In this two-part series for Law and Liberty, I explore the historical origins of the so-called “American rule” (each side bears its attorneys’ fees in litigation), and its rest-of-the-world counterpart , the so-called “English rule” (loser pays). Part one is …
Month: May 2018
The Law Schools Are Run by Crazy People
The lunatics are indeed running the asylum. I discuss the ABA’s regulation of the legal academy on the Tom Woods Show (episode 1162). Go ahead and listen.
The Snowflakes Take Charge at UT Law School: Political Correctness Trumps Pedagogy in Constitutional Law I
The first year of law school has traditionally served as a sort of boot camp designed to “toughen up” undisciplined students through a demanding regimen of instruction using the Socratic method. At least that was the model when I attended the University of Texas School of Law four decades ago…
Review of James Fitzjames Stephen’s Liberty, Equality, Fraternity (1873)
Liberty Fund has an excellent catalog of classic works, the above-referenced title among them. Law and Liberty just launched a new feature, consisting of essays featuring some of the gems from the LF catalog. I wrote the inaugural essay, on James Fitzjames Stephen’s Liberty, Equality, Frate…
“Diversifying” the University of Texas
An abridged version of this post appeared in City Journal on May 14 as “Hard Left at UT.” The City Journal version was featured in the Wall Street Journal‘s “Best of the Web.” And it was quoted in a piece by Charlotte Allen in Minding the Campus. The topic of out-of-…
Thank You, Instapundit!
Instapundit pays attention to what is happening at the University of Texas law school, even if Texas’s elected officials do not.
Something is Amiss at UT Law School
I have great affection for my alma mater, the University of Texas School of Law, and am grateful for the excellent, affordable, and life-changing education I received there. I have previously reminisced about my student years (here and here), and from time to time have also offered some construct…
Kevin Gutzman’s Illuminating Look at Thomas Jefferson
Historian Kevin Gutzman’s latest book, Thomas Jefferson–Revolutionary: A Radical’s Struggle to Remake America, is a fascinating look at a Founding Father whose role is often relegated to “author of the Declaration of Independence.” Jefferson was much more than…
Who Runs the Legal Academy?
Law schools are becoming social justice academies, and the pursuit of “diversity and inclusion” is the Orwellian excuse for imposing conformity, identity politics, and leftist Groupthink. In Law and Liberty, I began a series of articles on the legal academy, beginning with this post. …