Month: July 2017

Jews have historically been the target of conspiracy theories, from the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, first published in 1903 and still ardently promoted in many places, to today’s ...

University of Detroit Mercy School of Law seeks proposals from scholars, practitioners and housing advocates interested in participating in its fall interdisciplinary symposium, entitled HUD’s Past, Present and Future which…

The story in the New York Times is here. What would Woody Guthrie (and his friends and fans) say about that? From the Asch recordings: Cisco Houston's "Grand Coulee Dam" ...

   

I'm a little behind the times on this, but I wanted to talk about Thomas Haskell's passing.  He spent most of his career as a professor at Rice University and…

I'm delighted to link to the registration information for the symposium on Slavery and the University, which will be at UVA this October 18-21.  I will be on a panel…

I have a new essay up on the University of Illinois Online titled "Law Review vs. Peer Review: A Qualified Defense of Student Editors." It begins with a description of the…

Today the ALI announced the election of 58 new members. Among the new members are these academics: CaliforniaColleen V. Chien, Santa Clara – Associate Professor, Santa Clara University School of…

My forthcoming book -- Interrogating Ethnography: Why Evidence Matters (Oxford) -- now has a cover.  Publication will be in October; more details to follow. NOTE:  This idea began as a…

My friend Alex Boni-Saenz has an article on "Distributive Justice and Donative Intent," forthcoming in UCLA Law Review.  Cribbing now from his abstract:  The inheritance system is beset by formalism. Probate…