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A tech lawyer's musings and disquisitions on law, philosophy, and technology

Month: April 2015

Functionalist explanations in biology and law

Over at Legal Theory Blog, the indefatigable Larry Solum has an entry on functionalist explanations in legal theory. It’s overall a great … More

functionalist explanations, john searle, legal theory, legal theory blog, philosophy

Do great professors make great litigators?

The New York Times’s recent coverage of l‘Affair Larry Tribe: Mr. Tribe, 73, has been retained to represent Peabody Energy, … More

epa, harvard, musings, tribe

What Obamacare teaches us about privacy

Here’s an interesting consequence of the Affordable Care Act’s ban on discrimination based on pre-existing conditions — it has made some patients … More

nissenbaum, obamacare, privacy, solove

America’s biggest industry by far

From the review of Steven Brill’s new book: “Healthcare,” he writes, “is America’s largest industry by far.” It employs “a sixth of … More

health IT, healthcare

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  • Functionalist explanations in biology and law
  • Do great professors make great litigators?
  • What Obamacare teaches us about privacy
  • America’s biggest industry by far
  • The Supreme Court’s Decision in Hollingsworth v. Perry Effectively Renders Prop 8 Unconstitutional
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