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Legal Positivism

The standard party line of the legal positivists goes that laws are created through social behavior and, while in some distant sense express a normative moral will of the people, don’t latch on…

As February comes to a close (one day later than usual), I wanted to post on a couple constitutional law developments this month that both happen to pit the American Civil Liberties Union against Barack Obama…

In this day and age of ever-present social media, we must be cautious and manage our online persona if we want to have the best chance possible of getting a job (or keeping a job)…

I like to quantify the value of my entertainment expenditures as a ratio between the money spent and the length of the entertainment I receive (I sound like a real ball of fun don’t I?). …

This past Sunday the Patriots suffered a painful loss to the Giants in what was easily one of the most exciting Super Bowls of late. Boston wept, New York rejoiced, but the most incredible part…

In 1977, legal scholar and philosopher Ronald Dworkin published the seminal book Taking Rights Seriously. While the book is a landmark work for those interested in the philosophy of the law, it also had a…