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In this episode, Michael Mannheimer , Professor of Law at the Northern Kentucky University Chase College of Law, discusses his article “ Vagueness as Impossibility ,” forthcoming in the  Texas Law Review . Prof. Mannheimer begins by giving an overview and history of the void for vagueness doctrine, focusing on the two traditional rationales for its existence: 1) requiring that statutes, both...

In this episode,  Hilary J. Allen , Associate Professor of Law at American University Washington College of Law, discusses her article  Driverless Finance . Allen discusses how emerging financial technology introduces new systemic risks to our financial system and explains why regulators need to respond quickly to build new tools for our new environment.  Driverless Finance &nb...

In 1955, Emory Cook made a field recording of a burlesque show at Minsky's Theater in Newark, New Jersey. He released the recording as an LP in his "Sounds of Our Times" series on his "Cook Laboratories" label. Among other things it featured an orchestra conducted by Harold Rausch and performance by Marie Voe and Patti Waggin. While the New York Times ran a condescending review of the release, it...

In this episode, Sharon Yadin , Associate Professor of Law at the Peres Academic Center School of Law and a member of the Israel Press Council, discuses her article, " Regulatory Shaming " in Environmental Law, and her two successive articles on regulatory shaming, " Saving Lives Through Shaming " in the Harvard Business Law Review Online and " Shaming Big Pharma " in the Yale Journal on Regulatio...

In this episode, Akshaya Kamalnath , ​incoming Lecturer at the Auckland University of Technology School of Law, discusses her article, " Corporate Insolvency Resolution Law in India – A Proposal to Overcome the ‘Initiation Problem’ " forthcoming in the University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Review. She begins by discussing the history of India's corporate insolvency law, explaining how the experie...

In this episode,  Marie-Amélie George , Assistant Professor of Law at Wake Forest University School of Law discusses her article  Framing Trans Rights . George traces how campaigns for LGBT rights have changed over time and the ways in which strategies that have succeeded at the ballot box do not always capture the full diversity of the Trans community. Her paper is forthcoming...

In this episode, Stephanie Barclay , Associate Professor of Law at the Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School, discusses her article, " First Amendment Categories of Harm ," which will be published in the Indiana Law Journal. Barclay begins by explaining how and why theories of harm can affect the legitimacy of government action. She describes how courts have historically thought abou...

In this episode,  Ann M. Lipton , the Michael Fleishman Associate Professor in Corporate Law & Entrepreneurship at Tulane University Law School discusses her article  Not Everything Is About Investors: The Case For Mandatory Stakeholder Disclosure . Lipton makes the case for a stakeholder-focused disclosure system to bring information of public concern to the public. S...

In this episode, Cynthia Godsoe , Associate Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, discusses her 2017 article " Recasting Vagueness: The Case of Teen Sex Statutes ," which was published in the Washington and Lee Law Review. Prof. Godsoe begins by orienting the listener to the concept of “vaguenets,” broadly written laws punishing common and largely harmless conduct. She then discusses the histor...

In this episode, Mala Chatterjee , a JD/PhD student in philosophy at New York University , fellow at the NYU Law School Engelberg Center for Innovation, Law, and Policy, and visiting fellow at the Yale Law School Information Society Project , discusses her article " Minds, Machines, and the Law: The Case of Volition in Copyright Law ," which she co-authored with Jeanne Fromer of NYU Law, and which...

In this episode, Andy Grewal , Professor of Law at the University of Iowa College of Law, discusses his article " The President's Tax Returns ." Grewal begins by describing his scholarship on Congress's authority to review individual tax return, and his conclusion that Congress should be able to review tax returns only when it has a legitimate legislative purpose. He describes the efforts of House...

In this episode, Stephanie Plamondon Bair , Associate Professor of Law at the Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School, discusses her new article Impoverished IP . She argues that recent debates about using intellectual property systems, especially patent and copyright, as a means for economically empowering those in poverty miss an important mark. In her article, Professor Ba...

