Originalism and its critics
This quarter I co-teach a seminar on Originalism and Its Critics with my new colleague, Will Baude. I have long been skeptical of originalism, and my interest in it is more sociological than...
View ArticleOriginalism seminar: questions for first class
For our first meeting of the originalism seminar tomorrow, we’re reading Heller, the Sunstein/Barnett debate, and the Brest article. Here are some (possibly leading) questions for students to think...
View ArticleOriginalism seminar class 1: Heller
The graph below shows the number of students who give themselves a 1 (“strongly disagree”) to 5 (“strongly agree”) in response to the statement “I consider myself an originalist.” We also asked them...
View ArticleWhat Courses Should Law Students* Take?
This image is from a paper by Fried, Coates, and Spier. They surveyed employers of Harvard Law School alumni, and found that employers believe law students should take accounting and corporate finance...
View ArticlePrize inflation at Lake Wobegon Law School
Question for students taking analytic methods: In what year will the number of prizes exceed the number of students in the graduating class?Source: Yale Law School
View ArticleDuke’s New Human Rights Center
I received an email today announcing Duke Law School’s new Human Rights Center, Human Rights @ Duke Law: Duke Law provides an integrated approach to human rights education, advocacy and scholarship...
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