Ipse Dixit

On March 2, 1974, a group of antitrust scholars met at the Airlie House in Warrenton, Virginia, and changed the consensus position on United States antitrust policy. "The Day Antitrust Died?" is a special feature of the Ipse Dixit podcast, hosted by Ramsi Woodcock and Brian L. Frye , examining that historical moment. In this episode, we interview Daniel Crane , Frederick Paul Furth Sr. Professor o...

In this interview, Ryan Mosley , an associate at Pillersdorf, DeRossett & Lane , provides an introduction to Social Security administrative hearings. He begins by describing the different kinds of relief available from the the Social Security Administration and what qualifications are required for each. Then he describes the process of a Social Security hearing, what an applicant will have to...

In this episode, Elizabeth L. Rosenblatt , Visiting Professor of Law at UC Davis School of Law, discusses her article " Fair Use as Resistance ," which was published in the UC Irvine Law Review. Rosenblatt begins by describing the relationship between copyright and fair use, and how copyright creates a hierarchy of producer/deriver/user. Then she explains how literary theory upends that hierarchy,...

In this episode, Gregory Shill , Associate Professor of Law at the University of Iowa College of Law, discusses his article " Should Law Subsidize Driving? ," which will be published by the NYU Law Review. Shill begins by describing the terrible toll that automobiles inflict on America every year: 93,000 deaths (40,000 in crashes and another 53,000 killed prematurely by vehicle emissions), million...

Herbert Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980) was a Canadian philosopher and media theorist. After graduating from the University of Manitoba and Cambridge, he taught at several different schools, before landing at the University of Toronto. He became internationally known when he published his book Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man (1964), and coined the catchphrase, "The Medium is the Message."...

In this episode, Sarah Burstein , Professor of Law at the University of Oklahoma College of Law, discusses her article, " The Patented Design ," which was published in the Tennessee Law Review. Burstein begins by explaining what "design" is and how it relates to design patents. She describes the elements of a design patent, how they work, and the competing arguments about what they should cover. S...

In this episode, Jeff Kosseff , Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity Law at the United States Naval Academy, discusses his new book, " The Twenty-Six Words That Created the Internet ," which is published by Cornell University Press. Kosseff begins by describing the origin of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which exempts internet service provides from liability for third-party conten...

In this episode, Dr. Claudy Op Den Kamp , Senior Lecturer in Film and faculty member at the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and Management at Bournemouth University, discusses the book " A History of Intellectual Property in 50 Objects ," which she edited with Dan Hunter of Swinburne Law School, and which will be published by Cambridge University Press . The book consists of 50 essays by a...

In this episode, Ilan Wurman , Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, discusses his book " A Debt Against the Living: An Introduction to Originalism ," which is published by Cambridge University Press. Wurman begins by describing the premises of originalism, the constitutional theory holding that the Constitution should be underst...

In this episode, Maureen E. Brady , Associate Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law, discusses her article " Property and Projection ," which will be published in the Harvard Law Review. Brady notes the increasingly popular practice of projecting unflattering images and information onto physical property, and observes that property owners have had little success with claims...

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) was an Indian activist who led the Indian independence movement against British colonial rule. He became known for his advocacy of nonviolent civil disobedience to achieve political goals, and inspired civil rights movements around the world. In 1948, Gandhi was assassinated by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu nationalist, who fired three bullets into Gandhi's chest....

In this episode, Rachel Moran , Assistant Professor of Law at the University of St. Thomas School of Law, discusses her article " Police Privacy ," which will be published in the UC Irvine Law Review. Moran observes that in many states, including California and New York, records of police misconduct are not subject to records requests, or access is very limited. Access to these records is essentia...

Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (1900-1965) was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat. Stevenson graduated from Northwestern University School of Law in 1926, practiced law at Cutting, Moore & Sidley in Chicago, and then got into politics during the Roosevelt administration. He was elected Governor of Illinois, serving from 1949 to 1953, and received the Democratic Party's nomination for presi...

