Call for Papers: Firearms Law Works-in-Progress Conference 2025
Jan 17, 2025 · Legal Theory Bookworm: "Legal Rights and Moral Rights" by Kramer; Downloads of the Week: "The Supreme Court’s Crisis of Authority" by Post & "Standard Textualism" by …
Legal Theory Blog
5 days ago · Muzainy Shahiefisally (National University Singapore) has posted Brandenburg V Singapore: Exorcising The Quidnunc Mentality From Singapore's Law Of Incitement …
Downloads of the Week: "The Supreme Court’s Crisis of Authority" …
3 days ago · There are two Downloads of the Week.The first is The Supreme Court’s Crisis of Authority: Law, Politics, and the Judiciary Act of 1925 by Robert Post. Here is the abstract: …
Legal Theory Blog: Van Detta on Textualism and Pragmatism
6 days ago · Jeffrey A. Van Detta (Atlanta's John Marshall Law School) has posted Heresies, Heretics, and Hermeneutics: The Battle of Textualism Against Pragmatism-And Itself-On the …
Highsmith on Local Government Law and Company-Dominated …
Jan 17, 2025 · Brian Highsmith (Harvard University - Harvard Law School; Harvard University, Department of Government ; Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law) has posted …
Barnett & Solum on Originalism and the Party Presentation Principle
Jan 15, 2025 · Lawrence B. Solum (University of Virginia School of Law) & Randy E. Barnett (Georgetown University Law Center) have posted Originalism and the Party Presentation …
Legal Theory Blog: Woolhandler on Private Injuries and Standing
5 days ago · Ann Woolhandler (University of Virginia School of Law) has posted Private Injuries and Standing on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The prevalent scholarly view—often associated …
Guerra-Pujol on Adam Smith's Maxims of Taxation and Optimal …
Jan 15, 2025 · F. E. Guerra-Pujol (Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico; University of Central Florida) has posted Adam Smith's Blind Spot on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This …
Macleod on Textualism and the Rules-Standards Distinction
4 days ago · James Macleod (Columbia University - Law School) has posted Standard Textualism on SSRN. Here is the abstract: For as long as legal scholars have been writing about the rules …
Legal Theory Blog: Ross on Reintegrated Retributivism
6 days ago · Lewis Ross (London School of Economics) has posted Reintegrative Retributivism on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Pessimistic empirical evidence about the reformatory and …