Cosmopolitan Lawyer

Ages ago, at my first-year law school orientation, my classmates were told "If you only know the law, then you do not know the law at all." I took the words to heart as I made my way through law school, through law practice and, now, into law teaching. The Cosmopolitan Lawyer lists readings, many non-law, which are influencing my thinking about law. It is my effort to be, and to encourage others to be, more cosmopolitan--and, thus, less parochial--in thinking about law.

September 17, 2007

TWO ITEMS FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES

I should like to refer you to the two items below.

BUSINESS | September 15, 2007
Ayn Rand's Literature of Capitalism
By HARRIET RUBIN
Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged,”a glorification of the right of individuals to live entirely for their own interest, influenced Alan Greenspan and others.

BOOKS / SUNDAY BOOK REVIEW | September 16, 2007
Essay: Revisiting the Canon Wars
By RACHEL DONADIO
Two decades after Allan Bloom’s “The Closing of the American Mind,” it’s generally agreed that his multiculturalist opponents won the canon wars.

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September 17, 2007

TWO ITEMS FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES

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