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Weekly Roundup: November 11, 2022

Sameer Ashar, Renee Hatcher, and John Whitlow kick off a new series on Law Clinics and Racial Capitalism, Julia Hernandez and Tarek Ismail explain how law clinics can disrupt the family policing system, and Alicia Virani calls for a holistic approach to harm in training future public defenders. Plus, new entries from The Sling, an upcoming conference on Progressive Constitutional Political Economy, and an upcoming event on LPE in the War on Terror.

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Weekly Roundup: November 4, 2022

SAQ week at the blog, featuring Ntina Tzouvala on Marxism and international law, Wendy Brown and Amy Kapczynski on democracy, and Veena Dubal on essentially dispossessed workers. Plus, a new site on progressive competition policy, an interview with Karen Levy, and how ex-twitterati can keep up with the blog.

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Weekly Roundup: October 28, 2022

Noah Zatz on the importance of law to democracy, Carly Knight on the transformation of the corporation from creature of the state to creature of the market, and Scott Skinner-Thompson on recent books by Paisley Currah and Eric Stanley. Plus, upcoming events with Talha Syed and Saule Omarova, an interview with Gary Gerstle, and Adam Tooze on the current politics of inflation.

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Weekly Roundup: October 21, 2022

Jules Gill-Peterson offers a materialist analysis of recent anti-trans legislation, Liat Ben-Moshe and Dean Spade discuss the influence and legacy of Marta Russell, and Zohra Ahmed examines the right to counsel in the neoliberal age. Plus, an upcoming mentoring session for those interested in teaching at a law school.

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Weekly Roundup: October 14, 2022

Nate Holdren on Marta Russell’s Marxism, Ruth Colker on an important structural shortcoming of the ADA, and Larry Mishel on an exciting new issue of the JLPE on unequal worker power. Plus, four amazing LPE events happening next week!

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Weekly Roundup: October 7, 2022

Beatrice Adler-Bolton, Artie Vierkant, and Karen Tani blow the doors off a new symposium on Marta Russell and the Political Economy of Disability, while Rick Weinmeyer calls attention to our public reliance on privately owned toilets. Plus, a new issue of the JLPE, as well as articles by Aziz Rana, Sanjukta Paul, and about the noble work that Sabeel Rahman and others are doing at OIRA.

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Weekly Roundup: September 30, 2022

Ruth Dukes and Wolfgang Streeck on labour law & political economy, Sydney Forde on the economic basis of journalistic “objectivity,” and William Novak on the rise of the modern American administrative. Plus, upcoming events with Sara Nelson, Tim Wu, Sanjukta Paul, and more!

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Weekly Roundup: September 23, 2022

Luke Herrine discusses student debt cancellation and the politics of legal interpretation, Lisa Heinzerling reflects on the persistence of the economic style in regulatory policy, and Erik Peinert argues that the economic style has provided cover for fundamentally reactionary arguments. Plus, a forthcoming event with Sara Nelson & Amy Kapczynski!

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Weekly Roundup: September 16, 2022

Frank Pasquale considers what could replace the “economic style,” Landon Storrs tells the darker history behind the rise of the “economic style,” and Alvin Velazquez explains why the NLRB needs to adopt a more protective joint employer standard. Plus, an LPE event on torts you won’t want to miss!

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Weekly Roundup: September 9, 2022

The week in review: Beth Popp Berman kicked off a symposium on Thinking like an Economist, Marshall Steinbaum argued that Berman’s account overlooks the alternative economic theories that were displaced by the economic style, and Kate Redburn analyzed the political-economic vision undergirding Supreme Court’s recent theocratic turn. Plus, an upcoming LPE event on torts, Luke Herrine at Phenomenal World, and some cool looking jobs.

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Weekly Roundup: July 29, 2022

A clarion call for public ownership, the varieties of antimonopolism in the progressive movement, and human trafficking through the lens of status coercion.

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Weekly Roundup: July 22, 2022

An LPE account of the global food crisis, two new entries in our symposium on Coerced, an amazing LPE job at HLS, a symposium on William Novak’s New Democracy, and some podcast episodes to help digest the Supreme Court’s most recent term.

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Weekly Roundup: July 15, 2022

A new symposium on Erin Hatton’s Coerced: Work Under Threat of Punishment, some awkward moments in radical real estate law, and a CFP for the Effect of Dobbs on Work Law.

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Weekly Roundup: July 8, 2022

A call for courage in the wake of West Virginia v. EPA, a reckoning with the arc of the American rights tradition, and a discussion of what it would take to build worker and union power in the 21st century economy. Plus, an upcoming all-star Antimonopoly event and a recently released state-level antimonopoly reform guide.

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Weekly Roundup: July 1, 2022

An emerging shadow legal system in eviction court, six reactions to Viking River Cruises v. Moriana, and the importance of reforming regressive property tax regimes. What can’t we do? Plus, a CFP for a conference on Commodification and the Law, Blake Emerson on West Virginia v. EPA, and even more on the Anti-Oligarchy Constitution.