Ipse Dixit

In this episode, Mike Plante , a filmmaker, producer, and programmer, discusses his new book " Sensation Cinema: The Audacious, Defiant History of Louis Sher and the Art Theatre Guild ," which is published by Sticking Place Books. Plante begins by describing his own background in independent film and how he became interested in Louis Sher. He explain who Sher was and how he came to create an empir...

In this episode, Richard L. Heppner, Jr. , Associate Dean for Faculty Scholarship and Associate Professor of Law at the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University , discusses TAG!: The Jurisdiction Game , his new board game based on the rules of civil procedure. Heppner begins by explaining why he decided to create the game and how he developed the rules. He describes how he used the gam...

In this episode, Lisa P. Ramsey , Professor of Law at the University of San Diego School of Law, discusses her new book " Trademarks and Free Speech: Conflicts and Resolutions ," which is published by Cambridge University Press. Ramsey begins by explaining what trademarks are, what they protect, what kind of rights they create, and why they exist. She identifies how trademark law comes into confli...

In this episode, Anna O. Law , professor of political science and the Herbert Kurz Chair of Constitutional Rights at CUNY Brooklyn College , discusses her new book, " Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship: African Americans, Native Americans, and Immigrants ," which is published by Oxford University Press. Law's book tells the story on migration to colonial America, the early American...

In this episode, Jerry Edwards , Associate Professor of Law at West Virginia University College of Law, discusses his draft article " The Reconstructed First Amendment ." Edwards begins by reflecting on why the original understanding of the First Amendment is important in this historical moment. He then explains how the understanding of the First Amendment at the time of its ratification was very...

In this episode, Jon J. Lee , Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research and Frank Elkouri and Edna Asper Elkouri Professor in Law at the University of Oklahoma College of Law, discusses his article " Sanctioning Lawyer-Criminals ," which is published in the Washington and Lee Law Review. Lee begins by explaining how the legal profession regulates itself and disciplines lawyers. He descri...

In this episode, Byron Davies , a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship with the Aresmur research group in aesthetics and art theory at the University of Murcia in Spain, and Addison Ellis , Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the American University in Cairo, discuss their article " Stan Brakhage, Jean-Paul Sartre and Existentialism: Cinema De Trop ," which will be published in the journal Film-Phil...

In this episode, Philip Hackney , Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, discusses his draft article, " Arts Tax Policy: Democracy or Plutocracy? ," which will be published in the Loyola L.A. Law Review. Hackney begins by explaining how the tax code conceptualizes art. Then he explains how the tax code conceptualizes charitable organizations and treats them differently fro...

In this episode, Daniel Schwarcz , Fredrikson & Byron Professor of Law and a Distinguished University Teaching Professor at the University of Minnesota Law School, discusses his draft article " Artificial Intelligence and Human Legal Reasoning ," which he co-authored with Nicholas Bednar , David R. Cleveland , and Allan Erbsen . Schwarcz explains that he and his co-authors wanted to test the c...

In this episode, Jeremy Bearer-Friend , Associate Professor of Law at George Washington University Law School, and Sarah Polcz , Acting Professor of Law at UC Davis School of Law, discuss their article " Sharing the Algorithm: The Tax Solution to Generative AI ," which is published in the Columbia Journal of Tax Law. Bearer-Friend and Polcz begin by outlining some of the social problems associated...

In this episode, Aman Gebru, Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Houston Law Center, discusses his draft article " Truthmarks ," which will be published in the American University Law Review. Gebru begins by explaining the purpose of trademark law and how it protects trademarks. He describes three uses of trademarks that are inconsistent with the policy goals of trademark law of convey...

In this episode, Stephen K. Urice and Simon J. Frankel discuss their book Law, Ethics, and the Visual Arts , the sixth edition of which was just published by Cambridge University Press. Urice and Frankel describe the creation of the book and the academic study of art law by John Henry Merryman, and discuss their own respective background in art law. They explain how the study and practice of art l...

