Tag Archives: Boston College Law School
Kaveny on Daniel Callahan
In a book review of bioethicist Daniel Callahan’s memoir and collection of essays, Libby Professor Cathleen Kaveny of BC’s Theology Department and Law School writes “For a model of how to argue rigorously, perceptively and non-defensively about difficult issues of … Continue reading
Death penalty in Massachusetts
BC Law Professor Mark Brodin, author of William P. Homans Jr.: A Life in Court, recently participated in “The Death Penalty in Massachusetts: Past, Present and Future in Fact and Fiction,” an event sponsored by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Historical Society. … Continue reading
Kenyon in Dark Duets
“Steward of the Blood,” a story co-authored by Nate Kenyon of BC Law School, has been published in the new anthology Dark Duets: All-New Tales of Horror and Dark Fantasy. In other news, Kenyon’s novel Day One was named a … Continue reading
All about the Affordable Care Act
As the enrollment phase continues for the Affordable Care Act, a new book is coming out this month to help health care and legal professionals decipher what the law says, how it works, and what it requires. Health Care Reform: … Continue reading
Invasion: Diaries and Memories of the War in Iraq
A powerful multimedia exhibition that combines photographs, diary entries and a journalistic account of the War in Iraq is on display at the Boston College Law Library throughout the month of November. Based on the diary of Boston College Law … Continue reading
One of the best: Ingrid Hillinger
A new book published this month by Harvard University Press takes a look at the strategies and personal traits of 26 of the best law school professors across the country, the culmination of a four-year study that identified extraordinary law … Continue reading
Big battle over a little fish
More than 30 years after arguing one of the nation’s most significant environmental law cases in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, Boston College Law School Professor Zygmunt J. B. Plater has published an account of the iconic story of the legal … Continue reading
Global justice
Boston College Law School Professor Frank J. Garcia has a new book out titled Global Justice and International Economic Law: Three Takes (Cambridge University Press). Garcia is a scholar known for his work in international economic law, social justice and … Continue reading
Constitutionalism and coercion
The Clough Distinguished Lectures in Jurisprudence, a joint initiative of the Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy and the Boston College Law School, will present a lecture by noted author and scholar Frederick Schauer, the David and Mary Harrison … Continue reading
“Aftermath” a Best Book
Aftermath: Deportation Law and the New American Diaspora by Law School Professor Daniel Kanstroom, associate director of the Center for Human Rights and International Justice, has been named one of the “Best 2012 Books About Justice” by The Atlantic. The … Continue reading