Author Archive for David R. Papke

Usufructuary Rights and the Chippewa

Wednesday, March 13th, 2013
Category: Environmental Law, Public | 1 Comment »

I am only kidding when I tell my Property students that using the word “usufruct” on their finals will yield extra credit, but I am in fact intrigued by the ... Read more »

Residency Requirements and the Sense of Community

Saturday, February 23rd, 2013
Category: Milwaukee, Public | 3 Comments »

Ray Papke, my late father, was a maintenance man for Milwaukee Public Schools and proud of it. He had no quarrel with the requirement that City of Milwaukee employees live ... Read more »

Trusts & Estates and the “Businesslike” Practice of Law

Tuesday, February 12th, 2013
Category: Legal Education, Legal Ethics, Legal Practice, Public | 9 Comments »

In 1980, I had the opportunity to interview Louis Auchincloss. Known for his novels about New York’s traditional elite, Auchincloss also maintained a successful and sophisticated trusts and estates practice. ... Read more »

Remembering Professor Bork

Thursday, December 20th, 2012
Category: Constitutional Interpretation, Judges & Judicial Process, Public, U.S. Supreme Court | 1 Comment »

Published reports of the death of Robert Bork on December 19 not surprisingly dwelled on the most controversial events in his long life in the law.  As Solicitor General under ... Read more »

“Lincoln” and the Law

Sunday, November 25th, 2012
Category: Federal Law & Legal System, Legal History, Popular Culture & Law, Public | 2 Comments »

Reviewers of Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” have rightfully praised the film for its faithfulness to history and for the fine acting of Daniel Day Lewis, Sally Field, and Tommy Lee Jones, ... Read more »

R.I.P. Eugene D. Genovese

Thursday, October 4th, 2012
Category: Civil Rights, Legal History, Public, Race & Law | 3 Comments »

The death of distinguished historian Eugene D. Genovese on September 26 led me to reflect on both his scholarly accomplishments and his intellectual and political thought.  No book inspired me ... Read more »

Millard Farmer on Capital Punishment

Tuesday, September 18th, 2012
Category: Criminal Law & Process, Legal History, Public | No Comments »

As I stated in a prior post on this Blog, I consider the continued use of capital punishment in the contemporary United States to be not only immoral but also ... Read more »

Ugandan Legal Education

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012
Category: International Law & Diplomacy, Legal Education, Public | 2 Comments »

During early August, I lectured at several Ugandan universities, and in the midst of my lecture tour I had the opportunity to learn about the Ugandan approach to legal education. ... Read more »

Milwaukee-Area Annexation Battles

Saturday, May 26th, 2012
Category: Milwaukee, Political Processes & Rhetoric, Public | 6 Comments »

This post is a response to several recent comments on the Faculty Blog concerning the importance of Milwaukee-area annexation battles in Wisconsin politics. These battles included a pronounced anti-urban bias, ... Read more »

Anti-Urban Politics

Monday, May 21st, 2012
Category: Milwaukee, Political Processes & Rhetoric, Public | 9 Comments »

During the first decades of the twentieth century, Americans looked proudly upon their great cities, but then, in the post-World War II decades, Americans started to see their cities as ... Read more »

Connecticut Abolishes the Death Penalty

Friday, April 13th, 2012
Category: Criminal Law & Process, Public | No Comments »

The campaign to end the death penalty received a boost last week when Connecticut decided to abandon the use of capital punishment.  Connecticut is the fifth state in the last ... Read more »

It’s Boring

Friday, April 6th, 2012
Category: Public | 2 Comments »

My son John (age 17) often tells me that one of his teachers, classes, or activities is boring. Sometimes he just smiles and says, “I’m bored.” Hence, I read with ... Read more »


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