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Legal theory, classics and academia

Joseph Raz (Oxford): Reasons: Explanatory and Normative. Daniel Kahneman (Princeton) and and Cass Sunstein (Chicago): Indignation: Psychology, Politics, Law.  From PS: Political Science and Politics, Hugh McIntosh, Daniel Hart (Rutgers), and James Youniss (CUA): The Influence of Family Political Discussion on Youth Civic Development: Which Parent Qualities Matter?

Joseph A. Pull (Yale): Questioning the Fundamental Right to Marry; Andrew Blair-Stanek (Yale); Defaults and Choices in the Marriage Contract; Goutam U. Jois (Harvard): Marital Status as Property: Toward a New Jurisprudence for Gay Rights; Gary J. Simson (Cornell): Beyond Interstate Recognition in the Same-Sex Marriage Debate; Sanford N Katz (BC): New Directions for Family Law in the United States.

A review of The Legend of Alexander the Great on Greek and Roman Coins by Karsten Dahmen. An excerpt from Death in Ancient Rome by Catharine Edwards. A review of The Freedman in Roman Art and Art History by Lauren Hackworth Petersen. A review of Hadrian's Wall and its People by Geraint Osborn. A review of City Government in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor by Sviatoslav Dmitriev. A review of Economy and Society in the Age of Justinian by Peter Sarris.

From The New York Observer, can’t we all just get along? Judith Rodin transformed the relationship between the University of Pennsylvania and its Philadelphia neighborhood. What can she teach Lee Bollinger about Columbia and Harlem? Ward of the State: Why the state of Colorado was right to sack Ward Churchill. Testing Tenure: Is tenure justified? Michael Shermer investigates. Who’s a nerd, anyway? Someone very, very white, for one thing. From PopMatters, The Campus Beat: The tug of war continues over students’ free speech and press rights. A review of April 16th: Virginia Tech Remembers and Sugarcane Academy: How A New Orleans Teacher And His Storm-Struck Students Created A School To Remember by Michael Tisserand. A review of Parts per Million: The Poisoning of Beverly Hills High School by Joy Horowitz.