JURIST's Paper ChaseA law professor's syllabus of new law, learning and links - by Bernard Hibbitts, Editor of JURIST at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.March 3 - This day at law- (Found July 8, 2008 ) On March 3, 1879, Belva Lockwood became the first woman admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Learn more about women at the Supreme Court bar from the Supreme Court Historical Society.http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/#90393077 Today's US Supreme Court docket- (Found July 8, 2008 ) The US Supreme Court hears arguments Monday in Sell v. US (forced medication, competency to stand trial - read backgrounders from DC appellate litigators Goldstein & Howe and Sam Heldman) and Ryan v. Telemarketing Associates (First Amendment, telemarketing fraud - more from Goldstein & Howe and Sam Heldman).http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/#90397783 New scholarship- (Found July 8, 2008 ) Monday on SSRN:Law, Rules and Presidential Selection by Samuel Issacharoff of Columbia Law School From the Abstract: "Robert Dahl, in 'How Democratic is the American Constitution' criticizes the institution of the Electoral College as 'morally, politically, and constitutionally wrong.http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/#90399381 Law school briefs- (Found July 8, 2008 ) As previously noted in JURIST's Paper Chase, UC Berkeley School of Law and Stanford Law School both hosted major IP and technology law conferences over the weekend. The New York Times reports in its Monday edition.Harold Koh and Amy Chua joined other professors and human rights experts over the weekend for a symposium at Yale Law School on the relationship between local and international actors in rebuilding war-torn nations.http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/#90396214 All Paper Chase, all the time!- (Found July 8, 2008 ) JURIST's Paper Chase has outgrown the confines of JURIST's front page, and is about to move to a new webpage all its own. Paper Chase updates will be very intermittent over the next couple of days as we make the transition, and our front page is adjusted accordingly.http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/#90401417 March 4 - This day at law- (Found July 8, 2008 ) On March 4, 1909, the Copyright Act of 1909 became law, making infringement of a copyright a federal crime for the first time. Review a brief history of copyright in the United States.http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/#90393456 Securities class action reform- (Found July 8, 2008 ) In a CATO Institute study released Friday, University of Michigan Law School professor Adam Pritchard considers whether Congress should repeal securities class action reform. From the Executive Summary: "The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 was designed to curtail class action lawsuits by the plaintiffs' bar.http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/#90389648 |