The Lost Maxims
No self-respecting blawg should consider itself complete without first addressing the Lost Maxims of Equity. In 2002, Eugene Volokh, an unprepossessing UCLA law professor and legal blogger of rather modest esteem, re-discovered nine lost maxims to round out the body of pithy sayings, that, in the aggregate, define law's weak sister, Equity. See 52 J. of Legal Educ. 619 (2002).
A few of my favorites:
While we're dealing with the lighter side of the law, my friend Dan Solove (GWU Professor of Law, author of The Digital Person and Lancaster County native), offers a humorous rumination on his most widely-read published work. It's an old piece in one sense but fresh as daisy in every other.
A few of my favorites:
Equity Delights in a Good Practical JokeAnd, finally, so many cases cry out for strict application of the lost maxim "Equity Abhors a Nudnik," it's a wonder the maxim was ever lost.
Equity, Schmequity
Equity is a Mean Drunk
While we're dealing with the lighter side of the law, my friend Dan Solove (GWU Professor of Law, author of The Digital Person and Lancaster County native), offers a humorous rumination on his most widely-read published work. It's an old piece in one sense but fresh as daisy in every other.
