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Saturday, November 28, 2015

Access online the contents of the November 2015 issue of The Yale Law Journal: Via this link.

The issue includes a book review written by Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner titled “Eighteen Years On: A Re-Review” (also available in HTML format), in which Judge Posner re-reviews law professor William N. Eskridge, Jr.‘s 1996 book titled “The Case for Same-Sex Marriage: From Sexual Liberty to Civilized Commitment.” Judge Posner’s original review of the book, from 1997, can be accessed here.

Posted at 10:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“These 3 judges hold the fate of the Internet in their hands”: Brian Fung had this post Tuesday at “The Switch” blog of The Washington Post.

Posted at 8:53 PM by Howard Bashman



“Anti-apartheid hero urges Canada to rethink solitary confinement in prisons”: Sean Fine has this article in today’s edition of The Toronto Globe and Mail.

Posted at 3:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court removes judge in Kane feud”: In today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Chris Palmer has a front page article that begins, “The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has removed a senior judge who once presided over many of the state’s biggest grand jury investigations, accusing him of judicial misconduct and abandoning his sense of objectivity during a feud with Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane.”

Posted at 2:57 PM by Howard Bashman



“Lawyers’ Class-Action Payouts Face Court Challenge; Case in California would base attorneys’ compensation on hours, not a percentage”: Sara Randazzo has this article in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal about a case pending in the Supreme Court of California.

You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.

Posted at 2:40 PM by Howard Bashman