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Constitutional Law for a Changing America: A Short Course (8th Edition) - eBook
Explore how politics shape the Supreme Court with *Constitutional Law for a Changing America: A Short Course (8th Edition)* by Lee Epstein & Thomas G. Walker. Perfect for one-semester courses with updated cases and online resources. ISBN: 978-1544390628 (eBook) #ConLaw #LegalStudies
https://textbooks.dad/product/constitutional-law-for-a-changing-america-a-short-course-8th-edition-ebook/?fsp_sid=25111
The Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements — Commentary
by Gilles Cuniberti
⚖️ Jurisdiction matters.
Think globally.
Choice of Court — Commentary
DM for info.
#InternationalLaw #CrossBorderLaw #LegalStudies #DigitalLearning
🔖 'Aspects of Fundamental Rights and Competition Law in Sports: A Case Collection of the CJEU' - a Carl Grossmann book on #ScienceOpen:
➡️ https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.24921/2025.94115978
#SportsLaw #LegalStudies #ProfessionalSports #FundamentalRights #CompetitionLaw #EUJustice #CJEU
How #American #CivilRights Groups Defeated #HateSpeech Laws
#UIowa #LegalStudies Research Paper (forthcoming)
Journal of #FreeSpeech Law, Vol. 6, Issue 1 (2025)
41 Pages Posted: 9 Jul 2025
Samantha Barbas
University of Iowa - College of Law
#HumanRights in the #Constitutional Era of #Dobbs
Boston College #LawSchool #LegalStudies Research Paper No. 648
Columbia Human Rights #Law Review, Volume 56, 2025
72 Pages Posted: 20 May 2025 Last revised: 25 May 2025
Katharine Young
#BostonCollege - Law School
📜 Turns out legal documents are just fancy magic spells! MIT study reveals lawyers (and everyone else) use unnecessarily complex language to flex their authority. They even embed clauses within clauses like linguistic Russian dolls.
Apparently "Please see attached herewith forthwith" is just lawyer for "Look at this" 🧙♂️
The recent release of the AILET answer key for 2025 has sparked significant interest among law aspirants. Candidates will earn one mark for each correct answer, while a penalty of one-fourth of a mark is imposed for incorrect responses. This scoring method emphasizes the importance of careful examination of questions and strategic answering.... Read more: https://steelefamlaw.com/T7g01F #AILET2025 #LawAspirants #ExamStrategy #LegalStudies
University at Buffalo #SchoolofLaw #LegalStudies Research Paper No. 2024-016
33 Minnesota Journal of International Law 39 (2024)
74 Pages Posted: 19 Nov 2024
Seval Yildirim
University at Buffalo Law School
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5026373
Abstract:
This article argues that in the context of a developing #democracy, the rise of #religiously oriented parties should be viewed contextually as part of an ongoing process of #democratic negotiation and consolidation.
#OhioState #LegalStudies Research Paper No. 885
71 Pages Posted: 28 Oct 2024
Ruth Colker
#OhioStateUniversity (#OSU)
It is hard to deny that the #UnitedStates is a #Christiannation despite the #FirstAmendment’s promise that the legislature will not establish a #religion. The United States is not a Christian nation merely because of the #religious #beliefs that many people privately hold.
I'm curious, are there any good literature review or comparative studies on various disability discrimination legislation around the world, not only in web accessibility but other areas of life? Cc #law @tink #disability #rights #academics #literature #legalStudies #disabilityStudies
The #Bordertalk Series of the Research group #internalizing #borders at #Zif #bielefeld continues on Wednesday, 28.Feb, 6pm
Magdalena Kmak (Åbo Akademi University, Finland)
*Mobile Law: Law, Migration and Human Mobility*
Abstract, details and zoom link here:
https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/einrichtungen/zif/events/#/event/7600
#gaza #palestine #icj #israel #genocide #genocidalcase #francescaalbanese
#jinanbastaki #genocideconvention #legalstudies #jura
Article by Jinan Bastaki, Associate Professor of Legal Studies at New York University, Abu Dhabi
Speaking at Legal Issues in Textual Scholarship on 'William Wordsworth, the Death of the Author, and the 1842 English Copyright Act'. This free, online symposium on 27 Oct is supported by @ESTS_eu
https://sites.google.com/view/estslegalissues/home/programme
#copyright #law #legalstudies #legalissues #intellectualproperty #literature #literarystudies #wordsworth #textualscholarship #authorship
Interesting article by Kevin L. Cope on methods for comparative migration law (Intl J Migration and Border St). #comparativelaw #legalscholarship #legalstudies
Link:
https://www.inderscience.com/admin/ospeers/getInProduction.php?id=110470&fid=18290&fromonsusy=yes
Today I received publishing offer from Edward Elgar Publishing. Going to edit 'A Research Agenda for Comparative Law' (2024).
Author list:
Geoffrey Samuel
Fernanda Pirie
Jen Morton
Michael Palmer
Jan Engberg
Ralf Michaels
Lena Salaymeh
Thomas Duve
Catalina Goanta
Liu Qiao
yours truly
Book will be a part of Elgar Research Agendas series:
https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/book-series/education/elgar-research-agendas.html
Waiting (anxiously?) for Geoffrey Samuel's Review Essay of my 'Interdisciplinary Comparative Law' (Elgar 2022) to be published in the Journal of Comparative Law (2022) vol 17. #comparativelaw #legalstudies #lawprofs
One year ago I was interviewed by Professor Tuomas Mylly (University of Turku). We discussed #comparativelaw - what it is and how it can be done. Link to video on Youtube:
Please boost for reach!
We're looking for undergrads curious about how marginalized people used the law in the long 19th c & we're ready to train you in critical & digital legal research tools in our 10wk summer program! Priority app deadline is Feb 1: https://go.unl.edu/cg3q
#LegalStudies #DigitalLegalResearch #Legal #research #Undergraduate #History #PoliticalScience #Sociology #EthnicStudies
Podcast on interdisciplinarity and #comparativelaw: Rubbing Shoulders with the Neighbours or Standing Alone in a Crowd — A discussion with yours truly (30 mins).
Introductory chapter of "Interdisciplinary #ComparativeLaw:
Rubbing Shoulders with the Neighbours or Standing Alone in a Crowd"
"Alone in a crowded room?" https://www.elgaronline.com/view/book/9781802209785/book-part-9781802209785-5.xml
Perhaps an #introduction is needed as this site is growing fast: I am professor in law and globalisation (University of Helsinki) and my areas of interest are broadly understood #comparativelaw #legalstudies #legalpluralism #legalhistory #globallaw #legallinguistics #constitutions and #academia