In Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid, the Supreme Court held that a California state regulation requiring agricultural employers to allow union organizers periodic access to their property for the purposes of union recruitment constituted a per se taking under the Fifth Amendment. The case has the potential to dramatically expand constitutional private property rights for…
More than three million people across the globe have died of COVID since the Pfizer vaccine was approved. While the US has enough shots to vaccinate its population three times over, a significant portion of lower-income countries have less than 5% of their residents vaccinated. Scientists have argued that ensuring more doses abroad may not only save lives,…
The LPE Project enthusiastically invites anyone interested in starting an LPE group at their law school to please join us via Zoom on Friday, September 10th, 4:00 – 5:00 PM ET! We will begin the call with a brief introduction to Law and Political Economy: the movement and the method. We will then discuss the…
The Association for the Promotion of Political Economy & the Law (APPEAL)’s next session of their “What Is Capitalism?” Reading Group will discuss workplace injury and illness, the question of worker’s constitutional rights to protection, and what this shows about the legal underpinnings of capitalism. The sessions will feature Professor Michael Duff (University of Wyoming Law,…
Call for Papers Sovereignty, States, and Inclusion Accepting Submissions | June 15–August 31, 2021ABOUT The Michigan Journal of Law & Society (MJLS) is the nation’s first law-school journal to focus on the intersections of law, history, and the social sciences. MJLS is also the nation’s first law-school journal to incorporate law students, PhD students, and…
Please Join Us! Law and Political Economy Mentoring “Office Hours” When: Tuesday Aug. 3, 2021, 6:00-7:00p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4) via zoom (link will be provided to accepted registrants) Registration & Deadline: Sign up here by 12p.m. EST on Friday July 30. Space is limited. Who: We welcome new & aspiring scholars, graduate and professional…
26th to 30th July 2021Online Event4:00-5:30pm UK time The 3rd Annual Summer Academy on Law, Money and Technology is hosted by the University of Manchester in coordination with the Association for Promotion of Political Economy and Law (APPEAL), the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy, and the Finance, Law and Economics Working Group of the…
APPEAL reading group: What is Capitalism? Session 12 Friday June 25, 2021, 2:00pm, Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4) via Zoom If you have not yet registered please Register HERE Zoom link and readings will be emailed after you register. Please join APPEAL for the next session of their reading group on the law and political economy of capitalism. All are…
Applications due July 21, 2021 Mysun Foundation Clinical Fellow The University of California, Irvine School of Law invites applications for the position of Mysun Foundation Clinical Fellow in its Environmental Law Clinic (ELC). The fellowship is designed to provide an attorney who has a strong interest in environmental justice with mentorship to help the attorney…
The Global Health Justice Partnership (GHJP) is now accepting applications for two fellowship positions: the Gruber Gender & Sexuality Fellow and the Legal Empowerment Fellow. The Gruber Gender & Sexuality Fellow is a two-year position, starting in or around September 1, 2021, designed for JD, MPH, or PhD graduates interested in gender & sexuality justice at the intersection of health…
West Virginia University Libraries will host a virtual conversation with Nicholas Stump, author of “Remaking Appalachia,” on May 20 at noon. Stump, a faculty member and head of reference and access services with the George R. Farmer Jr. Law Library at WVU College of Law, researches environmental law, critical legal theory, law and social movements,…
The panelists will engage in a roundtable discussion about the formation of legal, political, and economic units, social reproduction, and the state. What forms of autonomy (or interdependence) are required for true freedom or democracy? What structural barriers constrain solidarity among women (and other people) along lines of class, race, sexuality, ability, religion, age, and…