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What the Law Looks Like: Forging Down to a Fine Art

by Life of the Law

  • June 27, 2014

Look at the painting above. Does it make you think of Pablo Picasso? The sharp colors and distinctive angles probably do. Let’s say you see this painting hanging in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Under…

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How We Talk About Abortion: When the Doctors Disappeared

by Vincent Vecera

  • June 24, 2014

This month, Life of the Law is featuring the work of scholars published in the June 2014 issue of the Law and Society Review, which has partnered with LOTL to make the longer versions of these articles free for 30 days (through July 18th) for…

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Legal Briefs: This Week in Law

by Life of the Law

  • June 23, 2014

Beauty, brawn, and brains: this guy definitely has the first two, and someone might argue all three after a wildly successful campaign for donations to pay for his bail for felony weapons charges. (Think Progress)…

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Law on the Books and Law in Action Don't Always Align

by Mona Lynch & Marisa Omori

  • June 19, 2014

This month, Life of the Law is featuring the work of scholars published in the June 2014 issue of the Law and Society Review, which has partnered with LOTL to make the longer versions of these articles free for 30 days (through July 18th) for…

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The Rise of Lock 'Em Up: How Crime Became a Politics Question

by Michael Campbell

  • June 18, 2014

This month, Life of the Law is featuring the work of scholars published in the June 2014 issue of the Law and Society Review, which has partnered with LOTL to make the longer versions of these articles free…

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Legal Briefs: This Week in Law

by Life of the Law

  • June 16, 2014

Your juice might not be juice, and the Supreme Court is worried. (Gawker) One Silicon Valley entrepreneur is fighting to retain his right to sip some juice on his beach in peace, away from public…

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Legal Briefs: This Week in Law

by Life of the Law

  • June 9, 2014

Three inmates escaped from a jail in Quebec by a helicopter that landed inside the prison and swooped them away. Somewhere, a Hollywood producer is celebrating his next movie plot. (BBC News) Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl…

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How much do laws cost? More than these ads

by Life of the Law

  • June 5, 2014

Imagine if you could get a receipt for the cost of creating a law. The receipt would, no doubt, be many feet long. If we stacked up all the expenses of money and time required…

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Meet Me, Our Intern

by Life of the Law

  • June 3, 2014

This is the first part of a series of posts written by our production intern, Simone Seiver, as she works with the Life of the Law team this summer and explores the world of podcasting….

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Legal Briefs: This Week in Law

by Life of the Law

  • June 2, 2014

Conversation with strangers (not studying hard in your Rules of Evidence course) is the key to being a great lawyer, says one guy. (Above the Law) Speaking of great lawyers, this man is going to…

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