Legal Theory Blog (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Law as a Moral Idea: A Panel Discussion with author N. E. Simmonds Thursday 3 December 2009 - Thursday 3 December 2009 16.00 Venue: Oxford Law Faculty Gulbenkian Lecture Theatre Organised by Oxford Law Faculty Speakers: Timothy Endicott, John Finnis,...
Times of India (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
NEW DELHI: At the end of a long-winded and traumatic legal battle, 87-year-old Lotika Sarkar got her house back on Thursday as a cornered Nirmal Dhoundial and his family beat a retreat in Delhi High Court. The high court cancelled the ``gift deed'' from the former Delhi University law faculty professor after the Bihar cadre IPS officer and his wife Priti agreed to ``return'' the house in upmarket...
Times of India (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
NEW DELHI: At the end of a long-winded and traumatic legal battle, 87-year-old Lotika Sarkar got her house back on Thursday as a cornered Nirmal Dhoundial and his family beat a retreat in Delhi High Court. The high court cancelled the ``gift deed'' from the former Delhi University law faculty professor after the Bihar cadre IPS officer and his wife Priti agreed to ``return'' the house in upmarket...
Sri Lanka Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
(November 23, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Attorney Ravi Jayawardena will enter politics form the Kaluthara District. The UNP has appointed him as the chief organizer for the Horana II. He is a graduate from the Colombo University Law Faculty and currently practices law.He has worked at the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Constitutional Affairs, and the Ministry of Industrial Development. He...
The Volokh Conspiracy (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
One of the standard defenses of the Socratic method, which I criticized in my last post and here, is adherence to tradition. If American lawprofs have been using the method for decades, there must be something to it. Who are we to question the approach that worked so well for Professor Kingsfield? I am generally [...]
