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

Legal Theory Bookworm
The Legal Theory Bookworm recommends The Perils of Global Legalism by Eric A. Posner. Here is a description: The first months of the Obama administration have led to expectations, both in the United States and…
Download of the Week
The Download of the Week is Constitutional Expectations by Richard Primus. Here is the abstract: This essay uses the restaging of the Oath of Office after the public inauguration of President Barack Obama to explain…
MacDowell on Domestic Violence Courts
Elizabeth L. MacDowell (Chapman University School of Law) has posted When Courts Collide: Integrated Domestic Violence Courts and Court Pluralism (Chapman Journal of Criminal Justice, Vol 1, No. 2, 2010) on SSRN. Here is the…
Rothstein on Equality & Genetics
Mark A. Rothstein (University of Louisville - Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy, and Law) has posted Legal Conceptions of Equality in the Genomic Age (Law & Inequality, Vol. 25, pp. 429-463) on SSRN. Here is…
Faundez on International Economics Law & Development
Julio Faundez (University of Warwick - School of Law) has posted International Economic Law and Development before and after Neo-Liberalism (INTERNATIONAL LAW, ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT, Julio Faundez, Celine Tan, eds., E. Elgar, 2010) on…
Larson on the Right of Publicity & the Nathan Leopold Case
Edward Larson (Pepperdine University School of Law) has posted Murder Will Out: Rethinking the Right of Publicity Through One Classic Case (Rutgers Law Review, Vol. 26, No. 1, 2009) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:…
O'Hanlon on Free Will in Criminal Law
Stephen O'Hanlon (Temple University) has posted Towards a More Reasonable Approach to Free Will in Criminal Law (Cardozo Public Law, Policy and Ethics Journal, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2009) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:…
Monateri on Law and Language
P. G. Monateri (University of Torino, School of Law) has posted 'Cunning Passages': Traductology, Comparison and Ideology in the Law and Language Story on SSRN. Here is the abstract: My standpoint in this paper is…
Fish on the International Criminal Court & Uganda
Eric S. Fish (Yale University - Law School) has posted Peace through Complementarity: The Uganda Case and the Ex Post Problem in International Criminal Court Indictments (Yale Law Journal, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the…
Posner on ProCD v. Zeidenberg
Eric A. Posner (University of Chicago - Law School) has posted ProCD v. Zeidenberg and Cognitive Overload in Contractual Bargaining (University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 77, No. 4, 2010) on SSRN. Here is the…