William J. Turnier (North Carolina Law), A Malthusian of the So-Called Dynasty Trust
Carolyn Shapiro (Chicago Kent Law), The Coding Complexity: Bringing Law to the Empirical Analysis of the Supreme Court
Washington University in St. Louis
Brian Tamanaha (St. John’s University), The Distorting Slant in Quantitative Studies of Judging
The 43rd Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning (University of Miami School of Law) will be Jan. 12-16, 2009 in Orlando.
The University of Miami School of Law presents the 43rd Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning Jan. 12-16, 2009.
New York Law School presents its fourth biennial Faculty Presentation Day on April 2.
Faculty and students present their work—making the effort to offer serious and subtle ideas in an accessible and enjoyable format—and our whole community takes part in the discussions these presentations generate.
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This event is open to all members of the New York Law School community and to our colleagues on the bench, at the bar, and in academia. There is no charge for attendance and complimentary breakfast, lunch, and dinner will be served.
The New York Law Review will publish a symposium issue based on the presentations. Jump to full post
The Center for Transactional Law and Practice at Emory University School of Law presents Teaching Drafting and Transactional Skills: The Basics and Beyond May 30-31, 2008. The call for proposals deadline is December 21, 2007.
Thanks: Conglomerate.
Kris Collins (Boston Law), “Let the Government become their Guardians”: Welfare Policy, Administrative Law, and the Legal Construction of the Family in the Early Nineteenth Century
Frank Partnoy (San Diego Law), Hedge Fund Activism, Corporate Governance, and Firm Performance
Alec Stone Sweet (Yale Law), Proportionality Balancing and Global Constitutionalism
Joseph Bankman (Stanford Law), Mr. Smith Gets an Education
Gabriel J. Chin (Arizona Law), Unexplainable on Grounds of Race: Doubts About Yick Wo
Keith N. Hylton (Boston Law), Due Process and Punitive Damages: An Economic Approach
Charles Lane, The Day Freedom Died (Chap. 5) (Chap. 9) (Chap. 11)
Northwestern Law and Economics
Lily Batchelder (NYU Law), The Superiority of an Inheritance Tax over an Estate Tax and No Wealth Transfer Tax
NYU Legal, Political and Social Philosophy
Lisa Austin (Toronto Law), Privacy and Private Law: the Dilemma of Justification
Frank Rudy Cooper (Suffolk Law), Who’s the Man? Police Masculinity and Terry v. Ohio
Larry D. Johnson (Assistant Secretary-General For Legal Affairs in United Nations), Advancing International Justice: The Varieties of UN-Sponsored Criminal Tribunals
Gregory Klass (Georgetown Law), Intent to Contract
Kevin Johnson (UC Davis Law), Opening the Floodgates: Why America Needs to Rethink its Borders and Immigration Law
Oren Bar-Gill (NYU Law), The Prisoner’s (Plea Bargain) Dilemma
Washington
Kurt Lash (Loyola L.A. Law), The Original Meaning of an Omission: The Tenth Amendment, Popular Sovereignty and “Expressly” Delegated Power
UCLA School of Law hosts The Law of Succession in the 21st Century, Feb. 8, 2008. Details after the jump. Jump to full post
The University of Miami School of Law presents the 42nd Annual Philip Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning Jan. 14-18, 2008.
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