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Google+I am very impressed by CanLII – Canadian Legal Information Institute search service: “CanLII is a non-profit organization managed by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada. CanLII’s goal is to make Canadian law accessible for free on the Internet.” … Continued
Monthly Archives: September 2007
The Right to Bear Ar–, Or Is It Access the Internet?
The Right to Bear Ar — , Or Is It Access the Internet?: All of these events [in Burma a.k.a. Myanmar] make we wonder whether the Bill of Rights would explicitly state that there is a right to free access and distribution … Continued
Fewer women are seeking law degrees
NLJ – Fewer women are seeking law degrees : Now an analyst at Morgan Stanley in New York, Dadd, 22, went so far as to take a prep course for the Law School Admission Test before she decided that pursuing … Continued
Why the Verizon/NARAL flap matters
Susan Crawford blog – The big picture: Why the Verizon/NARAL flap matters: We have to decide what model for communications regulation we want. Do we want the carriers to decide what we do online, or do we want the carriers … Continued
Judge Rules Parts Of Patriot Act Unconstitutional
cbs5.com – Judge Rules Parts Of Patriot Act Unconstitutional: (AP) PORTLAND, Ore. A federal judge ruled Wednesday that two provisions of the USA Patriot Act are unconstitutional because they allow search warrants to be issued without a showing of probable … Continued
Justice Dept.'s warrantless eavesdropping rejected
Justice Dept.’s warrantless eavesdropping rejected: The U.S. Department of Justice asserts it doesn’t need to obtain a wiretap court order to listen to which touch tones are pressed when people are on the phone. . . . At issue in … Continued
DOJ cuts off Guantanamo lawyer access after federal court ruling
JURIST – DOJ cuts off Guantanamo lawyer access after federal court ruling: A US Department of Justice lawyer has informed lawyers representing some 40 detainees at Guantanamo Bay that they will no longer be able to visit with or send … Continued
Software Freedom Law Center Files GPL Lawsuit
On Behalf of BusyBox Developers, SFLC Files First Ever U.S. GPL Violation Lawsuit: The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) today announced that it has filed the first ever U.S. copyright infringement lawsuit based on a violation of the GNU General … Continued
Surveillance Law Must Protect Privacy and Security – Testimony
Surveillance Law Must Protect Privacy and Security – Testimony: Congress can enact legislation that meets the needs of intelligence agencies for defending national security, while still protecting the fundamental privacy rights of innocent Americans, CDT Policy Director Jim Dempsey told … Continued
So Why Hasn't Critical Theory Worked in Law?
I wondered previously why critical theory approaches (like the much-criticized Critical Legal Studies) haven’t had much of an impact on U.S. law or legal analysis. Maybe “litcrit” has relied too much on the fabled “Death of the Author” (even without … Continued
Useful Introductions to Theory
The “Introductory Guide to Critical Theory” (which I extract from and link to below, along with other useful reference sites) provides an excellent basic introduction to some of the main points of contemporary critical theory (which I encountered as part … Continued
The UC Irvine Fiasco
Belle Lettre writes: Prominent constitutional scholar Erwin Chemerinsky (Duke) was hired to be the inaugural dean of the new law school at UC Irvine. . . . UCI began a nationwide search for an inaugural dean, and Chemerinsky was one … Continued
The RIAA Meets Civil Procedure
Recording Industry vs The People: In May of this year, the United States Supreme Court came down with the decision in Bell Atlantic v. Twombly, — US — , 127 S. Ct. 1955 (May 21, 2007) which established a “plausibility” standard for … Continued
Is the Future of Legal Scholarship in the Blogosphere?
Is the Future of Legal Scholarship in the Blogosphere? by Margaret A. Schilt in Legal Times: If you are looking for the future of legal scholarship, chances are that you may find it not in a treatise or the traditional … Continued
Need a Research Topic?
Announcing ACS ResearchLink: Connecting Law Students and Lawyers Committed to Justice | American Constitution Society: ACS ResearchLink creates a valuable online resource for the legal community by collecting legal research topics submitted by practitioners for law students to explore in … Continued
Does the "Other Party" on a Wiretapped Line Have Any Privacy Rights?
So when the government is targeting a person’s communications, what rights does the person calling — or being called — have? What about if the target is overseas and the “other party” is in the United States? This is an … Continued