In this episode,  Sam Williams , Associate Professor of Law and Reference and Instruction Librarian at the University of Idaho College of Law discusses several of his articles, including “ The Law is Weirder than AI, ” which was published in 2024 with the Hofstra Law Review, and “ The Jokerfication of Law, ” which was published with Hedgehogs and Foxes. Williams discusses how these pieces she...

In this episode, Christopher T. Brooks , Professor of History at East Stroudsburg University, discusses his work on appellate judicial selection. He explains that state appellate judges are usually either elected or appointed with the advice of nominating committees. He argues that both methods are flawed, and that it would be better for judges to be appointed by elected nominating committees. Bro...

In this episode, Valentin Jeutner , Associate Professor of Law at Lund University and Retained Lecturer in Law at Pembroke College, Oxford University, discusses his book " [l]ex machina: unlikely encounters of international law and technology ," which is published by Lund University. Jeutner begins by introducing listeners to conceptual legal writing, describing its relationship to conceptual art...

In this episode, Sharon Yadin , Senior Lecturer of Law and Regulation at the Yezreel Valley College School of Public Administration and Public Policy , discusses her draft article " The Hidden Nature of Regulation ," which will be published in the Harvard Negotiation Law Review. Yadin begins by describing the conventional bifurcation of regulation into "hard" and "soft" approaches. She observes th...

In this episode, Jorge L. Contreras , Distinguished University Professor, James T. Jensen Endowed Professor for Transactional Law, and Director of the Program on Intellectual Property and Technology Law at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, discusses his draft article "Silly Patents." Contreras begins by describing why patents exist and how the patent system works. He observes tha...

In this episode, Nikola Datzov , Associate Professor of Law at the University of North Dakota School of Law, discusses his article " AI Jurisprudence: Toward Automated Justice ," which will be published in the Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property. Datzov begins by briefly explaining how AI models works and why judicial systems are primed to use them in certain ways. He prov...

In this episode, Mark Edward Blankenship, Jr. , Assistant Professor of Law at St. Thomas University College of Law, discusses his article " Reconsidering the 'Aesthetic Nondiscrimination' Doctrine in American Copyright Law ," which is published in the Berkeley Journal of Entertainment and Sports Law. Blankenship begins by describing the origin of copyright's so-called "aesthetic nondiscrimination"...

In this episode, John Tehranian , Paul W. Wildman Chair and Professor of Law at Southwestern Law School and a founding partner of One LLP , discusses his new book, " The Secret Life of Copyright: Intellectual Property and Inequality in the Age of AI ," which is published by Cambridge University Press. Tehranian begins by describing the critical IP theory movement and how his work fits into that mo...

In this episode, Stephen Cicirelli , a Lecturer of English at Saint Peter’s University, discusses philosophy, literature, and plagiarism. He begins by reflecting on his studies of Kierkegaard, and how it influenced his later work as an author. He describes some of his recent fiction and how it incorporates elements from his study of philosophy. And he explains how he addresses plagiarism and AI as...

In this episode, Thomas Basboll, a resident writing consultant at the Copenhagen Business School and the author of the Inframethodology blog, discusses his work on plagiarism, among other things. Basboll begins by introducing himself. He then discusses a series of articles he wrote on a plagiarism incident in the discipline of critical management studies. He reflects on the reaction to his article...

In this episode, Bill Childs, a partner at Bowman and Brooke LLP and an adjunct professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law , discusses his new casebook " Recreation and Risk ," which is published by Carolina Academic Press. The book provides all the material for a law school class on the law of amusement parks, which covers torts, contracts, insurance, criminal law, and more. Childs begins by exp...

In this episode, Courtney Cox , Associate Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law, discusses her new article " Super-Dicta ," which is published in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. Cox begins by explaining what she means by "super-dicta," then reflects on what the concept can tell us about the judging process and jurisprudence more generally. Here is the abstract: A weird th...

In this episode, Saurabh Vishnubhakat , Professor of Law and Director of the Intellectual Property and Information Law Program at Cardozo School of Law, discusses his draft article " Constitutional Structure in the Patent Office ." Vishnubhakat begins by explaining how the patent application or "prosecution" process works, how the Patent Office adjudication process is structures, and how Patent Of...