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Carnegie Council: The International Judge: An Introduction to the Men and Women Who Decide the World’s Cases
In the course of some research, I came across this very interesting introduction to the world of international judges from a Carnegie Council forum earlier this year. The International Judge: An Introduction to the Men and Women Who Decide the World’s Cases, Cesare P. R. Romano, Stephen M. Schwebel, Daniel Terris. Click the links below […]
Moderating Blog Comments - A Word from Your Sponsor
Kevin O’Keefe at LexBlog brought up an excellent conversation on Moderating law blog comments : The New York Times protocol. Comments are just a part of life in the blogosphere and even a local cable access blog like this one gets its fair share. The comments range from the silent majority, to the regulars, an […]
Molecule Identification Technique Promises to Identify Presence of Drugs, Explosives in Fingerprints
International Herald Tribune’s Fingerprint test tells much more than identity portrays a future with tools CSI has never dreamed of. Desorption Electrospray Ionization, or “Desi” uses mass spectrometry to identify molecules at a previously unheard of level of specificity.
In Cooks’ method, a tiny spray of electrically charged liquid – either water or water and alcohol […]
MPRE
I will be flexing my ethical muscles today. It won’t be pretty. Anonymous girlfriend duped me into signing up for the MPRE since she enjoys sharing misery. It didn’t occur to me at the time that with my second-half summer course final looming in a week I would be in no mood to brush up […]
Dilbert: We find in favor of the plaintiff dude
Classic.
Neuroscience and the Law Conference on Video
Via Grits I notice that video from the proceedings of the excellent Neuroscience and the Law Conference I attended in May at Baylor College of Medicine is now available on the web. Dr. David Eagleman, who directs the Initiative on Neuroscience and Law also conducts a seminar on neuroscience and the law and will no […]
Indecent Exposure, Defined and Illustrated, Helpful Chart
Take a moment to ponder the implications of this image. This sort of informational graphic requires the kind of reasoning that can only seem sensible in a bureaucratic environment, idiocy aforethought, we might call it. It requires a regulatory judgment (gasp! even statutory perhaps?) which gives definitions to the degree of buttock exposure that constitutes ‘indecency’. Lastly this was professionally rendered, requiring someone to explain and hire an illustrator on the basis of his skill at exposed-buttock-rendering (cheek-aroscuro?) and even a round of proofs and revisions - ‘oh no, this is entirely too much buttock’ or ‘yes, I think you’ve captured the essence of the offense nicely here.’ Sigh…
via ffffound
Bar Exam Debriefing
I’m fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it) not all that close to taking the bar yet. In any event, the following definitions might be useful for anyone who has spent time in close proximity with a recent bar exam taker:
Brief Psychotic Disorder
The patient has at least one of the following that […]
Favorite Line I’ve Read Today
…acknowledging that some judges think legislative history is valid. If you have to use it, Scalia said, “Do it boldly, as though it makes sense.“
A remark by Justice Scalia at a road show of sorts with legal writing wunderkind Bryan Garner to promote their book Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges, discussed before […]
Video: Why Courts are Not So Keen to Proceed Pro Se, Exhibit A
via the Rising Jurist. Michael Gaines apparently made the most of his opportunity to speak before being sentenced for spitting on two detention deputies. His assault was treated more seriously as Gaines is HIV positive. He was sentenced to 13 years.
Judge Pilshaw’s blog: Michael Gaines sentencing
KAKE-TV: Sedgwick County Courtroom Scene Of Outburst