Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

We’ve just read Frederick Schauer’s review of Randy Kozel’s excellent book “Settled Versus Right: A Theory of Precedent,” Cambridge University Press, 2017. (Schauer’s paper is provocatively titled “On treating unalike cases alike” and is posted on SSRN here. Hat tip: … Continue reading →

Note: This is our penultimate post on Allen & Pardo’s paper “Relative plausibility and its critics.” We defined subjective probability in terms of “degrees of belief” in our previous post. Here, we will consider Ron Allen and Mike Pardo’s relative … Continue reading →

Note: This post is part 8 of our review of Ron Allen & Mike Pardo’s paper “Relative plausibility and its critics.” If you are already familiar with the subjectivist ideas of Frank Ramsey (1931) and Bruno de Finetti (1974), you … Continue reading →

Note: This post is part 7 of our extended review of Allen & Pardo’s new paper on juridical proof “Relative plausibility and its critics.” We replied to the pesky conjunction problem in our previous post. Today, we will discuss the … Continue reading →

Note: This post is part 6 of our ongoing review of Allen & Pardo’s explanatory account of juridical proof. We have been reviewing Ron Allen and Mike Pardo’s excellent paper, “Relative plausibility and its critics.” We agree with their critique … Continue reading →

As the infographic below shows, there are various ways of using law to reduce a harm or “negative externality,” to use the lingo of economics. These methods include (1) flat out prohibition, (2) Pigovian taxes, (3) contracts, and (4) doing … Continue reading →

That is the title of my review of Randy Kozel’s excellent book “Settled Versus Right: A Theory of Precedent.” My essay is now posted on SSRN, the first page of which is included below:

We’ve been meaning to write up a scholarly critique of Richard Delgado’s law review article titled “A plea for narrative,” which was published in the pages of the Michigan Law Review, vol. 87 (1989), pp. 2411-2441. (Professor Delgado’s classic paper … Continue reading →