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| Science Fiction and the Detective Novel Posted: 16 Nov 2010 03:02 PM PST From the New Scientist, April 30, 2010: The ten greatest science fiction detective novels. Among them: Philip Kerr's A Philosophical Investigation, Kristine Kathryn Rusch's The Retrieval Artist novels (don't they count as more than one?), and Isaac Asimov's The Caves of Steel. What are your favorites?   |
| Posted: 16 Nov 2010 02:58 PM PST Meet a new police detective, Scott Cowen of the Brick Township, NJ, police force. He's a character in James Patterson's newest novel, Cross-Fire. If he reminds you of Scott Cowen, President of Tulane University, don't urge President Cowen to sue for defamation, or false light, or infringement of his right of publicity, or any of that good stuff. Dr. |
Cowen paid for the privilege of appearing in the book. A great way to raise money for your school.
Posted: 16 Nov 2010 09:31 AM PST
Ernesto Hernandez Lopez, Chapman University School of Law, has published LA's Taco Truck War: How Law Cooks Food Culture Contests as Chapman University Law Research Paper No. 10-29. Here is the abstract.
This paper examines the Los Angeles "Taco Truck War" (2008-9), when the city of Los Angeles and LA county used parking regulations to restrict "loncheros," i.e. "taco trucks." It describes the legal doctrine used by courts to invalidate these local restrictions. The California Vehicle code makes local food truck regulations illegal. Decades of court decisions affirm this. The paper sheds light, legal and cultural, on food truck debates, which will surely expand nationwide. It examines: the cultural and business arguments for food truck regulations; food's role in migrant, community, and national identities; Mexican food's influence in California culture; and recent trends in food trucks such as Koggi BBQ.Download the paper from SSRN at the link.
Posted: 16 Nov 2010 09:26 AM PST
Peter Tiersma, Loyola Law School (Los Angeles), has published The Origins of Legal Language in the Oxford Handbook on Language and Law (L. Solan and P. Tiersma, eds., 2010). Here is the abstract.
This paper examines the origins of legal language. It begins with a discussion of language in the civil law system, which originated in Rome, was refined in Byzantium, rediscovered in Italy, codified in Prussia and France, and ultimately spread throughout most of Europe and, via colonialism, to many other parts of the world. The common law, which developed in England, was heavily influenced by Anglo-Saxon invaders, Latin-speaking missionaries, and French-speaking Normans. Its language also took root in much of the world via the British empire. Finally, we discuss what might be called mixed legal systems, and we conclude by speculating on the possible effects of globalization on the languages of law.Download the chapter from SSRN at the link.
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