This Week: The Law-Students-As-Philosophical-Sages Edition. As an illustration of this week's theme, I've titled each of the links with an allusion to a well-known philosophical work. You'll recognize them all, I'm sure, but if you don't, simply look in the continuation, where I've compiled a sort of great-books reading list we can all take a crack at this summer after Grey's Anatomy and American Idol have concluded their seasons--
Concerning Education Law school as seen through the lens of popular film. [Lawyerlike]
On the Origin of Inequality What can happen when you don't take moot court. [Improvilaw]
The Only Possible Argument in Support of a Demonstration of the Existence of God School's out -- forever. [You Can't Get Arrested for Being Awesome]
Nausea Thoughts on the bad breath of a fellow student. [Law School for Dummies]
Human, All Too Human More nausea-inducing classmates. [Legally Blonde]
The American Scholar The stupidity of kindergarten graduation. [Legally Certifiable]
Improvement of the Understanding The three secrets to success in law school. [My Adventures at UMD Law]
A Critique of Practical Reason Blogging, as seen through the eyes of a therapist. [Dizzy Does It]
Discipline and Punishment A rant about finals week in a style reflecting the writer's state of mind. [There's No Competition in Law School]
Of Property and Riches On reading China's new property law. [81 Ideas]
Why I Am Not a Christian Limbo lives! [Butterflyfish]
Observations of the Feeling of the Beautiful and the Sublime A plug for the new Harry Potter trailer. [Uncivil Pro]
The Young American Reading R.E.M. lyrics closely. [katlet]
On Sleep and Sleeplessness It's that time of year. [WonL]
Poetics A haiku so important and true that all 1Ls must read it. [Law with Grace]
Leviathan Taking on Major League Baseball -- or not. [Clever WoT]
Social Contract Some thoughts on dinner invitations. [Negligent Use of a Dangerous Mind]
A Critique of Pure Reason Did you really want to make it onto law review? [Who Owns the Fox?]
Being and Nothingness The aimlessness of being unemployed. [Previously Unpublished]
Ecce Homo A letter to K. at eight weeks old. [Magic Cookie]
On the Motion of Animals A troubled dog owner with a plea for help. [think like a woman. act like a man.]
Value, Price, and Profit How to get your own unique, cool, custom business cards. [Legal Andrew]
Discourse on Method Law exam study tips. [Top Law Student]
The Birth of Tragedy A law school fails to provide an adequate "reading period." [TJ's Double Play]
Madness and Civilization Things to do. [divine angst]
The Citizen Quick thoughts about the Democratic debate. [R. Enochs]
Look for next week's roundup at divine angst then it's back here the week after that. You can find some other recent roundups in the "At the Law Schools 2" category, as well as sixty or so older roundups from 2004-2005 here. Finally, if you want to know how I choose posts to highlight, see "How I Write the Weekly Law School Roundup."
Below the fold: The books I used to create this post, this time with authors attached.
Sources/Summer Reading List
Concerning Education, John Locke
On the Origin of Inequality, Jean Jacques Rousseau
The Only Possible Argument in Support of a Demonstration of the Existence of God, Immanuel Kant
Nausea, Jean-Paul Sartre
Human All Too Human, Friedrich Nietzsche
The American Scholar, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Improvement of the Understanding, Baruch Spinoza
A Critique of Practical Reason, Immanuel Kant
Discipline and Punishment, Michel Foucault
"Of Property and Riches," a chapter in David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature
Why I Am Not a Christian, Bertrand Russell
Observations of the Feeling of the Beautiful and the Sublime, Immanuel Kant
The Young American, Ralph Waldo Emerson
On Sleep and Sleeplessness, Aristotle
Poetics, Aristotle
Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes
Social Contract, Jean Jacques Rousseau
A Critique of Pure Reason, Immanuel Kant
Being and Nothingness, Jean-Paul Sartre
Ecce Homo, Friedrich Nietzsche
On the Motion of Animals, Aristotle
Value, Price, and Profit, Karl Marx
A Discourse on Method, René Descartes
The Birth of Tragedy, Friedrich Nietzsche
Madness and Civilization, Michel Foucault
The Citizen, Thomas Hobbes
David Hume! I'm actually re-reading part of Hume's A Treatise on Human Nature right now for the purpose of writing a fairly long paper on corporate insolvency in Australia (well, it's only tangentially related--I needed to rediscover that old is-ought problem from first year philosophy to make an argument), so the choice of Hume for my entry was rather eerily apposite. :-)
Posted by: Kwok Ting Lee | April 28, 2007 at 09:20 PM