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Eric Posner on Cass Sunstein's 'Conspiracy Theories'

On his blog, Posner posts some thoughts about chapter 1 of Sunstein's new book.

Eric Posner on Russia and US Bank Sanctions

On his blog, Posner gets input from a colleague on whether Russia can oppose U.S. bank sanctions through the WTO.

End-of-Week Blog Roundup

Eric Posner discusses dignity as a value in cost-benefit analysis and recent Russian stock prices; Brian Leiter discusses a dispute over faculty pay at Oregon; and Will Baude has two posts on the credibility of law enforcement officials and one on Hugo Black's dissent in the case of George Anastaplo '51.

Monday/Tuesday Blog Roundup

Eric Posner posts on Russia's invocation of 'civil war' in Ukraine and shares a response to his post on social security overpayments; Will Baude looks at a recent case in which police were caught lying; and Richard Epstein discusses "the problems with 'equal pay.'"

Weekend Blog Roundup

At The Volokh Conspiracy, Will Baude looks at a neglected cert petition in Williams v. Johnson and "a brief verbal skirmish at the U.S. Sentencing Commission;" meanwhile, Eric Posner examines the government's claim to be able to recover from children on account of Social Security overpayments to their parents.

Tuesday-Thursday Faculty Blog Round-up

The faculty have been busy the last few days: Eric Posner and Will Baude both have round-ups of their debates surrounding last quarter's seminar on originalism, while Baude also looks at a response to his tongue-in-cheek post on zombie federalism while Posner digs deeper into the GM scandal and reviews Omri Ben-Shahar's new book on mandated disclosure. Meanwhile, Brian Leiter notes SCOTUS' denial of the petition for certiorari in Elane Photography, congratulates the UChicagoLaw alums and Bigelow Fellows who accepted tenure-track positions, and sees indications that the decline in law school applications "is about to bottom out."

Eric Posner on GM, Ukraine, and Paul de Man

On his blog, Posner posts about gas prices in Ukraine, the GM scandal, and Paul de Man.

Faculty Blog Roundup

Will Baude discusses McCutcheon, as does Eric Posner, who also posts on Martti Koskenniemi and human rights and the IPCC report and climate justice; Brian Leiter notes the passing of corporate and securities law scholar Alan Bromberg and tuition cuts at Brooklyn Law.

Eric Posner: "Is Ukraine Doomed?"

On his blog, Posner suggests some reasons that it might be.

Eric Posner on Sachs' “Crisis in International Law” and European Court of Human Rights

In two separate posts on his blog, Posner responds to Jeffrey Sachs and looks at Freedom House political rights scores for countries that belong to the European Court of Human Rights.