The Faculty Blog
The Faculty Blog posts articles and observations by scholars associated with the University of Chicago Law School and links to the related The Faculty Podcast.
Author: The authors are mainly on faculty or are somehow affiliated with the University of Chicago Law School. Blawggers include Eric Posner; Shyam Balganesh; Anu Bradford; Anupam Chander, who also authors Anupam Chander and contributes to Law School Innovation; Jacob Gersen; Tom Ginsburg; Saul Levmore; Randy Picker; Geoffrey Stone; and Lior Strahilevitz.
Blawg Related Categories: Constitutional Law • International Law • Law Professors • Law Schools • Legal Theory • States • Illinois • University of Chicago • Law Professor • Podcaster • Economics • Podcast
Recent Posts from The Faculty Blog
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Audio: Epstein on Bilski
Continuing with today's Epstein/Fed Soc theme, the Federalist Society has posted a recording of Prof. Epstein discussing Bilski v. Kappos. The SCOTUS heard oral argument in the case on November 9. According to the Fed…
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Video: Richard Epstein on the Redistribution of Wealth
Over on the Federalist Society's YouTube Channel, they've posted an 11-part series entitled "Redistribution of Wealth," recorded at the 2009 National Lawyers Convention on Thursday, November 12, 2009. Our own Richard Epstein was one of…
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Student Blogger - Think of the Consequences
Imagine you are the newly appointed director of the Centers for Disease Control. You are reviewing a report that suggests that a new vaccine is likely to prevent thousands of deaths from an impending outbreak…
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Student Blogger - Lunchtime Talk: Virtue and Drug Use
As the State of California prepares to debate whether or not marijuana should be decriminalized, the Federalist Society sought to resolve an issue of higher magnitude: whether virtue and drug use are incompatible. The lively…
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Amended Google Book Search Settlement
If you are following this issue, I have a quick new paper on the amended Google Book Search settlement. You can download the paper here.
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Student Blogger - Fall WIP: Youngjae Lee asks What's Wrong with Disloyalty?
Disloyalty occupies a special place in the law. It gets its very own constitutional clause (Article III, Sec. 3). Over British history, persons convicted of high treason could expect to receive particularly harsh punishment well…
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Student Blogger - Fall WIP: Bradford and Ben-Shahar on Rewarding the Enforcers of International Law
They say you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. They might be wrong. But what would really be great is if the same substance could serve as both honey or as vinegar, as…
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Student Blogger - Push-pin, anyone?
You haven't lived until you've won a few of your friends' hard-earned quarters in a heated round of push-pin. Push-pin–"hattie" as I prefer to call it–is a high-stakes game of skill and cunning where two…
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Video: Richard Posner on Fiscal Irresponsibility and the Future of the U.S.
The Council on Foreign Relations has posted a video of Judge Posner discussing the topic "Fiscal Irresponsibility Clouds the Future of the United States." The discussion is part of the CFR's C. Peter McColough Series…
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Student Blogger - Standards Adrift?
Appellate cases often live or die by the standard of review that the appellate court applies to the decision of the lower court. In some cases, a clear error will be necessary to reverse a…