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"Borat" Lawsuits Unsuccessful
Good news for "Borat" (and for "Bruno," who will apparently be featured in Sasha Baron Cohen's next movie) -- every case filed to date by people unhappy with the way they were depicted in the film has been dismissed. The...Good news for "Borat" (and for "Bruno," who will apparently be featured in...
Creeping consequentialism and insidious economics, part II
Thanks to those who posted thoughtful comments on my earlier post. There are many reasons why the methodology that I critiqued, a comprehensive balancing of positive and negative consequences, is problematic. And the comments pick up on a number of these. First, not all consequences should matter...
Atlanta Litigation and Regulatory Law â?? Robbins Law, LLC.
Robbins Law, LLC, a Georgia Litigation and Regulatory law firm has just launched a new web site. RobbinsLaw LLC was founded with a very straight-forward business model â?? a focus on only litigation and regulatory law. They continue to provide legal services at the very highest quality, but at the ...
Creeping consequentialism and insidious economics, part I
OK, the title is hyperbolic. But here is what troubles me. You are teaching or analyzing legal rule A. Suppose rule A seems to express an underlying standard of undesirable or impermissible conduct C. For example, the legal rule is: "D must pay compensatory damages to P when D's unreasonably risky...
Road Rage Getting Medieval
While there are far too many road-rage incidents involving firearms, it is heartening to know that in at least some cases, men are still using the more honorable melee weapons with which their forefathers brutalized each other, back when "road...While there are far too many road-rage...
