Month: June 2011

Back in 1975 Robert Cover's Justice Accused made a lot out of the fact that Herman Melville's Billy Budd paralleled the conflict between law and humanity that faced Lemuel Shaw…

This being summer, some of my colleagues are out of town.  And that means it's time for pictures from trips.  Long-time readers of the faculty lounge know that one of…

Now that my paper on graduation addresses at UNC before the Civil War is well on its way, I want to talk about one of our neighbors, Washington College (known…

Last Friday, Elon Law School received full ABA Accreditation.  Congrats to the faculty and staff at Elon.

Duke University School of Law September 9, 2011 Topical Essays: * Hauerwas and Legal Ethics, W. Bradley Wendel (Cornell)* Hauerwas and Disability Law, Elizabeth R. Schiltz (St. Thomas)* Hauerwas and Bioethics, Michael P. Moreland (Villanova) * Crime, Criminals, and Hauerwasian…

AALS Annual Meeting – January 2012  Rubber Hits Road: Implementing Dodd-Frank amid Reform Fatigue This program will take place one and a half years after the Dodd-Frank Act was signed…

Broad stroke categorization of justices is always dangerous.  As many people (including the Justice himself) have noted, Antonin Scalia can't be pigeonholed when it comes to criminal law.    Here is Scalia, dissenting yesterday, in…

Is Representative Anthony Weiner a sexual harasser?  I think not, based on what we know so far.  Here's how I see it: Some stupid people are sexual harassers. Some sexual…

Following up on a post for a couple of weeks back, I'm pleased to point readers to the Texas Law Review's official launch of Dicta, their on-line book reviews section.…

Can a school have too many speciality law reviews?  Prior to this week, I have framed the question in my own mind as one of staffing, i.e., does the school…