In this episode, James Y. Stern , Associate Professor of Law at William & Mary Law School, discusses his article "Intellectual Property & the Myth of Nonrivalry." Stern begins by describing the conventional economic theory of property and public goods, and how it structures the prevailing view of intellectual property among legal scholars in the United States. Specifically most scholars as...

In this episode, Josh Blackman , Associate Professor of Law at the South Texas College of Law Houston, discusses his article " The Irrepressible Myths of Cooper v. Aaron ," which will be published in the Georgetown Law Journal. Blackman begins by explaining what happened in the Supreme Court case Cooper v. Aaron and describing the historical context in which the case was decided, as the Supreme Co...

On June 10, 1953, The Mutual radio network broadcast and episode of The FBI in Peace and War titled "The Traveling Man." The story revolves around a callow mob soldier and his young wife. The soldier betrays his boss, steals a car, and flees with his wife. His bosses goons catch him, but the FBI is on the case. In 1972, the Radiola Company of Croton-on-Hudson, NY re-released the program as the B-s...

In this episode, Paul Gowder , Professor of Law at the University of Iowa College of Law, discusses his article " Reconstituting We the People: Frederick Douglass and Jurgen Habermas in Conversation ," which will be published in the Northwestern University Law Review. Gowder begins by describing conventional constitutional theory and explaining why internal contradictions make its theory of legiti...

In this episode, Benjamin Edwards , Associate Professor of Law at the University of Nevada Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law, discusses his article " The Professional Prospectus: A Call for Effective Professional Disclosure ," which was published in the Washington & Lee Law Review. Edwards explains how information asymmetry makes it hard for consumers to evaluate the quality of professio...

In this episode, Christopher Odinet , Associate Professor of Law and Affiliate Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship at the University of Oklahoma College of Law, discusses his new book, " Foreclosed: Mortgage Servicing and the Hidden Architecture of Homeownership in America ," which is published by Cambridge University Press. Odinet begins by describing how the mortgage industry worked before t...

This is the oral argument from Eldred v. Ashcroft , 537 U.S. 186 (2003). Here is the summary from Oyez: Facts of the case Under the Copyright and Patent Clause of the Constitution, Article 1, section 8, "Congress shall have Power...to promote the Progress of Science...by securing [to Authors] for limited Times...the exclusive Right to their...Writings." In the 1998 Copyright Term Extension Act (CT...

In this episode, Will Slauter , Associate Professor at Université Paris Diderot, discusses his new book, " Who Owns the News?: A History of Copyright ," which is published by Stanford University Press. Slauter begins by explaining that the question, "Who owns the news?" has had different answers at different points in time. He describes the history of the news, beginning in 16th century England, a...

In this episode, Katherine Macfarlane , Associate Professor of Law at the University of Idaho College of Law, discusses her work on how disabilities affect law students and lawyers, and how we can better accommodate people with disabilities. She begins by explaining the legal obligations that law schools and law firms have to accommodate people with disabilities under the Americans with Disabiliti...

In this episode, Stephanie Hoffer , Professor of Law at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, discusses her article " Making the Law More ABLE: Reforming Medicaid for Disability ," which was published in the Ohio State Law Journal. Hoffer begins by describing how the ADA requires the federal and state governments to provide financial assistance to people with disabilities, and how that...

On April 11, 1951, NBC radio broadcast "Mr. District Attorney Solves 'The Case of the Money Machine.'" Here are the liner notes: 5256. Mr. District Attorney. April 11, 1951. NBC net. "The Case Of The Money Machine". Sponsored by: Vitalis, Sal Hepatica, Bufferin. A former worker in a mental hospital breaks in and steals one of the inmates who happens to be a mathematical genius. An act in the carni...

In this episode, Peter Karol , Professor of Law at New England Law Boston, discusses his article " Permissive Certificates: Collectors of Art as Collectors of Permissions ," which will appear in the Washington Law Review. Karol begins by describing certificates of authenticity and how they are used in the art market. Then he explains what conceptual art is and how conceptual artists use certificat...