In this episode, Heidi Matthews , Assistant Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Nathanson Centre on Transnational Human Rights, Crime and Security at Osgoode Hall Law School at York University, discusses her article "Redeeming Rape: Berlin 1945 and the Making of Modern International Criminal Law," which is a chapter in the book " The New Histories of International Criminal Law: Retrials ," whi...

William Palmer (1824-56) was an English doctor found guilty of murder in one of the most notorious cases of the 19th century. Palmer was also known as the "Prince of Poisoners," and was called "the greatest villain that ever stood in the Old Bailey" by Charles Dickens. In 1856, Palmer was convicted of murdering his friend John Cook by strychnine poisoning in 1855. He was also suspect of poisoning...

In this episode, Michael Nesbitt , Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Calgary Faculty of Law, discusses his article " An Empirical Study of Terrorism Charges and Terrorism Trials in Canada between September 2001 and September 2018 ," which will be published by Criminal Law Quarterly. Nesbitt begins by describing how Canada first adopted terrorism offenses in the wake of September 11,...

In this episode, Lawprofblawg , an anonymous social media personality and law professor, discusses the article " Law Reviews, Citation Counts, and Twitter (Oh My!): Behind the Curtains of the Law Professor’s Search for Meaning ," which was co-authored with Darren Bush and published in the Loyola University Chicago Law Journal. LPB begins by describing the symposium on legal scholarship in the age...

In this episode, Michael Steven Smith , an attorney, former board member at the Center for Constitutional Rights, and the cohost of the nationally broadcast radio show " Law and Disorder ," discusses his new book " Lawyers for the Left: In the Courts, In the Streets, and On the Air ," which is published by OR Books. Smith's book profiles 23 lawyers associated with the political left, including: Ch...

In this episode, Steven Lubet , Edna B. and Ednyfed H. Williams Memorial Professor of Law and Director of the Fred Bartlit Center for Trial Advocacy at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, discusses his book " Interrogating Ethnography: Why Evidence Matters ," which is published by Oxford University Press. Lubet begins by describing ethnography and ethnographic research practices. He ex...

In this episode,  Cathy Hwang , Associate Professor of Law at the University of Utah College of Law, discusses her new article Faux Contracts, forthcoming in the Virginia Law Review. Professor Hwang explains how term sheets function differently than other kinds of contracts. She explains how the corporate merger and acquisition process resembles dating and how important it is for pe...

In this episode, Michalyn Steele , Professor of Law at the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University, discusses her new article “ Indigenous Resilience ,” forthcoming in the Arizona Law Review. Prof. Steele begins the discussion with a discussion of resilience theory and an explanation of how resilience differs from robustness or endurance. She then take the listener through a history...

In this episode, Jessica M. Silbey , Professor of Law and Co-Director, Center for Law, Innovation and Creativity at Northeastern University School of Law, discusses her essay " Photocopier ," which will be included in the book " A History of Intellectual Property in 50 Objects ," edited by Claudy Op Den Kamp and Dan Hunter, and published by Cambridge University Press. Silbey begins by describ...

In this episode, Sarah Wasserman Rajec , Associate Professor of Law at the College of William & Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law, discusses her new article The Property Law Misfit in Patent Law . She argues that in various circumstances, the animating principles of patent law are best served by departing from otherwise frequent reliance on property law analogies. In her article, Pro...

In this episode, Cortney E. Lollar , James and Mary Lassiter Associate Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law, discusses her article "Reviving Criminal Equity," which will be published in the Alabama Law Review. Lollar begin by describing what equity is and how it historically intersected with and moderated the common law. She explains equity's original role in criminal law,...

Scholastic Records published this LP titled " Law: You, the Police, and Justice " in 1968. It consists of documentary recordings of the interactions of juveniles with the police and the criminal justice system, along with an explanatory narration and interviews with police and judges. Among other things, it features a legal aid attorney interviewing a 15-year-old girl who was arrested for looting,...

In this episode,  Anthony Michael Kreis , Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at Chicago-Kent College of Law, Institute for Law and the Workplace, discusses his scholarship on sex-based quarantine rules and other structural barriers that limit women's employment opportunities. He argues that these "defensive glass ceilings" should be prohibited practices under existing employment anti-di...