Question
March 1st, 2004 by michaelWouldn’t it be f***ed up if, in order to secure a conviction against someone who dispossessed you of your chattels, you had to prove that you “reasonably resisted?”
The rape laws in this country are wack.
Archive for the 'Law' Category
unfair use
January 19th, 2004 by michaelA visitor made a comment about the post below, indicating that I clearly hadn’t taken copyright law… she is correct. Can anybody who HAS taken copyright law advise me on the proper thing to do here? Do I need to add commentary? Include just an excerpt? Link to the page where I got it? Thanks.
A funny aside, I think Stephen Dunn would get a kick out of the idea of online “poem piracy.”
Property Question
January 13th, 2004 by michaelNow that the Rover has landed, does the United States own Mars?
an experiment
January 13th, 2004 by michaelI have decided that, this semester, I am going to read a blog focusing on each of my class topics. I hope that the outside reading might give me some additional context, or at the very least, keep the material interesting. I plan on reading Punishment Theory for Criminal (unless someone can point me to a better choice). I haven’t been able to find a blog on property yet. I am about to embark on a search for an administrative/regulatory blog now. My class focuses on the work place.
Please comment, or email me if you have any suggestions. Thanks.
Where are my manners?
December 8th, 2003 by michaelI love the formality of the law. I have to get used to saying that, “Bobby was tortiously dispossessed of his chattels” rather than, “Bobby got his shit stolen.”
Are black male lawyers becoming extinct?
December 4th, 2003 by michaelAccording to the Harvard Crimson, there is a paucity of black males attending HLS. Nothing new here…
[Station Break]
I just stopped to count the number of black males, in the class of 2006, that I could think of off the top of my head. 10. There has to be more than that… I thought to myself. I checked the facebook. 10. I checked the facebook again. Only 10.
36 black students in the class of 2006 out of 416. That is roughly 8.7 percent of the class.
Of those 36 students only 27% are male.
If Michigan (no offense Heidi) or Virginia (no offense Unlearned Hand) has numbers like this, I’m not saying it’s right, but at least I would understand. I am in the middle of New York City.
More after I cool off.
Well, when you put it that way…
December 2nd, 2003 by michaelMy torts professor just referred to a plaintiff’’s injury as “loss to bodily intergity”
Update: He followed that several minutes later with “There’s some average loss in the community… we’re just gonna call it death.” Man, has he got a way with words…
Rip, Mix, Burn
November 21st, 2003 by michael
Peter Northup, of Crescat Sententia, has posted a disptach on Prof. Lessig’s talk here at NYU lastnight. Unfortunately, time conspired against me and I was unable to make it to the colloquium. Sounds like it was a lively discussion.
legalese
November 20th, 2003 by michaelI haven’t become comfortable enough with the phrases and vocabulary of “The Law” to utter the words outloud. Many of my classmates have no problem throwing caution to the wind. I overheard this tongue-twister a few weeks ago:
“The promissee detrimentally relied on the promissor’s promise… Does promissory estoppel apply? Ummm… well, the promissor breached the promise to the promisee…”
In comparison, my vocabulary needs a little refinement. I had to state the facts of the case the other day and it came out something like this:
“Two cats were bargaining over the price of a hundredweight of super fine seed”
Half my class thought they had read the wrong case (”I don’t remember reading any cases about felines???”) The other half looked at me with the face that says “Oh no he didn’t just say what I think he said did he?”
I should have said “hep cats” to make myself clear…
You gotta know when to hold ‘em
November 18th, 2003 by michaelMany folks in the blogosphere are linking to a website that wants to start a campaign for everyone to send back their MP3s to the RIAA.
It sounded like a cruel joke to me when I first heard it. The RIAA doesn’t own the copyrights. So in essence, you wouldn’t be sending them back, you’d be forwarding them on to the RIAA (along with your personal info).
Ernest Miller has this to say:
The problem is that emailing MP3s to the RIAA is a violation of copyright (the RIAA doesn’t actually own the copyrights). Additionally, by emailing the MP3s, you are (unless you are carefully taking precautions) telling the RIAA exactly who you are. At a minimum liability of $750 per MP3 mailed, the joke could turn sour very quickly. While I don’t think that the RIAA will actually sue people who do this, they just might, or at least take a closer look at those who have (are you sure the RIAA doesn’t have any evidence of your previous file-sharing?).
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