by John Nolon | Apr 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
In 1992, families with children predominated, creating a market for single-family, single-lot homes in suburban greenfields—the American Dream; 2013 sees a different market emerging of younger and smaller households, most of whom seek rental apartments or smaller...
by David Cassuto | Apr 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
David Cassuto (x-post from Animal Blawg) There’s a story about a Canadian farmer who won a $100 million tax-free, lump sum payment in the Canadian lottery. When asked what he would do with the money, he replied “I guess I’ll just keep farming until the money’s gone.”...
by David Cassuto | Apr 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
David Cassuto (x-posted at Animal Blawg) Agricultural animals are not covered by the federal Animal Welfare Act. Many states also exclude them from their anti-cruelty laws. As a result, they have virtually no legal protections at all and spend their short lives in...
by John Nolon | Apr 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
While New York and New Jersey recover physically from Tropical Storm Sandy, law professors and practitioners are examining the adequacy of the legal system to respond to worsening storms associated with climate change. Legal Issues in Managed Coastal Retreat was the...
by Karl Coplan | Mar 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
No, this is not an early April-fools blog caption, though I realize it sounds like a bit of academic self parody. This week’s arguments in the constitutional challenges to the Defense of Marriage Act (banning federal recognition of state-recognized same-sex...
by lharmon | Mar 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
By Law Professor Shi Hua, Pace Law Visiting Scholar China is a big country (vast size, large population, rapidly developing economy and diversified climates and geographic conditions). It has 5,000 years of history, so it has much traditional culture. People were...
