transnational Law Institute, is publishing The Royal...
Hollywood and Concrete Poetry. And Aliens.
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Via @davidgissen: David Gissen, a professor at California College of the Arts, tweets that Amy Adams writes inter-galactic, digita...
Colin Kidd's New Book: The World of Mr. Casaubon (Cambridge University Press, 2016)
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Via @maksdelmar: Colin Kidd, University of St. Andrews, has published The World of Mr Casaubon: Britain's Wars of Mythography, 1700-1...
November 28, 2016
Loathsome Lawyers From Literature: A List From Attorney/Author Alex Wade @SurfNation1
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Alex Wade's list of unpalatable literary lawyers: from Dr. Gonzo ( Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ) to Don Sebastiano ( The Day of Jud...
Ngaire Naffine: Law's Meaning of Life (Hart Publishing, 2009) @hartpublishing
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ICYMI: Ngaire Naffine, Law's Meaning of Life: Philosophy, Religion, Darwin and the Legal Person (Hart Publishing, 2009) (Legal ...
November 27, 2016
"Son of Sam" Movies
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Via Discovery ID @DiscoveryID: movies based on the deeds of David Berkowitz and the "Son of Sam" killings. (post by Mike McPadde...
Victor Hugo and the Law: A Workshop and Performance on December 2, 2016 at the University of Nice, Sophia Antipolis, Faculty of Law and Political Science
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Via @yannbasire and @Yves_Strickler: A special event on December 2: Victor Hugo et le droit (Victor Hugo and law), followed by a perfor...
November 23, 2016
Loeffler @Jbloeffler on "The Famous Trinity of 1917": Zionist Internationalism in Historical Perspective
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James B. Loeffler, University of Virginia, Department of History, is publishing 'The Famous Trinity of 1917': Zionist International...
Leung on Negotiating Language Status in Multilingual Jurisdictions
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Janny H. C. Leung, University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Arts, School of English, has published Negotiating Language Status in Multilingual J...
November 22, 2016
Edwards on Speaking of Stories and Law
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Linda H. Edwards, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, School of Law, is publishing Speaking of Stories and Law in volume 13 of the Legal Comm...
Call For Applications, Fellowships in Interdisciplinary Legal Studies, Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy
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Via @ThomGiddens, the Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy, SUNY Buffalo , is accepting applications for Fellowships in Interdisciplinar...
November 21, 2016
Call For Applications: Hurst Summer Institute In Legal History, June 4-17, 2017
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Call for Applications Hurst Summer Institute in Legal History: June 4-17, 2017 University of Wisconsin-Madison Application Deadline:...
Joerges on Brexit and Academic Citizenship
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Christian Joerges, University of Bremen Faculty of Law and Hertie School of Governance, has published Brexit and Academic Citizenship as E...
Socio-Legal Studies Association, 2017, Newcastle University, April 5-7, 2017: Call For Papers
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Via Thomas Giddens @ThomGiddens, news of Graphic Justice This stream invites submissions exploring the intersections of law and justice...
Popular TV Shows Have Messages About the Workplace
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From the Independent: What popular tv series can teach you about teamwork, and other things, including casual Fridays, and giving that IT...
November 18, 2016
New From Hart Publishing @hartpublishing: Law In Theory and History, Edited by Maks Del Mar @maksdelmar and Michael Lobban @LSELaw
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New from Hart Publishing: Law in Theory and History: New Essays on a Neglected Dialogue (Maksymilian Del Mar and Michael Lobban eds., Hart...
Jacqueline O'Connor's New Book: Law and Sexuality in Tennessee Williams's America
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ICYMI: Jacqueline O'Connor, Professor of English, Boise State University, has published Law and Sexuality in Tennessee Williams's ...
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