Month: August 2011

Via Al Roth comes news of this Kenan Institute for Ethics profile of my colleague, Kieran Healy, which explores the question: Should there be a market in human organs?  But…

Robert Samuelson writes (here) in the WaPo about the planned obsolescence of the Statistical Abstract of the United States, the venerable, "authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social,…

I blogged a while back about an online course I have been taking which is purely via distance education (ie no residence requirements, weekends, seminars etc).  There is also no…

From an email that I received yesterday: SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW invites applications from entry-level and experienced candidates for tenure-track appointments.  We also may have openings for visiting faculty…

On the 170th anniversary of the Nat Turner rebellion -- which began on August 22, 1831 -- I thought that I'd post a little on the Civil War.  It would have astonished…

Below are links to hiring announcements that we have mentioned in recent posts.  I'll run this summary from time to time through mid-September. I invite other law schools to send…

I've been enjoying Neely Young's new book Ripe for Emancipation (and here on books.google), which I picked up recently in the Washington and Lee bookstore.  It's a study of the antislavery…

Mark Auslander has an editorial in tomorrow's Atlanta Journal Constitution on questions inspired by The Help: "Did African-American women domestic workers, as the film and novel imply, truly love their…

From an email message that I received yesterday: LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO SCHOOL OF LAW invites applications from qualified lateral candidates to serve as the next Director of the Law School’s…

From an email message that I received yesterday: LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO SCHOOL OF LAW invites applications for two positions from either lateral candidates with a proven track record of scholarship…