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Michael Blumenthal

In Arts & Letters, Law-and-Literature, Legal Education & Pedagogy, Michael Blumenthal on April 29, 2010 at 10:43 pm

Having held the Copenhaver Chair at West Virginia University College of Law for two semesters, Michael Blumenthal will remain in Morgantown for another academic year.  Blumenthal is a lawyer, poet, novelist, essayist, memoirist, and translator.  See my article about Blumenthal here.

Professor James R. Elkins, editor of The Legal Studies Forum, was instrumental in bringing Blumenthal from Old Dominion University, where Blumenthal held an endowed chair, to West Virgina University.

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Shakespeare Authorship Debate, Justice Stevens’s Retirement

In Arts & Letters, Book Reviews, Law-and-Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Shakespeare, The Supreme Court on April 29, 2010 at 5:44 pm

This article, or review, appeared in the Times Literary Supplement last week.  Charles Nicholl, the author, addresses the continuing Shakespeare authorship debate.  Justice Stevens, who recently announced his retirement, has rendered his own opinion on the matter.  Will Shakespeare become part of Stevens’s legacy?