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Terrorism Torts and the Right to Colonize

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The D.C. Circuit appeals court heard arguments last month in a bizarre case: the Jewish National Fund is leading a lawsuit against the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights, a nation-wide coalition of groups advocating for Palestinian liberation, on accusations of supporting terrorism. A look at the political economy of terrorism tort litigation shows how. . .
Weekly Roundup

Weekly Roundup: March 10, 2023

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Ann Eisenberg kicks off a symposium on the LPE of Rural America, Ganesh Sitaraman, Morgan Ricks, and Christopher Serkin discuss regulation’s role in geographic inequality, and Elizabeth Sepper and James Nelson examine the political economy behind the rise of public yet religious hospitals. Plus, two (count’em two) new LPE-related fellowships, as. . .
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The Merger of Government and Religion

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An alliance between religious and economic conservatives is playing a central yet overlooked role in the resurgence of concentrated economic power in America, resulting in the transfer of public funds, services, and decision-making away from more democratic institutions. Nowhere is this more evident than in the rise of “government-religious hospitals”: these. . .
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The Law and Political Economy of Rural America

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If you read the New York Times or listen to certain economists, you’ve probably heard the following story: rural regions in America are economically unsustainable, irrationally resentful, and increasingly obsolete. An LPE lens can help us see why this narrative is mistaken. If we want to understand the story of rural America, we need to begin by. . .
Weekly Roundup

Weekly Roundup: March 3, 2023

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Jonathan Harris on consumer law as work law, Alyssa Battistoni & Matthew Robinson on Reconsidering Reparations, an upcoming LPE Conference(!!), a call for submissions from the JLPE, and new pieces from Sandeep Vaheesan, Dan Rohde, and others.
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What Will Worldmaking Require?

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Building on Adom Getachew’s account of anticolonial “worldmaking,” Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò defends reparations as a worldmaking project aimed at creating a world free from domination. Yet given this ambition, his targets for climate justice seem, if anything, too modest: why stop with eliminating tax havens or endowing the Global Climate Fund? Why. . .
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Can Consumer Law Protect Workers?

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A growing number of employers are relying on Training Repayment Agreement Provisions to discourage workers from quitting. Courts, meanwhile, have routinely rejected legal challenges that claim these agreements violate employment laws, such as wage-and-hour laws and non-compete limitations. There is, however, another legal mechanism to stop this harmful and. . .
Weekly Roundup

Weekly Roundup: February 24, 2023

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Charmaine Chua, Desiree Fields, & David Stein denounce the University of California’s investment in Blackstone, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò kicks off a symposium on his recent book Reconsidering Reparations, and Daniel Aldana Cohen reflects on the book’s focus on historical time. Plus, the best new LPE-related conferences, events, post-docs,. . .
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Reconsidering the Future

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Reconsidering Reparations offers several sound policy proposals about how to pursue reparations and climate justice. Yet its main contribution to the realm of climate politics has little to do with policy. Rather, it’s about a way of situating oneself in historical time. Unlike ordinary philosophical parables that freeze time and abstract away. . .
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Reconsidering Reparations

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For better or worse, our world stands on the precipice of major changes. Our current energy system is driving a rapidly unfolding climate crisis, and the need for total transformation “at every level of society” is now the prevailing scientific opinion. Given this context, Reconsidering Reparations argues for two things. First, reparations for. . .
Weekly Roundup

Weekly Roundup: February 17, 2023

By LPE Editors

Morgan Ricks, Ganesh Sitaraman, Shelley Welton, and Lev Menand introduce their new casebook on Networks, Platforms, and Utilities, while Amy Kapczynski and Yochai Benkler assess its contribution from an LPE perspective. Plus, the hottest LPE papers and CFPs from around the interweb.

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