Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol
Tiger King Business Law Syllabus (Fall 2020)
Here it is! (Pictured below are the first two pages of my new syllabus.)
The family resemblance of national symbols
Thinkers as diverse as Ludwig Wittgenstein, Thomas Kuhn, and Umberto Eco have used the concept of “family resemblance” to describe similarities among different objects/activities, so why not apply this concept to flags as well, such as those of Cuba 🇨🇺 … Continue reading
Advanced Topics: A Preview of Class #2
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
Advanced Topics: Intro to the Course
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
Self-defense or attempted murder?
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
Syllabus for Advanced Topics in Law
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…
Classroom democracy
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
Today is Paris Liberation Day
(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.
Tactics in law
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

