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My next public speaking engagement

Two weeks from today (Friday, 27 October), three of my colleagues — Seema Mohapatra, Michael Morley, and Dan O’Gorman — and I will get together to speak about the life and legacy of the great North American jurist Oliver Wendell … Continue reading

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*The Final Witness*

That is the title of this new book about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. As it happens, I already blogged about this new work, which finally hit bookstores earlier this week (see here or below), so I just … Continue reading

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Happy 21st Birthday, Kleber!

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Monday music: *Regards from Bahia*

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Gödel’s Loophole in outer space

As I mentioned in my previous post, I was invited to present my work on “Outer Space Justice” at the LatCrit 2023 Biennial Conference, which is taking place this weekend. By coincidence, my colleague and new friend Dean Spade gave … Continue reading

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Taxonomy of railroad cars

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Ludwig Wittgenstein, toy models, and the law

As a follow-up to my previous post, I did some further digging and discovered that the toy cars and dolls used way back in 1914 in a Paris courtroom to re-enact a transit accident–i.e. the miniature model that influenced Wittgenstein’s … Continue reading

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*Pictures, Models, and Measures*

That is the title of this beautiful paper by Susan G. Sterrett, who teaches philosophy of science at Wichita State University. (Although Professor Sterrett presented this paper as early as 2015 at a symposium on “Wittgenstein’s ’Picture Theory’’, it was … Continue reading

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