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Quote Du Jour: Usage Which is Reasonable Generates Usage Which is Unreasonable
Blowhard, Esq. writes: The usages which a particular community is found to have adopted in its infancy and in its primitive seats are generally those which are on the whole best suited to promote its physical and moral well-being; and, if … Continue reading
Primer on Refugee Law
Fenster writes: No, Fenster is not doing a primer on refugee law. He can only comment as a rank amateur on what looks like a good primer (thanks to the highly credible Volokh Conspiracy for the link). The primer, written … Continue reading
The Law West of the Pecos
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Click on the image to enlarge. Judge Roy Bean, known as the “Law West of the Pecos,” holding court in the town of Langtry, Texas in 1900. Pictured is the trial of a horse thief. The courthouse doubled … Continue reading
Sovereign Citizens & Paper Terrorism
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Time for a little hatethink, you guys! Did you hear the story about the dude in Ohio going around trying to steal peoples’ homes? He claimed the owners, some of whom were on vacation, had abandoned them and … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Economics
Tagged Hatethink, law, paper terrorism, Sovereign Citizens, The Cathedral
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Linkage
Blowhard, Esq. writes: A photo gallery of airships. Which country do you really belong in? Take this 31-question yes/no quiz to find out. I got Croatia. Christine Franck recommends a book or two on architecture and urbanism. It would be … Continue reading
Posted in Linkathons
Tagged airships, architecture, crony capitalism, immigration, knife in a toaster, law, Los Angeles, mexican food, New York City, NFL, urbanism, vintage sleeze, War on Drugs
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Medieval Scholasticism and Legal Reasoning
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Common-law legal reasoning, or the method by which lawyers and judges analyze a problem, has roots that stretch back almost 1,000 years to the educational method known as Scholasticism. Before we get to exactly what Scholasticism is, … Continue reading
Posted in History, Law, Philosophy and Religion
Tagged law, legal reasoning, Middle Ages, Scholasticism, The Teaching Company
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Hey SSM Proponents, The Christian Wacko Paranoiacs Have A Point
Blowhard, Esq. writes: The Facebook page Gaytheist described this as “The Christian Right’s paranoia complex in a single tweet:” I’ll admit this guy is indeed just a wee bit paranoid because pedophilia and bestiality are easily distinguishable from same-sex marriage … Continue reading
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