Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

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About F. E. Guerra-Pujol

When I’m not blogging, I am a business law professor at the University of Central Florida.

Spanish language map of the Americas

Posted on January 23, 2015 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Props to Homesanto (via reddit) for the pointer.

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“Rule 2 The Ball”

Posted on January 22, 2015 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Check out the current version of Rule 2 of the official NFL Rulebook (edited by us for brevity): BALL DIMENSIONS (Sec. 1) The Ball must be a “Wilson,” hand selected, bearing the signature of the Commissioner of the League, Roger Goodell. The … Continue reading →

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Recursive Clock

Posted on January 22, 2015 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol
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Optimal sanctions (New England Patriots edition)

Posted on January 21, 2015 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

What is the optimal penalty for cheating in sports? Take the current controversy involving the New England Patriots, for example. While we sympathize with Michael Wilbon’s (co-host of our favorite TV show “Pardon the Interruption”) drastic position that the New England … Continue reading →

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Economies of scale …

Posted on January 21, 2015 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Did you know that only twelve voice actors have played over 100 cartoon characters on The Simpsons? (In the future, we wouldn’t mind seeing a graph plotting the amount of words or air time allocated to each character.)

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Compare and contrast

Posted on January 20, 2015 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

You may have heard the U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to decide a set of same-sex marriage cases. (See here and here, for example. You may file this tidbit under “deciding to decide.”) Let’s compare and contrast the constitutional questions presented in these pending gay marriage … Continue reading →

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New York City Noise Complaints

Posted on January 19, 2015 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Check out this data-driven essay in The New Yorker describing the spatial and temporal distribution of noise complaints in New York City. Here is an excerpt of Ben Wellington’s excellent essay: In New York, there are two kinds of noise: the sounds … Continue reading →

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Spring 2015 Business Law reading list (honors section)

Posted on January 17, 2015 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Readings. Our textbook is Richard A Epstein’s Simple Rules for a Complex World. In addition, we will read several classic legal essays this semester, including our all-time favorites “The Path of the Law” by Oliver Wendell Holmes and Federalist Paper #10 (on factions). Law … Continue reading →

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The Kingdom of Physics

Posted on January 16, 2015 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Props to kottke for the pointer. More info about this strange map via Quantum Pontiff.

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“Let’s make a (marijuana) deal …”

Posted on January 15, 2015 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Check out this Bloomberg Business video “Why Peter Thiel’s fund is investing in marijuana” and Andrew Ross Sorkin’s thoughtful essay in The New York Times exploring the ethics of investing in the marijuana industry. Sorkin reports that “legal marijuana businesses raised $104 million in … Continue reading →

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