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Joshua C. Tate, Southern Methodist University School of Law, is publishing Magna Carta and the Definition of Fundamental Rights in volume 59 of the Tulsa Law Review (2024). Here is the abstract.

The U.S. Supreme Court has long relied on the language of Magna Carta in interpreting the U.S. Constitution, particularly the Fifth and Fourteenth

Rabiat Akande, Osgoode Hall, has published An Imperial History of Race-Religion in International Law at 118 American Journal of International Law 1 (2024). Here is the abstract.

More than half a century after the UN’s adoption of the International Convention on the Prohibition of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, a debate has emerged over whether

ICYMI: Jaakko Husa, University of Helsinki Faculty of Law, has published Exploring Imaginative Legal History: The Legalism of the House Stark in the Game of Thrones at 20 Media & Arts Law Review 181 (2015). Here is the abstract.

This article examines George R R Martin’s imaginative historical narrative in his book series A Song

Carlton F. W. Larson, University of California, Davis, School of Law, has published Treason and the Treatise: English Legal Treatises in the American Revolution and Early National Period in Perspectives on the Legal Treatise: Proceedings of the Second Yale Legal Information Symposium. Here is the abstract.

Following independence, American attorneys and judges relied extensively on

Daniel J. Solove, George Washington Law School, and Woodrow Hartzog, Boston University Law School, Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society, are publishing Kafka in the Age of AI and the Futility of Privacy as Control in volume 104 of the Boston University Law Review. Here is the abstract.

Although writing more than a

Dan Priel, Osgoode Hall, is publishing The Legal Realists on Law and Literature in The Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Law and Literature (Robert Spoo & Simon Stern eds., 2024) (Forthcoming). Here is the abstract.

This encyclopedia entry considers the legal realists’ neglected contribution to law and literature. Starting with Cardozo’s essay ‘law and literature’ on

Carol M. Rose, University of Arizona College of Law, is publishing Property and Literature: the View From Shakespeare’s Venice in The Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Law and Literature(Robert Spoo & Simon Stern eds., 2024). Here is the abstract.

This entry explores property issues in The Merchant of Venice, and in particular the Merchant’s posture toward

From the University of Osnabrueck Summer Institute:Announcement

Rights without Borders? Subjects, Precarity, Agency

9th International Osnabrück Summer Institute on the Cultural Study of the Law

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The 9th International Osnabrück Summer Institute on the Cultural Study of the
Law (OSI) will be held from July 6 to 14, 2024 at Osnabrück University,
Germany. It aims