Tag Archives: law

Quote Du Jour: Usage Which is Reasonable Generates Usage Which is Unreasonable

Posted on September 10, 2017 by Blowhard, Esq.

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 →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Law | Tagged Henry Sumner Maine, law | 1 Comment

Primer on Refugee Law

Posted on January 31, 2017 by Fenster

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 →

Posted in Politics and Economics | Tagged immigration, law, refugees, Trump | 18 Comments

The Law West of the Pecos

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

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 →

Posted in Photography | Tagged history, law, Texas, Wild West | 1 Comment

Sovereign Citizens & Paper Terrorism

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

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 | 16 Comments

Linkage

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

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 | 18 Comments

Medieval Scholasticism and Legal Reasoning

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

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 | 3 Comments

Hey SSM Proponents, The Christian Wacko Paranoiacs Have A Point

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

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 →

Posted in Politics and Economics | Tagged gay rights, Human Rights Campaign, intellectual dishonesty, law, law of unintended consequences, polygamy, same-sex marriage, slippery slope, stare decisis, Supreme Court | 19 Comments

The Law Rock

Posted on April 13, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: From 930 until 1262, medieval Icelanders lived in a society with no national government — no king, no army, no taxes. Hell, there wasn’t much local government either. The basic unit of organization was the family farmstead. There … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Law, Politics and Economics | Tagged anarchism, Iceland, law, medieval history, Prose Edda, Sagas of the Icelanders, Snorri Sturluson, spontaneous order, The Teaching Company, Vikings | 10 Comments

The Constitution is SO 200 Years Ago, You Guys

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Georgetown University law professor Louis Michael Seidman, author of the forthcoming book On Constitutional Disobedience, recently had an op-ed in the NYT titled “Let’s Give Up the Constitution” that’s so egregiously stupid and poorly argued that I feel a … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Law, Politics and Economics | Tagged Constitution, fisking, Kate Upton, law, overpaid law professors | 15 Comments

A Short Note on the Formation of the Western Legal Tradition

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: It’s quite easy to graduate from law school without learning much legal history. (It’s quite easy to graduate law school without learning how to be a lawyer, too, but that’s a rant for a different time.) OK, you … Continue reading →