PENN L AW JOURNAL F E AT U R E S An Unconventional Marriage Counselor 17 B y J ay N a c h m a n
Lynn Toler’s L’84 got attitude. The happily married judge presides over the television series Divorce Court with a mixture of tough love, homespun advice, and wry humor. What’s not to love?
The Perils of Push Button War
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By R i c k S c h m i t t
We are met on a battlefield of high-tech armaments with deadly consequences for both
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civil society and the conventions of war. Into the breach comes the new Penn Law Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law, an interdisciplinary institute dedicated to conducting a cost-benefit analysis that is novel and important.
The Republic of Sports
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B y J ay N a c h m a n , J o h n R o s e n g r e n , R o b e r t S t r a u ss , L a rr y T e i t e lb a u m a n d L . J o n W e r t h e i m
Five Penn Law alumni tell how they got involved in the sometimes contentious, but always entertaining, rollercoaster ride of sports, whose storylines are filled with winners and losers, villains and heroes. Sounds a lot like life.
A Disabled Advocate Makes Her Stand 42 B y L a rr y T e i t e lb a u m
Born with cerebral palsy, Britney Wilson 2L has no time for bleeding hearts. She’s too busy writing piercing poems about selfhood and preparing for a life in the law protecting the rights of people just like her.
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D E PA R T M E N T S A Message from the Dean The Brief
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Faculty News and Publications
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Class Action
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Bold Ambitions
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Alumni Briefs 45 In Memoriam
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