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Covers topics such as social science approaches to law and legal institutions, legal doctrine and legal policy implementation, and profession issues for academics. Highlights research and academic news.
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Data Notes: New at ICPSR
Posted on February 06, 200920357 Reducing Violent Crime and Firearms Violence in Indianapolis, Indiana, 2003-2005 http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR20357 20360 Sexual Assault Among Intimates in Houston, Texas, 2003 http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR20360 20740 National Evaluation of Prison Industry Enhancement Certification Program (PIECP), 1996-2003 [United States] http://dx...
End of Rego II?
Posted on February 03, 2009The nominee for Chief Performance Officer/Czar withdraws. Shortly after her appointment, the Associated Press reported that Killefer had a tax lien placed on her house by the D.C. government because of a failure to pay unemployment taxes on household help...
? and Salaries are Frozen at Many Top NY Law Firms
Posted on January 29, 2009From the NYT: In mid-December, the legal profession was taken aback when Latham & Watkins, considered a market leader, announced that it would keep 2009 associate salaries at their 2008 levels. At least 20 large firms nationwide have since done the same...
Race and Ethnicity in Parole Decisions
Posted on January 28, 2009Huebner and Bynum in the journal Criminology (200 : The study found that Black offenders spent a longer time in prison awaiting parole compared with White offenders. The racial and ethnic differences remained as an influence on parole decisionmaking after controlling for legal, various individual demographic, and community characteristics...
News of the obvious: Wall Street bonuses down this year
Posted on January 28, 2009So sayeth (or reporteth) the estimable Gawker Blog. Of course, this will have detrimental ripple effects for the citizens of New York. But, on the other hand, they’ll gain the psychic benefits of watching Wall Street millionaires lose their ridiculous lifestyles...
Regulatory Czar Sunstein
Posted on January 27, 2009I was on a self-inflicted media fast last week, so I missed talking about this one: Sunstein to be the new “regulatory czar”. Anyone wanting a paper trail can easily find it. He’s a maverick, having backed John Graham when Bush nominated him in 2001...
CAFE Standards to Change
Posted on January 26, 2009First big environmental/energy move by the new president. President Obama will direct regulators to move swiftly on an application by 14 states to set strict automobile emissions and fuel efficiency standards. Which brings up my fave in-class movie: HR 6161: AN ACT OF CONGRESS...
DOJ Antitrust
Posted on January 26, 2009Al Kamen says: Christine Varney is the new head of DOJ Antitrust. Here’s what wiki says about Varney. Does Antitrust Policy Improve Consumer Welfare? We find no evidence that antitrust policy in the areas of monopolization, collusion, and mergers has provided much benefit to consumers and, in some instances, we find evidence that it may have lowered consumer [...
?Right? said who? Academic hotness rankings
Posted on January 25, 2009The iconic early nineties musical act “Right Said Fred” proclaimed that “I”m too sexy” for various things in their spoof of the fashion industry (or were they totally serious? Who knows.) But who is the hottest academic discipline? And, what are they too sexy for? Recent blog posts on the esteemed The Monkey Cage and Crooked [...
Blundering constables
Posted on January 15, 2009The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Herring v. United States essentially brings to bear the axiom of Justice Benjamin Cardozo, stated so many years ago, that the criminal should not go free because he constable has blundered. Cardozo essentially saw a disconnect between the right and the remedy...
Props to the puppies!
Posted on January 12, 2009Last night, Mickey Roarke won the Golden Globe for best actor for his work in “The Wrestler.” While people may have conflicting views of what kind of guy he is off screen, he won big points with me by paying tribute to man’s best friend in his acceptance speech...
Presidential Researchers 1, Bush Administration 0 (for now)
Posted on January 12, 2009A little bird just told me this: The House of Representative just passed legislation (H.R. 35) by a vote of 359-58 to overturn a Bush E.O. and help researchers gain access to presidential records.
Miller-McCune
Posted on January 11, 2009I understand (and maybe even respect) the whole idea behind Miller-McCune: to offer a “Scientific American”-type of outlet for the social science/policy analysis community. That said, the headline “Winter beach reading for the vacationing wonk” on this month’s print issue cover is just wrong in so many ways...
Today in Presidential History: Up in Smoke Edition
Posted on January 11, 20091.11.1964: The Surgeon General releases the first report saying that smoking may be dangerous to your health. President-elect Obama says he will quit. Soon.
Today in Presidential History: 60 Minutes Edition
Posted on January 10, 20091.10.2005: CBS fires three for their roles in the Bush/National Guard scandal at 60 Minutes. Here’s the Terence Smith report on the scandal. Mary Mapes is now occasional blogger at the Huffington Post.
On Perceptions of Corruption
Posted on January 10, 2009Steve Van de Walle’s new paper on corruption called “Perceptions of Corruption as Distrust? Cause and Effect in Attitudes Towards Government” is now abstracted on SSRN. The paper is gated, so I’m flying blind here, but I’m struck by his abstract: In this paper we criticise the use of general perceptions of corruption as indicators [...
RFP: Southern Africa: Transforming Community-Based Natural Resource Management
Posted on January 10, 2009From HED: HED expects to make one (1) award of up to $600,000 for a three-year higher education partnership. This partnership will enhance community-based natural resource management education in southern African higher education institutions in at least three southern Africa countries, potentially including but not limited to: Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, South Africa and Zimbabwe...
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