Legal Theory Blog
Legal Theory Blog says it contains "all the theory that fits." It posts links to articles in law reviews and elsewhere that discuss constitutional and legal theory.
Author: Author Lawrence B. Solum is a professor of law & philosophy at the University of Illinois College of Law.
Blawg Related Categories: Constitutional Law • Law Professors • Law Schools • Legal Theory • University of Illinois • Law Professor
Recent Posts from Legal Theory Blog
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Legal Theory Bookworm
The Legal Theory Bookworm recommends A Failure of Capitalism: The Crisis of '08 and the Descent into Depression by Richard A. Posner. Here is a description: The financial and economic crisis that began in 2008…
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Download of the Week
Catherine Fisk and Deborah C. Malamud (University of California, Irvine Law School and New York University - School of Law) have posted The NLRB in Administrative Law Exile: Problems with its Structure and Function and…
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Linton on Judges, Transitional Justice, & the Rule of Law
Suzannah Linton (University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law) has posted The Role of Judges in Dealing with the Legacies of the Past (The Global Community YILJ, Vol. 9, 2009) on SSRN. Here is…
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Macklem on Recent Books on Cultural Rights
Patrick Macklem (University of Toronto - Faculty of Law) has posted The Law and Politics of International Cultural Rights: A Review Essay of Elsa Stamatopoulou, Cultural Rights in International Law and Francesco Francioni and Martin…
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Mantouvalou on the N. v. United Kingdom
Virginia Mantouvalou (University of Leicester - Faculty of Law) has posted N v UK: No Duty to Rescue the Nearby Needy? on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This article discusses the deportation of a seriously…
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Albert on the Nonwithstanding Clause in the Canadian Constitution
Richard Albert (Boston College - Law School) has posted Advisory Review: The Reincarnation of the Notwithstanding Clause (Alberta Law Review, Vol. 45, No. 4, 2008) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The Notwithstanding Clause is…
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Lister on Reciprocity & Justice as Fairness
Andrew D. Lister (Queen's University) has posted Justice and Reciprocity on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This paper addresses the question of when and why duties are conditional on compliance on the part of others,…
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Frieden on Net Neutrality & Freedom of Speech
Rob Frieden (Pennsylvania State University - College of Communications) has posted Invoking and Avoiding the First Amendment: How Internet Service Providers Leverage Their Status as Both Content Creators and Neutral Conduits on SSRN. Here is…
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Engle on Rights & Law
Eric Engle (Harvard University - Harvard Law School and Universität Bremen) has posted Taking the Right Seriously: Hohfeldian Semiotics and Rights Discourse on SSRN. Here is the abstract: A key characteristic of contemporary legal thought…
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Paschal on Congressional Power to Change Constitutional Law
Richard A. Paschal (George Mason University Law School) has posted Congressional Power to Change Constitutional Law: Three Lacunae (University of Cincinnati Law Review, Vol. 77, p. 1053, 2009) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: One…