Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Class #2 will be devoted to “The Blue Bus Problem” from the law of evidence. Harvard law professor Larry Tribe formulated this famous proof paradox over five decades ago as follows: “Plaintiff is negligently run down by a blue bus. … Continue reading →

This week, I taught two sections of Advanced Business Law Topics, a graduate-level course. One section was via Zoom (60+ students); the other was in person (14 students). Class #1 in both sections consisted of an introduction to the course, … Continue reading →

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (Who guards the guardians?) Why hasn’t the name of the policeman who shot Jacob Blake been released yet, and why hasn’t he even been arrested, let alone charged? Is the Kenosha Police Department above the law? … Continue reading →

Originally posted on prior probability:
I am teaching a course on “Advanced Business Law Topics” in the fall. Here is a link to my new syllabus (updated again on 8/24). Instead of assigning a textbook, I have decided to devote…

Updated (8/27, 9:30 PM): This semester, I am asking my students to choose the theme of their business law survey course: “Tiger King” or “The Social Netwtork”, Joe Exotic or Mark Zuckerberg, big cats or social media. So far, a … Continue reading →

(And my birthday!) On this day in 1944 the Allies liberated Paris from the Nazis, a major victory and symbolic turning point in the Second World War.

Following up on my previous post (“Tactics versus strategy”), I will focus on the meaning of “tactics” in this post. In the world of chess, tactics refer to the specific sequences of one’s moves, such as a “fork,” a chess … Continue reading →

“Tactics is knowing what to do when there is something to do. Strategy is knowing what to do when there is nothing to do.” Discuss. For my part, one of the things I love about this aphorism–which is attributed to … Continue reading →

My wife’s paternal grandmother Mrs Doris Robinson died earlier this month. Before she went to Heaven, our matriarch published a family memoir titled “Only God Can Make a Tree.” The cover and first page of her beautiful book are pictured … Continue reading →