Ipse Dixit

In this episode, Guy A. Rub , Professor of Law at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, discusses his extensive scholarship on artist's resale royalties. Among other things, he discusses his article " The Unconvincing Case for Resale Royalties ," as well as a new article in progress explaining why the 9th Circuit's recent opinion in Close v. Sotheby's holding that the California Resale...

In this episode, Jake Linford , Associate Professor of Law at Florida State University College of Law, discusses his scholarship on how linguistic theory can inform our understanding of trademark doctrine, especially the so-called "hierarchy of marks." Among other things, he touches on his papers " Are Trademarks Ever Fanciful? ", " The False Dichotomy Between Suggestive and Descriptive Trademarks...

In this episode, Eric E. Johnson , Associate Professor of Law at the University of Oklahoma College of Law, discusses his Museum of Intellectual Property , which comprises a collection of artifacts that were the subject of intellectual property litigation, or illuminate the history of intellectual property. As he explains on the museum's website, "The project of the Museum of Intellectual Property...

In this episode, Yxta Maya Murray , Professor of Law at Loyola Law School Los Angeles, discusses her provocative articles " 'FEMA Has Been a Nightmare:' Epistemic Injustice in Puerto Rico " and " Draft of a Letter of Recommendation to the Honorable Alex Kozinski, Which I Guess I'm Not Going to Send Now ." In addition to being a law professor, Murray is also an essayist and novelist, and her litera...

In this episode, Todd J. Zywicki , Foundation Professor of Law at the George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School, discusses his provocative scholarship on the history and regulation of consumer credit. Zywicki begins by explaining the origins of both modern consumer credit and consumer credit scholarship in the 1920s. Then he discusses the gradual emergence of other forms of consumer credit...

In this episode, Erin L. Thompson , Associate Professor of Art Crime at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, discusses her important and amusing article " 'Official Fakes: The Consequences of Governmental Treatment of Forged Antiquities as Genuine during Seizures, Prosecutions, and Repatriations ." Thompson is one of the foremost American experts on art crime . In thi...

In this episode, Antonia Eliason , Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Mississippi School of Law, discusses her fascinating article " Lillian McMurry and the Blues Contracts of Trumpet Records ," which uses primary source archival research to tell a serious of important stories about the social history of the Mississippi blues through the contractual and personal relationships between...

In this episode, Kimberly D. Krawiec , Kathrine Robinson Everett Professor of Law at Duke University School of Law , discusses her scholarship on "repugnant markets" or "taboo trades," including prostitution and kidneys. Listeners might be interested in her papers " If We Pay Football Players, Why Not Kidney Donors? "; " If We Allow Football Players and Boxers to Be Paid for Entertaining the Publi...

In this episode, Omri Rachum-Twaig discusses his new book " Copyright Law and Derivative Works: Regulating Creativity ," just published by Routledge. In his book, Omri uses insights from creativity studies and genre theory to explain how copyright law should think about originality and the creation of works of authorship. Keywords:  Copyright, Genre, Derivative Works, Idea/Expression, Origina...

In this episode, Rebecca Giblin , Associate Professor at Monash University Law, discusses her paper " A New Copyright Bargain: Reclaiming Lost Culture and Getting Authors Paid ," which was recently published by the Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts . In her paper, Giblin expands on her previous work, including the book " What If We Could Reimagine Copyright? " Among other things, she explains...

In this episode, Professor Enrique Guerra-Pujol of the University of Central Florida College of Business discusses his paper " Gödel's Loophole ." When logician and mathematician Kurt Gödel applied for United States citizenship, he claimed to have discovered a logical flaw in the United States Constitution that would make a dictatorship possible. Unfortunately, no one ever recorded the logical fla...

In this episode, Professor Eric J. Segall of Georgia State University of College of Law discusses his new book, Originalism as Faith . Segall's book describes the historical development of the concept of judicial review, and how the modern concept of "originalism" emerged in the 1980s, as a way of limiting judicial discretion. He then explains how "new originalism" and "new-new originalism" have d...

Valena E. Beety, Professor of Law at West Virginia University College of Law and Director of the West Virginia Innocence Project, discusses her draft paper "The Overdose/Homicide Epidemic." Beety explains that many states allow prosecutors to charge drug overdose deaths as homicides, if the drugs were provided by someone else, often with mandatory minimum sentences as long as 20 years. And she obs...

In this episode, Professor Ramsi Woodcock of the University of Kentucky College of Law discusses his paper " The Efficient Queue and the Case Against Dynamic Pricing ." Keywords: Antitrust, Monopolization, Dynamic Pricing, Consumer Welfare, Sherman Act, Algorithms, Rationing, Technology, Economic Rent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.