Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

As part of my course of graduate studies at Rollins College, I was assigned all 24 chapters of Caroline Alexander’s new translation of the ancient Greek epic poem The Iliad, so I will be spending most of the upcoming holiday … Continue reading →

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessions_(Augustine) Time out! Today (28 August) is the Feast Day of Saint Augustine or the “Solemnity of Saint Augustine”. To commemorate Augustine’s life and work, here is his Wikipedia page as well as his Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP) page. … Continue reading →

Last week, I mentioned that attorney Derrick Valkenburg and I would be exploring the natural law origins of affirmative defenses. We also posted some introductory materials to get the ball rolling, including the Wikipedia entry for “affirmative defense” (see here) as … Continue reading →

I “shazamed” this song earlier this summer, while I was dining at a steakhouse on Calle Thames in the Palermo neighborhood of Buenos Aires, La Carniceria.

Last Saturday (8/17), I featured two college courses as well as a law school seminar: (1) Taylor Swift and Her World, (2) Forbidden Courses, and (3) Jurisprudence. Via Twitter, below are two more syllabi that have caught my attention: Moral … Continue reading →

I will resume my series on “natural law affirmative defenses” in the next day or two; in the meantime, click on the cartoon below to enlarge.

Following up on my previous post, below is a laundry list (in alphabetical order) of affirmative defenses; source: Rule 8(c)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: • accord and satisfaction • arbitration and award • assumption of risk • … Continue reading →

According to Wikipedia (links in the original), “An affirmative defense to a civil lawsuit or criminal charge is a fact or set of facts other than those alleged by the plaintiff or prosecutor which, if proven by the defendant, defeats or mitigates the … Continue reading →

A = Ten Great Papers to Expand Your Econ Frameworks (or see below the fold); B = Ludwig von Mises and the Six Lessons of the Austrian Economic School (ditto)