Legal History

On the Durability of Written Constitutions
I don't know if this paper is up on SSRN yet, but Tom Ginsburg (Law & Political Science, Illy) is presenting a paper on the durability of written constitutions at Berkeley's Law & Society bag lunch series today...

Not so Novus an Ordo: Constitutions without Social Contracts
I argue in this article, however, that something essential is lost in the casual slippage between social contract theory and the practice of constitutionalism. Enacted constitutions do not come into being against the background of a state of nature of isolated individuals

Lederman on Taxing Virtual Worlds
Leandra Lederman (Indiana) has published Taxing Virtual Worlds, 82 NYU L. Rev. 1620 (2007). Here is the abstract: Virtual worlds, including massive multi-player on-line role-playing games (game worlds), such as City of Heroes, Everquest, and World of Warcraft, have become...

Grisham Libel Suit Tossed
Dennis Fritz and Ronald Keith Williamson were convicted of the murder of Debra Sue Carter. Fritz got life in prison, and Williamson received a death penalty sentence. Four days before Williamson was to be put to death, he was exonerated by DNA testing...

Virtual Law: Gaining Ground in Both Real and Virtual Worlds
While researching articles discussing virtual worlds (including both Internet-based games and social networking spaces) I came across an upcoming conference on virtual law. The Virtual Law 2008 Conference is being held April 3 - 4, 2008 in New York City in conjunction with Virtual Worlds 2008 which is running concurrently...

New Book: Abortion Under State Constitutions: A State by State Analysis
Carolina Academic Press will be publishing this forthcoming book by Paul Benjamin Linton titled: Abortion under State Constitutions: A State-by-State Analysis. Carolina introduces the book in part as follows: Abortion under State Constitutions is the first, full-length treatment of the subject to appear in print...

Amazon
Teen Sues over Lost Homework

British Airways Lost-Luggage
Class-Action Gets Green Light

Bank of America Faces Homeowner Class Action For Withholding Federal Bailout Funds
Bank of America Faces Homeowner Class Action

Daimler Chrysler et al.
alleged negligence pertaining to lost confidential client data which exposed customers to identity theft

Bank of America Corporation 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud
Bank of America Corporation 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud

Bank of America Faces Class Action over Mortgage Foreclosure Practices
Bank of America Faces Class Action over Mortgage Foreclosure Practices