Category Archives: Law

Name This Thinker

By Josh Weil | Published: April 25, 2010
“The laws we have, the ways we do things, are not handed down from heaven on tablets of stone. They are human contrivances, solutions to particular problems, ways of accomplishing particular ends.”
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Coasian Bargaining FAIL

By Charlie Deist | Published: March 11, 2010
I recently had the unfortunate experience of finding out that the shiny red bike I bought a few weeks ago from the Ashby Flea was stolen property. I was notified via a napkin taped to my handlebars that said that I had stolen her bike along with a request to please call “Mimi” and return it. Shucks. When I [...]
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Eminent Domain

By Josh Weil | Published: February 2, 2010
A 500 word essay I wrote for the Koch Summer Internship application…
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Democratically Elected Officials are not Above the Law

By Josh Weil | Published: November 5, 2009
I’m not a legal expert, but I think I know why we have laws. A code of laws helps out sort out our disagreements and constructs a range of consequences for agreed on unacceptable behavior. The law shouldn’t stratify people as above or below other people. It shouldn’t give a democratically elected official a free pass [...]
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