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 • Blawg 100 • Economics • Podcast
Recent Posts from The Faculty Blog
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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…
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Audio: Milton Friedman on "Capitalism and the Jews"
If you're looking to something to do during that extra hour this weekend, you may want to check out an audio file that was just uploaded to the Law School's website: a talk by legendary…
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Student Blogger - Fall WIP: Aziz Huq is Against National Security Exceptionalism
When it comes to cases involving grave matters of national security, commentators split on the courts' role. Some think the judiciary should be heroes, bravely swooping in to protect civil liberties when passions run highest.…
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Law School Costs at the Margin
Yesterday, the GAO released a report, reported on in the Chronicle of Higher Education, finding that the rising cost of law school was attributable to rankings and competition, rather than accreditation. Critics of the American…
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Student Blogger - Fall WIP: Julie Suk Asks Whether We Need More Gender Stereotyping in the Work/Family Balance Debate
America is rather notorious in the Western world for having a particularly thin policy for family leave. Sick persons and pregnant women find most of their rights in the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA),…
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Video: Epstein Debates Judy Feder on Health Care
NYU has posted a video of a recent debate between Richard Epstein and Georgetown's Judy Feder about health care reform. You can watch the video here, and below is a sneak peek of Epstein's position,…
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Audio: Richard Epstein on Patent Rights in the Supreme Court
Continuing our recent (unintentional) theme of patent law and the Supreme Court, we'd like to draw your attention to a recent Federalist Society podcast that featured our own Richard Epstein, along with Scott Kieff (George…
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Audio: Jonathan Masur on Patent Law and the Future of Economic Regulation
This year's annual First Monday lectures -- given each year to give alumni in several cities a chance to discuss with current faculty the issues facing the Supreme Court in its upcoming term -- were…