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Ethical, Social, Legal Implications of Genomics - Cleveland

May 1, 2008toMay 3, 2008

The Center for Genetic Research Ethics and Law at Case Western Reserve University and the National Institutes of Health are hosting Translating “ELSI”: Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Genomics May 1-3, 2008.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on April 27th, 2008 | EVENTS | no comments

Ethical, Social, Legal Implications of Genomics - Cleveland

The Center for Genetic Research Ethics and Law at Case Western Reserve University and the National Institutes of Health are hosting Translating “ELSI”: Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Genomics May 1-3, 2008.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on April 27th, 2008 | Law and Science, Health Law, CONFERENCES | no comments

May 2, 2008 Colloquia/Workshops

May 2, 2008

Chicago Crime & Punishment

Sherod Thaxton

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on April 27th, 2008 | EVENTS, COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, Uncategorized | no comments

May 1, 2008 Colloquia/Workshops

May 1, 2008

Boston University

Linda McClain (Boston University), Why is Equality So Hard?: Men, Women, and Social Cooperation

Chicago Family, Sex, and Gender

Viviana Zelizer (Princeton Sociology), Intimacy in Economic Organization

Fordham

Angela Riley (Southwestern Law)

Harvard

David Rosenberg (Harvard Law), A New Sampling Method to Reduce the Cost of Resolving Differing Claims Against a Defendant

Minnesota Faculty Works

Barry Friedman (NYU Law), Judicial Activism and Popular Opinion

Yale Legal Theory

David Wilkins (Harvard Law), Paper

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on April 27th, 2008 | COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, EVENTS, Law and Gender, Law and Economics, Jurisprudence, Civil Rights Law, Uncategorized | no comments

April 30, 2008 Colloquia/Workshops

April 30, 2008

Chicago International Law

Emilie Hafner-Burton (Princeton), Democratization and Human Rights Regimes

Chicago-Kent

Devon W. Carbado (UCLA Law)

Connecticut

Susan Schmeiser (Connecticut Law)

UCLA Williams Institute

Douglas NeJaime (UCLA Law), Regulating the Sexuality of Minors

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on April 27th, 2008 | EVENTS, COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, Law and Sexuality, International Law, Uncategorized | no comments

April 29, 2008 Colloquia/Workshops

April 29, 2008

Harvard Internet & Society

Chris Conley (Harvard Law Grad, 2007), Transparency and Digital Surveillance

Notre Dame

Linda McClain (Boston University Law), Marriage Pluralism in the United States: Multiple Jurisdictions and the Demands of Equal Citizenship

Texas

Ian Ferrell (Texas Law), Gilbert & Sullivan and Scalia: The Philosophical Basis of the Eigth Amendment’s Proportionality Principle

UC Berkeley Law & Economics

Henrik Lando (Copenhagen Business), Optimal Standards of Negligence when One Party is Uninformed

Washington

David Binder (UCLA Law) & Albert Moore (UCLA Law), Demystifying the First-Year Classroom

Yale Corporate Law

Raghuram G. Rajan (Chicago Business), Landed Interests and Financial Underdevelopment in the United States

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on April 27th, 2008 | Law and Economics, COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, EVENTS, Law and Cyberspace, Tort Law, Legal Education, Business Law, Family Law, Constitutional Law, Uncategorized | no comments

April 28, 2008 Colloquia/Workshops

Bar Ilan

Sagit Leviner (Bar Ilan Law), A New Era of Tax Enforcement - From “Big Stick” to Responsive Regulation

Columbia Law & Economics

Bill Wilhelm (Virginia Law)

Georgetown Law & Philosophy

Margaret Gilbert (Connecticut Philosophy), Scanlon on Promissory Obligation & A Theory of Political Obligation Chapter 2 & 7

Harvard

Frank Michelman (Harvard Law), Socioeconomic Rights in Constitutional Law: Explaining America Away

UC Berkeley

Richard Abel (UCLA Law), The Defense of Legality in post-9/11 America

UC Berkeley Law & Economics

Hon. Guido Calabresi (U.S. Court of Appeals), Toward a Unified Theory of Torts 

USC Law, Economics, & Organization

Kevin Quinn (Harvard Government), Viewpoint Diversity and Media Consolidation: An Empirical Study of National Newspapers

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on April 27th, 2008 | Empirical Legal Studies, COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, Law and Philosophy, Law and Society, Law and Economics, Tax Law, Constitutional Law, Tort Law, Uncategorized | no comments

April 28, 2008 Colloquia/Workshops

April 28, 2008

Bar Ilan

Sagit Leviner (Bar Ilan Law), A New Era of Tax Enforcement - From “Big Stick” to Responsive Regulation

Columbia Law & Economics

Bill Wilhelm (Virginia Law)

Georgetown Law & Philosophy

Margaret Gilbert (Connecticut Philosophy), Scanlon on Promissory Obligation & A Theory of Political Obligation Chapter 2 & 7

Harvard

Frank Michelman (Harvard Law), Socioeconomic Rights in Constitutional Law: Explaining America Away

UC Berkeley

Richard Abel (UCLA Law), The Defense of Legality in post-9/11 America

UC Berkeley Law & Economics

Hon. Guido Calabresi (U.S. Court of Appeals), Toward a Unified Theory of Torts 

USC Law, Economics, & Organization

Kevin Quinn (Harvard Government), Viewpoint Diversity and Media Consolidation: An Empirical Study of National Newspapers

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on April 27th, 2008 | Empirical Legal Studies, COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, EVENTS, Law and Philosophy, Law and Society, Law and Economics, Tax Law, Constitutional Law, Tort Law, Uncategorized | no comments

Bluebook Editors Seek Feedback

The editors of The Bluebook write:

The Bluebook 19th Edition Survey

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The editors of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation are about to embark on the exciting task of making revisions for the forthcoming Nineteenth Edition, and we need your help! We rely on user input to revise The Bluebook and our Survey is an opportunity for you to share your ideas with us as we update The Bluebook in a way that works best for you.

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Posted by uwlegalscholarship on April 27th, 2008 | Legal Research & Writing, Uncategorized | no comments