Category: New Scholarship
Professor Stefan H. Krieger Publishes Article on Storytelling in Legal Reasoning
September 1st, 2010Professor Stefan H. Krieger recently published his article, The Place of Storytelling in Legal Reasoning: Abraham Joshua Heschel's Torah min Hashamayim in 6 Storytelling, Self, Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Storytelling Studies 169 (2010).
ABSTRACT:
This article reads the teachings of two rabbis from the Second Century through the lenses of cognitive science on legal reasoning and shows the relationship of their narratives and legal opinions. Cognitive scientists posit that both logical and narrative thinking are essential and interrelated modes of cognitive functioning. The stories and legal decisions of Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Ishmael, as described by Abraham Joshua Heschel in his masterpiece, Torah min Hashamayim (Heavenly Torah) support these insights. Consistent with the findings of cognitive science, the narrative themes and images of each rabbi permeate their legal rulings. Heavenly Torah also reflects Heschel’s own narrative, his attempts to make meaning after the Holocaust and in the midst of 1960s America. As with Akiva and Ishmael, Heschel’s narrative infuses his own approach to legal decision making. This article demonstrates that in analyzing issues, all legal practitioners consider both the logical principles of their legal system and the narrative themes and images they have created to find meaning in the world in which they live.
Professor Andrew Schepard Makes SSRN Top Ten
August 23rd, 2010Professor Andrew Schepard's paper,"Kramer vs. Kramer Revisited: A Comment on the Miller Commission Report and the Obligation of Divorce Lawyers for Parents to Discuss Alternative Dispute Resolution with their Clients", made SSRN's top-ten download list for LSN: Divorce.
Professor Ron Colombo Makes SSRN Top Ten
August 5th, 2010Professor Ron Colombo’s article, “Effectuating Disclosure Under the Williams Act”, made SSRN’s top-ten list for articles on U.S. Securities Law.
Professor Frank Gulino's Article on Preconception Negligence Cited in Law and Philosophy
July 27th, 2010Professor Frank Gulino's Comment, Legal Duty to the Unborn Plaintiff: Is There A Limit?, has been quoted and cited in an article by Dr. Ronen Perry, who is a member of the Faculty of Law at the University of Haifa and was a Global Research Fellow at New York University School of Law in 2007-2008. The cite of the article is: Ronen Perry, Correlativity, 28 Law and Philosophy 537 (No. 6 Nov. 2009), available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=1611475 (posted May 22, 2010).
Professor Frank Gulino Serves as Deputy Editor
July 20th, 2010Professor Frank Gulino served as Deputy Editor of an article on international legal developments in the Middle East that appears in the spring 2010 issue of The International Lawyer, the official publication of the ABA's Section of International Law.
The cite is Anahita Ferasat, et al., Middle East, in International Legal Developments in Review: 2009, 44 INT’L LAW. 713 (William B.T. Mock, Jr., & Mark E. Wojcik eds., No. 1 Spring 2010).