Month: September 2011
Charles Manson’s Cell Phones
Behind California prison walls, greed trumps security because of an unlikely villain: the prison guards’ union.
Sep 2011
The Wild Wild Web and Alter Egos
What do the TV series Deadwood, a voice changer, and tort doctrine have to do with each other? Bonhomme v. St. James, a case that Kirk Sigmon argues overextends the doctrine of fraudulent misrepresentation in the Internet context.
Sep 2011
Through the Looking Glass: Law Journals Unmasked
Mystyc Metrik begins her column exploring the history and mechanics of law journals with a discussion of the inception of law journals.
Sep 2011
A Watershed Moment
James Hicks discusses why flooding is getting worse, and the special purpose district that would help.
Sep 2011
The White House’s Malnourished CVE Policy
Guest blogger Chris Heffelfinger is the author of Radical Islam in America: Salafism’s Journey from Arabia to the West and a Research Fellow at the Global Terrorism Research Center at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. In this blog post, Heffelfinger argues that the first official white house policy initiative to combat terrorist radicalization will ultimately be ineffective.
Sep 2011
Morocco’s Divisive Family Law: Harmonizing Tradition and Modernity?
Ann Eisenberg discusses her forthcoming note discussing the new era of Moroccan family law, evaluating the impact of King Mohammed VI’s divisive Moudawana.
Sep 2011