"Arbitration by Combat"

An article on Game of Thrones , trial by combat, and arbitration that I coauthored with Raj Shah is now available on SSRN. You can download ...

Trial By Combat in New York?

A friend sent me this post by Eugene Volokh commenting on a colorful brief filed by Richard Luthmann, a Staten Island attorney. This parag...

California's Fractional Statutes

One interesting phenomenon I have noticed in a few of California's statutes is the numbering of sections with fractions rather than deci...

My New Paper on Prior Sexual Misconduct Evidence in State Courts

I just posted my most recent article on SSRN. The title is Prior Sexual Misconduct Evidence in State Courts: Constitutional and Common Law ...

Njal's Saga Available Online

I'm a big fan of Njal's Saga , which I read during my second year in law school after learning about it through a remedies course ta...

Some Harsh Words on Dueling

While researching and writing a paper on arbitration by combat and Game of Thrones, I came across the case of Smith v. State , 9 Tenn. 228 ...