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Wealth is a value
Legal philosopher Ronald Dworkin once asked, “Is wealth a value?” Isn’t the answer obvious?
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The division of labor is limited by the extent of the market (Boeing 787 Dreamliner edition)
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There are six different “European Unions”
As the map below shows, the E.U. is not a single transnational entity but rather is composed of six separate European alliances.
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Class No. 6 (The Law of Ideas)
During the previous two weeks, we have surveyed two major areas of business law: contracts and torts. In summary, the law of contracts tells us when our promises are legally enforceable, while the law of torts tells us when we … Continue reading
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I have another reason for hating Microsoft
We have been using Google’s gmail service since 2006, so we have always hated the hideous Microsoft Outlook (see here, for example) by comparison. Last week, my home institution switched over to “Microsoft Surface,” an even more complicated and cumbersome … Continue reading
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Social network playlist (part 1)
If you have been following this blog, then you know that we have been using the movie “The Social Network” (and the book “Accidental Billionaires” on which the film is based) to teach our business law course. What you may … Continue reading
Why are abstracts of law review articles so damn long?
Years ago, we blogged on the state of legal scholarship by posing the following question: why are modern law reviews so dull, tedious, and boring? The problem is that most law review articles today are way too long and have … Continue reading
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Emancipation Proclamation
In honor of Honest Abe’s birthday today (2/12), we pose the following essay question regarding the Emancipation Proclamation, one of the most famous executive orders of all time. Was President Lincoln’s historic proclamation constitutional? That is, did Lincoln have the … Continue reading
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Square-Mile Street Network Visualization Project
As part of his PhD dissertation in urban planning, Geoff Boeing has developed a computer program that visualizes one-square mile of the road network of any major city in the world. (Check out his cool website here.) By way of … Continue reading
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prior probability 