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Monthly Archives: May 2010
What Women Are Good For
Written by Jessica Silbey This past semester, while teaching constitutional law, a student (also a male US Marine) asked if I would be interested in hosting a panel with some female marines (his colleagues) to discuss the combat exclusion for … Continue reading
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Memorial Day and “Rememory”
Written by Angela Harris On this Memorial Day, I want to remember someone who is not an American, but who lived and died for ideals that continue to shape the lives of people around the globe. I am thinking about … Continue reading
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“The Pilgrims Were Illegal Immigrants Too”
Written by Jessica Silbey Although clearly the rash of anti-immigrant laws have material effects on people living in the states in which these laws are being enforced, I am obsessed with the hateful symbolism of the laws more than the … Continue reading
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Seven Questions for Elena Kagan
Written by Tucker Culbertson In the past eight years, Justice John Paul Stevens has written monumental majority opinions on counterterrorism (Hamdan v. Rumsfeld and Rasul v. Bush) and the Eighth Amendment, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment (Hope v. Pelzer … Continue reading
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Much better than I could ever do…
Written by Michael Waterstone Amongst other subjects, I teach and write in disability law. In a disability law class, I will always start with a few exercises to get students to question their own assumptions and prejudices about disability. The … Continue reading
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Reality-Based Law and Economics
Written by Angela Harris What might “law and economics” look like if its economics were based on the actually-existing economy? On Monday and Tuesday of this week, the University at Buffalo Law School moved to answer this question with a … Continue reading
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IP in the Public Interest
Written By: Jessica Silbey If you’re a Harry Potter fan — or your kids are — wouldn’t it be fun to participate in (or watch) a play or an opera about Harry Potter and his friends and adventures? Wouldn’t you … Continue reading
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Eyes Wide Shut
Written by: Tucker Culbertson If a picture costs a thousand wounds should that speech be free? If answering “Yes” stokes a market, causing thousands more such wounds, should we answer “Yes”? This is about dog fighting videos. By a vote … Continue reading
Asexual Orientations
Written by: Tucker Culbertson April 10 was rough on me. A certain performer – whose work I find nearly wholly reprehensible – stepped up, spoke out, and seriously represented. Worse still, she represented me.
Brave New Eaarth
Written by: Angela Harris “Reports that say that something hasn’t happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is … Continue reading
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