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More thoughts on the creation of a “Facebook legal privilege”
Broadly speaking, the law protects certain communications from forced disclosure in judicial proceedings. For example, the law recognizes an evidentiary “attorney-client privilege,” which is a legal privilege that protects confidential communications made to an attorney by his client. (In addition, … Continue reading
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Bail
A. Kid bashes car window and then turns himself in the next day: a judge sets his bail at 1/2 million USD. B. Police kill defenseless civilian and enjoy a statutory 10-day “cooling-off” period to get their stories straight (see our post … Continue reading
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Agricultural water consumption
“Almonds are especially thirsty in the southern San Joaquin. But there’s a lucrative overseas market for them so growers have been planting more and more trees. Basically, one almond requires a gallon of water to produce,” writes L.A. Times columnist George Skelton. … Continue reading
Two cheers for Lee Kuan Yew …
A pragmatic politician, a benevolent despot (he was prime minister of polyglot Singapore for 31 years), or … the most influential statesman of our time? (Image courtesy of The Encyclopaedia Britannica.)
Posted in Bayesian Reasoning, Current Affairs, Economics, History, Law, Politics
Tagged Economic Development, Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore
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“Yes, the song was taught to us …”
Are we born racists, or do we learn racism from others? In his letter of apology to his fellow students at the University of Oklahoma, Parker Rice–one of the students expelled from OU for singing this racist and despicable song–confesses that “the song was … Continue reading
Most Valuable Cheater?
According to NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport, “Brady told someone close to him that he works on the footballs all week, then has no idea what happens to them on gameday.” Yeah right … We are still awaiting the results of the NFL’s … Continue reading
Publish or perish …
According to our friend Walter Olson at overlawyered.com: “CNN, NYT, AP, NBC, ABC, the BBC, Guardian, Telegraph, and the CBC, will *not* be running Charlie-Hebdo cartoons, though a number of American publications did so, including Daily Beast, Vox, and Bloomberg. No UK paper on Thursday … Continue reading
Here come the lawyers!
You can read the well-drafted, five-page complaint filed by Judy Huth against Bill Cosby for yourself. Ms Huth’s complaint alleges three causes of actions or legal claims: (1) sexual battery, (2) intentional infliction of emotional distress, and (3) negligent infliction of emotional … Continue reading
The Mission Playground Incident
Does this four-and-one-half-minute video depict a Tragedy of the Commons? Does it falsify or confirm the main tenets of the Coase Theorem? After all, “transaction costs” are low, yet we don’t we see any Coasean bargaining in this situation, or do we …? At last count (12 … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs, Economics, Law
Tagged Coase Theorem, Property Rights, Tragedy of the Commons
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