Legal Commentary

Logic in Twelve Angry Men
I came across this essay by Joel Warren Lidz on logic and argument in the film "Twelve Angry Men." It originally appeared in the journal Teaching Philosophy.

"Don't know what kind of jury these lawyers wanted, but it wouldn't be a cinematic one"
In "this real-life adaptation of Twelve Angry Men," Muffin MacGuffin lists a factor that might keep a person from getting cast as one of the jurors: both my parents are public defenders...

"Twelve Angry Men"
Our roundup link to a discussion of the classic jury-deliberation movie stirred up a considerable discussion among David Bernstein, Ilya Somin, Orin Kerr and commenters at the Volokh Conspiracy.

Twelve Angry Men
Over at the Volokh Conspiracy, several of the VC bloggers are making interesting comments on the jury deliberation classic, "Twelve Angry Men." I have two comments of my own. First, I've only read the play, and never seen the movie, but I can't say I'm a fan...

Angry Churches--Stuntz
Judging by Jeremiah Wright?s sermons, Barack Obama?s church seems to be an angry place?angry at white America for the many ways it has held back and held down the black community represented in its congregation...

Public Speaking & Political Debate: House Republicans Stage Protest, Obama & McCain Exchange Insults - A New Civility Low in Political Debate
Yesterday Republicans in the the U.S. House of Representatives staged a protest on the House floor. They were angry that Speaker Pelosi would not bring a piece of legislation up for a vote...