Law and Magic Blog
This blog is there for when the long arm of the law touches magicians; it also features lawyers who use magic in their practice. A new paranormal TV show might merit a post, too.
Author: Christine Corcos is an associate professor of law at Louisiana State University Law Center.
Blawg Related Categories: Criminal Justice • Law Practice Management • Legal History • Louisiana State University • Law Professor • Blawg 100
Recent Posts from Law and Magic Blog
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Attempted Haunted House Murderer Gets Twelve Years
Sean A. Jennings will spend twelve years in prison for the attempted murder of his now ex-wife last year. Mr. Jennings apparently lured his wife into a garage where, he said, he was setting up…
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Sub Primes and Prayer
Time Magazine's David Van Biema discusses possible unintended consequences from the "Prosperity Gospel" and the subprime mortgage crisis in this interesting article. He begins, Has the so-called Prosperity Gospel turned its followers into some of…
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What's Jenny Advocating?
["She] has a lot of balls to come forward and be on that side, because there is an angry mob on my side." This statement was Jenny McCarthy's, on actress Amanda Peet, who according to…
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This Year's Ignobel Prizes
The Annals of Improbable Research has hosted and given out the Ig Nobel Prizes once again. Among the winners this year: Dan Ariely, of MIT and Duke University, author of Predictably Irrational, for his work…
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Parents Will Face Charges in Faith Healing Case
The parents of a sixteen-year-old who died from complications following a bladder infection have turned themselves in after a local judge issued warrents for their arrests. Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Beagley surrended to authorities and…
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Baton Rouge's Haunted House Attraction
The Thirteenth Gate, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana is advertised as the Number 1 haunted house attraction in America. No zoning problems here.
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A Penny For His Thoughts
Magician/barista Jacob Grier argues amusingly (and only partly tongue in cheek) for a halt for the proliferation of new designs on U.S. coinage, suggesting that it could become a problem for conjurors. He opines in…
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He's Baaack....Well, Somebody's Back, Anyway
Via Magic Magazine's update, I hear that MyNetwork TV has begun airing new episodes of the Masked Magician's exposes of "Breaking the Magicians Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed." Who is the Masked Magician? Only…
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Sarah Palin On Teaching Evolution and Creationism in Public School
From Melissa Rogers' blog on law and religion re Sarah Palin on teaching evolution and creationism in public schools: In a segment that ran yesterday on CBS News, Katie Couric asked Governor Sarah Palin: "Do…
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Religulous
On yesterday's program, Fresh Air's Terry Gross interviewed comedian and talk show host Bill Maher and director Larry Charles about their new film Religulous, and Steve Waldman of Beliefnet about politics and religion. Mr. Maher's…