Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

In his classic book The Common Law, the father of legal realism Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. famously said, “The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience.” In summary, the Common Law refers to a body … Continue reading →

And now, back to our regularly-scheduled blogging …

If so, then why hasn’t the IRS prosecuted Trump for tax fraud yet? There are two possible reasons. One is that the line between tax evasion (illegal, if you get caught) and tax avoidance (generally legal) is not always clear. … Continue reading →

This song is about a lost love, but for me, I always think of the Caribbean island of Cuba, the magical archipelago of my ancestors, whenever I listen to this beautiful song because my long lost love is Cuba.

Corporate Governance with Bayesian Voting: The Case of Facebook’s New Supreme Court F. E. Guerra-Pujol, University of Central Florida Mark Zuckerberg recently established an ostensibly-independent Oversight Board or private court (“the Facebook Supreme Court”) with the power to review some … Continue reading →

Today (Sept. 26) is National Love Note Day! Or was it yesterday? Either way, this is for you.

As I mentioned in my previous post, Class #5 is devoted to the Trolley Problem–a classic moral dilemma in which we must make a split-second decision whether to save five innocent lives at the cost of one innocent life. Generally … Continue reading →

I will provide an overview of my next class session in Advanced Topics in Law (Class #5), which will be devoted to the trolley problem, in the next day or two. Today, however, I would like to say one more … Continue reading →

Update (9/25): Professor Landsburg wrote up a thoughtful and excellent explanation of his position here (see comment #12). Because I am busy preparing for two different talks this weekend and two sets of law lectures thereafter (one on Monday; the … Continue reading →