The Brain, the Criminal, and the Courts
By Eryn Brown Knowable Magazine On March 30, 1981, 25-year-old John W. Hinckley Jr. shot President Ronald Reagan and three other people. The following year, he went on trial for […]
Tag Archives: American Legal System
Justice Unblinded
By Andreas Kuersten Jurist The personification of justice is a blindfolded woman holding a scale and a sword. She cannot see an individual’s wealth, social stature, education, or other personal […]
Addressing the Future of Virtual Violence
By Jaclyn Seelagy UCLA Law Review Discourse With the release of Oculus Rift, followed closely by the HTC Vive, it seems the virtual reality revolution is finally on its way. Several […]
What Effect do Soda Taxes Actually Have?
By Nathan Collins Pacific Standard Four American cities—Boulder, Colorado; and Albany, Oakland, and San Francisco, California—just finished voting on controversial soda-tax ballot measures meant to raise prices, curb consumption, and, […]
The Limits of Science
By Mikkel Krenchel & Christian Madsbjerg Foreign Affairs If you’ve ever listened to a TED Talk or read a popular science book about human behavior, chances are good that you’ve heard fascinating […]
Moving Beyond Anger
By Martha C. Nussbaum Aeon There’s no emotion we ought to think harder and more clearly about than anger. Anger greets most of us every day – in our personal relationships, […]
The Difficulties With Getting Legal Services on Native American Reservations
By Dominique Alan Fenton The Marshall Project The Justice Center for the People is a short walk north from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation’s southern border with Nebraska. The imposing […]
The Legal Status of Human Reproductive Matter After Death
By Jenny Morber Mosaic The first live birth resulting from a post-mortem sperm extraction wasn’t until 1999. Gaby Vernoff gave birth to baby Brandalynn from sperm extracted by urologist Cappy […]
The Future of Legal Services for the Poor
By Matthew Van Meter Longreads The Bronx Defenders was born in 1997 from Robin Steinberg’s belief that the public-defender system was failing the poor people it represented. In principle, public […]
The Perils of Pseudolaw
By Colin McRoberts Aeon Would you like to stop paying taxes? Just renounce your 14th Amendment United States citizenship and claim ownership of the secret cestui que (beneficiary) trust that […]
