Which might be the best strategies for lawyers to maximize success – should they be honest or dishonest (and/or aggressive or passive) ? Researchers Giovanni Sartor, EUI – Florence [pictured] Michel Rudnianski, CNAM/ORT – Paris, Antonino Rotolo, CIRSFID – Bologna, Régis Riveret, University of Aberdeen, and Eunate Mayor, EUI – Florence, offer solutions in their […]
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Lawyers: Drag or Accellerant?
Two investigators plunged into the depths of a dark suspicion, producing this report: “Legislating for Economic Sclerosis: Are Lawyers a Baleful Influence on Growth Rates?“, Samuel Cameron [pictured here] and Andy Thorpe, Kyklos, February 2004, vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 67–85. The authors conclude: “Our investigation has failed to lend much support to the idea […]
Filled pauses at the Supreme Court
Following our Improbable article on ‘Laughter at the Supreme Court‘, we turn now to the implications of ‘Filled Pauses’ at the same institution. A Filled Pause (FP) can be uhm, ah, uh, &etc. The questions are: how often do they crop up, and which of the court’s Justices make the most use of them? And, perhaps […]
Orthogonal judged interesting
“Orthogonal” is the word we use on the rare occasions people ask “Are the Ig Nobel Prizes related to the Nobel Prizes?” The answer is: No. They are orthogonal to each other (and if people are still puzzled, we explain what “orthogonal” means). The Washington Post reported (thanks to investigator Tatiana Divens for bringing it […]
Footnoted in Passing
Of the Reticence of Rats The sixteenth-century French lawyer Bartholomew Chassannée made his name defending rats accused of eating grain. When the rats were summoned to appear in court but never showed up, he invoked the right exercised by human beings to refuse to obey a summons to a place where they are in danger. […]