Weekend Links

. . . are mostly sad:

Tim Zinnecker (here at the Faculty Lounge) and Elizabeth Nowicki (at Concurring Opinions) on the death of Tulane law professor Brooke Overby (1960-2009).

Larry Solum (at Legal Theory Blog) and Chris Bertram (at Crooked Timber) on the death of Gerald A. (Jerry) Cohen (1941–2009).

And via Brian Leiter, news of the death of Stanford Emeritus Professor John H. Barton (1936-2009).

Let’s hope that next week brings better news for the Academy. 

And on a lighter note . . .

Ben Stein is fired as a Sunday business columnist for the New York Times for violating ethics guidelines, due to his role as a commercial spokesman for FreeScore, a financial services company.  (HT: Gawker via Felix Salmon).  Here’s one of the offending commercials:

At the Volokh Conspiracy, David Bernstein challenges the New York Times on its assessment of the position of Supreme Court Justice as one of the “most demanding jobs in the land.”  Yep, right up there with law school professor . . .

And Usha Rodrigues has better taste in teen movies than Larry Ribstein (his considerable expertise on capitalism in film notwithstanding).

Comments

[Tim Zinnecker]

Cal Western's former dean, Robert Castetter, also passed away a few days ago at the age of 89. Story here:

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/aug/07/1m7castetter22450-dean-helped-law-school-get-accre/

[Kim Krawiec]

Thanks for the update, Tim. A lot of sad news this week.