Jul
25
The Law in Shakespeare’s Works
Posted by: Melissa L. Greipp | July 25, 2011 | 5 Comments
Last Friday I had the pleasure of listening to an interview on WPR with Stephen Marche, author of the book, How Shakespeare Changed Everything.* During the interview, Mr. Marche talked about how many English words were first used by Shakespeare. Lawyers can thank Shakespeare for words like “negotiate”, “compromise”, and “circumstantial”.** The conventional wisdom is [...]
Jul
6
R.I.P. Caylee Anthony
Posted by: David R. Papke | July 6, 2011 | 5 Comments
An Orlando jury decided on July 5 that Casey Anthony was not guilty of murdering her daughter Caylee, who was only two at the time of her death. Hundreds of protestors gathered outside the courthouse after the verdict was announced, and local police worried if they would be able to protect the building from being [...]
Jun
20
The Media and Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Posted by: David R. Papke | June 20, 2011 | 1 Comment
Last month I was contacted by the Italian newspaper Il Foglio and interviewed regarding criminal proceedings against Dominique Strauss-Kahn. A French banker and head of the International Monetary Fund, Strauss-Kahn has been charged with sexually assaulting a maid for the $3000-a- night hotel suite in which he was staying in New York City. To my [...]
Jan
16
Was Oedipus Culpable?
Posted by: Michael M. O'Hear | January 16, 2011 | 4 Comments
As I noted in an earlier post on Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex, I am (very slowly) working my way through the ancient Greek tragedies. I recently finished the sequel to Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus. One of the central questions in OC is the extent to which Oedipus was truly culpable for killing his father, King Laius, and sleeping with [...]
Oct
17
Best of the Blogs: SVU, Carrots, and Yale Law
Posted by: Michael M. O'Hear | October 17, 2010 | 1 Comment
When I write the “Best of the Blogs” feature, I usually try to identify some common theme that ties together some of my favorite posts of the past week. It doesn’t seem to be working this week. I’ll leave it as a challenge to enterprising readers to see if they can connect the following dots [...]
Oct
2
Lawyer-Comedian Summoned Before the Final Grand Jury
Posted by: J. Gordon Hylton | October 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Comedian-actor Greg Giraldo, 44, who recently died of a drug overdose, was a lawyer before he was a stand-up comic. Belying his scruffy appearance and man-of-the-street manner, the New York native was a graduate of Regis (New York’s elite Jesuit High School), Columbia University, and Harvard Law School. After a brief career in the New [...]
Sep
29
Oprah v. Judge Judy
Posted by: David R. Papke | September 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment
I was intrigued by last week’s rankings of the most popular daytime television shows in America. For the first time in over a decade, “Oprah” had fallen from the top. Perhaps the appeal of the long-time queen of daytime television is in decline. What replaced Oprah’s smarmy, ingratiating patter? My goodness, the most popular daytime [...]
Sep
18
Best of the Blogs: Trivial Pursuits Edition
Posted by: Edward A. Fallone | September 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment
This week’s review of blog postings and news stories of note focuses on subjects that might seem trivial, but that interest me nonetheless. 1. Comic Books My brother and I had an extensive collection of comic books when we were growing up. We even owned two (two!) mint editions of Conan the Barbarian number 1. [...]
Aug
23
From Marquette Law School to the National Football League Part I: Claude Taugher
Posted by: J. Gordon Hylton | August 23, 2010 | 4 Comments
The opening of a new NFL season provides an opportunity for the Marquette family to remember that there was a time when Marquette University was a regular supplier of players to the National Football League. In the early 1920s, this could be said about the Marquette Law School as well as Marquette College. An earlier [...]
Jun
2
Hollywood and the Constitution
Posted by: J. Gordon Hylton | June 2, 2010 | 1 Comment
In a fascinating article, “Oil and Water Do Not Mix: Constitutional Law and American Popular Culture,” recently posted as part of the Marquette Legal Studies Paper Series, Professor David Papke argues that American movies and television series have embarrassingly failed to capture what he refers to as “meaningful constitutional deliberation and discussion.” Focusing on the [...]
May
26
Television’s First Public Prosecutor
Posted by: J. Gordon Hylton | May 26, 2010 | 2 Comments
My colleague David Papke recently posted on “Law and Order and the Rise of the Pop Culture Prosecutor.” David noted that unlike most lawyer television shows of the past, the long-running series focused on prosecutors rather than defense lawyers. While it is certainly true that most television and motion picture lawyers have been defense attorneys rather [...]
May
25
Law & Order and the Rise of the Pop Cultural Prosecutor
Posted by: David R. Papke | May 25, 2010 | 7 Comments
Years before Law & Order ended its incredible twenty-year run on May 24, 2010, the series had staked its claim to being the longest-running primetime series featuring lawyer characters. In addition, the series included an important change in how the heroic pop cultural lawyer is represented. In earlier lawyer shows with especially lengthy runs, such [...]
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