Month: November 2015

Contract law scholars may be interested in a new paper, The Relational Economics of Commercial Contract, recently posted to SSRN by Chapin Cimino of Drexel Law School:  Abstract: For almost…

This morning brings exciting news that legal historian Risa Goluboff has just been named dean of the University of Virginia's law school.  Cribbing now from the Daily Progress story: Goluboff, who…

Earlier this week, I posted an essay on the implications of Ben Carson’s story about a bogus paternity action that he faced a few years ago.  My point was that ...

Digging through my photos from this summer ... here's a picture of a building that was used as a law school from the 1910s to the 1950s, as I understand ...

The Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana is searching for a new law chancellor (that's what the school calls its dean).  The position description is here.

I had the following oped in the Chicago Tribune last week, explaining why Ben Carson's principles should lead him to oppose the death penalty: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-ben-carson-death-penalty-lubet-perspec-1113-20151112-story.html Ben Carson, a paternity case…

The Chicago Tribune carries an advice column called "Housing Counsel" by Benny L. Kass.  Today's installment begins with this letter:  My 80-year-old grandmother gave me a gift: her house. She…

Donald Trump has lately been extolling the virtues of Operation W__B___ under the Eisenhower administration in 1954, claiming it as a model for "humane" deportation.  "You don't get nicer, you…

My colleague Rachel Lopez recently published her paper,  The (Re)collection of Memory After Mass Atrocity and the Dilemma for Transnational Justice, and that article is now  the focus of an annual online…

SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL in Boston invites applications for a one-year full-time position as a Visiting Professor for the 2016-2017 academic year. We seek candidates with a demonstrated commitment to excellence in…