Naked Ownership

A blawg devoted to all things legal in Louisiana.

Supreme deny Edwin Edwards' petition for cert. - June 28, 2006

Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for certiorari filed by former governor Edwin Edwards, his son Stephen Edwards, and Andrew Martin. The Times-Picayune's story is here; yesterday's order list is here (see p. 5, case no. 05-1504).
http://www.nakedownership.com/archives/001349.html

Legal reasoning: Common law v. civil law - June 27, 2006

The Law & Society Blog has an interesting entry comparing and contrasting legal reasoning under common law with that under civil law.
http://www.nakedownership.com/archives/001348.html