Ed Cottrell
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Word of the Day: Unbelievable
That’s what I keep muttering under my breath, as I walk around in a post-criminal-law stupor. It’s not that I think I did badly (I think I did just fine, though I also don’t think that what I think is connected to what grade I will get), but that it was an absurd test and…
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American Legal Theory Paper Now Online
I have posted my American Legal Theory paper, The Case of Experience v. Efficiency: An Examination of the Influence of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., on Judge Richard Posner, to my writings page. Enjoy! Commentary is, of course, invited and welcome (why else would I put this stuff on the web?).
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Exams
1 down, 2 to go. I think Civil Procedure went really well, but I’ve also given up on trying to predict law school exam results.
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Glitch fixing
I just discovered that both the permalinks and the comments RSS feed were messed up. Somehow, some files didn’t transfer quite properly during the upgrade process, which is bizarre, since I double-checked them all. Go figure. If you see problems of any kind, please let me know. Thanks!
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HolmesPosnerPaperMindNumbMadness
That was my away message for most of this week. I just turned in my first law school paper, for American Legal Theory. Final tallies: 25 pages 97 footnotes 6,193 words text 3,386 words footnotes 80 hours working time (roughly) 10 pots of coffee (very roughly) 3 Red Bulls 1 all-nighter 1 year off my…