The University of Chicago Law Schoo (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008
Over at The New Republic, Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor Martha Nussbaum has a review of a new book edited by James Calvin Davis entitled On Religious Liberty: Selections From the Works of Roger Williams. A short excerpt is reproduced...
PropertyProf Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Megan E. Higgins (Roger Williams) has posted Sea Level Rise Impacts on Beaches and Coastal Property on SSRN. Here's the abstract: The causes of sea level rise; the impacts to beaches and coastal property; state responses to changes in sea...
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 23/08/2008
Roger Williams University achieved its highest ranking yet with yesterday’s U.S. News & World Report release of its 2009 rankings of America’s colleges and universities.The Bristol school was eighth in the region among comprehensive colleges granting bachelor’s degrees. Its standing in last year’s report was ninth. The report separates schools into categories and regions, such as liberal arts, baccalaureate...
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
PROVIDENCE — Although not its largest ever, Roger Williams Medical Center was recently awarded an $11.8-million federal grant. The National Institutes of Health gave the five-year award so the center could continue Dr. Vincent Falanga’s study on tissue repair and the role of adult stem cells during the healing process of stubborn wounds. In 2003, the NIH gave the center its largest grant, $13.3 million,...
idealawg (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
I just blogged about a fellowship given to two CUNY Law professors. The same Center for Contemplative Mind in Society has granted a fellowship to Professor David Zlotnick. The description of the course he will be teaching (from the fellowship announcements): Trial lawyers notoriously suffer from burnout and substance abuse...
TaxProf Blog (Free subscription) | 14/08/2008
Last fall, I blogged a publication study of the faculties at Tier 3 and Tier 4 law schools (as well as the New England law schools) by Michael J. Yelnosky (Roger Williams). This year, Michael is expanding the study to...
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 13/08/2008
Marco Riz, a Guatemalan immigrant accused of kidnapping and raping a woman at knifepoint in Roger Williams Park, was indicted today on sexual assault, robbery and kidnapping charges. A statewide grand jury handed up the indictment naming Riz, of 183...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
Police are investigating two shootings in South Providence. The first happened Sunday night around 9:30 p.m. One neighbor said a man was shot while standing on his porch. The annual Dominican Festival was being celebrated at nearby Roger Williams Park, and the streets were crowded with people.
Legal Writing Prof Blog (Free subscription) | 24/07/2008
The University of Windsor, Faculty of Law, has announced that two of the school's three existing Legal Research and Writing positions were converted from limited term contract positions to tenure track positions. The third position is scheduled to be converted...
Blog from the Capital (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Writing at the Huffington Post, former Rhode Island Senator Lincoln Chafee evokes the memory of Roger Williams to express his unease with McCain and Obama's upcoming forum to be held in a California church. The two presidential candidates have been...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 19/07/2008
A new trail for kayakers and canoers is being inaugurated. A group of paddlers is gathering Saturday morning to launch the new Roger Williams Paddle Trail in Providence.
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
A federal judge in Providence ruled this morning on motions in the corruption case against Robert Urciuoli and Frances Driscoll, former Roger Williams Medical Center executives charged with bribing former state Sen. John Celona. Chief U.S. District Judge Mary M....
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
PROVIDENCE -- Fifty-one people from 24 nations gathered this morning in the spot where Roger Williams established the Rhode Island colony and swore their allegiance to the United States as the nation’s newest citizens. Maria Medeiros, 48, of Johnston, was...
Open Source (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
Roger Williams In celebration of the Fourth of July, despite everything... Martha Nussbaum revives a dreamy vision of religious freedom. Jeff Sharlet paints the real bathos of our adapted political piety. I join them both in the pleasure of rediscovering Roger Williams (1603 - 1683) as a neglected American model of real religion, real freedom, real tolerance. As Martha Nussbaum reminds us, Roger Williams...
Legal Theory Blog (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008
John J. Chung (Roger Williams University - School of Law) has posted Promissory Estoppel and the Protection Of Interpersonal Trust on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This paper examines the role of interpersonal trust in the doctrine of promissory estoppel...
