It is a quiet Saturday morning in Victoria BC, and I find myself sitting at the kitchen table, Oishik Sircar’s book Violent Modernities: Cultural Lives of Law in the New
India open in front of me. It is a beautiful book, one whose insights continue to linger with me. It is unconventional in some ways, […] [...]
(image source: Saxo) Abstract: This book considers crime in Norfolk during the Victorian era. Although a companion volume to the author's earlier book on the criminal justice
system in the same part of East Anglia, it can be read entirely independently of that work. [...]
We are now 25% of the way through Fall 2025 law school admissions season. The number of law school applicants reported by LSAC is up 26% compared to last year at this time:
185 of the 196 law schools are experiencing an increase in applications. Applications are up +40% or... [...]
Carlo A. Pedrioli (Southern), Exploring Conflict over the Professor's Role in U.S. Legal Education: Theory v. Practice (Carolina Academic Press 2024): In the United States,
the professionalization of the role of the law professor began in the late nineteenth century and continued into the twentieth century, occurring along with the... [...]
Brian Riedl (Manhattan Institute), 2024 Chart Book Examines Spending, Taxes, and Deficits: With Washington pushing deficits nearing $2 trillion, the Manhattan Institute’s
Brian Riedl has released the 2024 edition of his book of charts examining the federal budget, spending, taxes, and deficits. [...]
We are proud to launch our new podcast "Human Rights Tracks" with an episode on combatting torture featuring CHREN postdoctoral researcher Dr Janina Heaphy. Janina’s research
predominantly revolves around diplomacy, security studies and human rights with one of my projects exploring for instance strategic accountability campaigns against [...]
Saturday: This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts NY Times Op-Ed: Universities Like Yale Need A Reckoning Morrow Presents The Income Tax As A Market Correction At Boston
College Sunday: NY Times Op-Ed: I Believe in Miracles. Just Not All of Them. Remembering Humility As A Virtue In Our... [...]
(Image source: Chartes d'Occitanie) (Image source: Chartes d'Occitanie) Le site Chartes d’Occitanie (here) a pour objectif de mettre à la disposition des médiévistes des
bases de données et de textes sur la documentation juridique de la France méridionale : chartes de coutumes, actes de la pratique, inventaires et autres formes [...]
