OK, finished the paper. Excellent work, hats off to Boston U School of Law, and Hartzog & Silbey. It's fetching that a paper on the dangers of AI resembles a steam train; slow to get started, but with eventual and unstoppable inertia.

Plus now I want to read Putnam's "Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community". Warning to my #strongtowns peeps, prepare to be annoyed with my new single minded focus

#criticism #scholarly #paper #schoolOfLaw
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5870623

"The stakes are as high as they come, including the vitality of public education and supportive, livable neighborhoods. Functioning hospitals, thriving religious and civic organizations, regular participation in community gatherings and municipal hearings, and reliable local businesses are cornerstones of civic life."

Holy shit, well said.

#strongtowns #genAI #howAIDestroysInstitutions #criticism #scholarly #paper #schoolOfLaw #civic

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5870623

What a banger:

> We should not be complacent about AI’s effect on attitudes to, and capacities for, knowledge acquisition, and on the willingness to take intellectual risks.

#howAIDestroysInstitutions #genAI #criticism #scholarly #paper #schoolOfLaw

#boston #universityoflaw #WoodrowHartzog #JessicaMSilbey

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5870623

Criminalising #HateSpeech: A Comparative Study

36 Pages Posted: 26 Jun 2025
Eric Heinze
Queen Mary University of London, #SchoolofLaw

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5321804

Several collections on #freespeech have been published in recent years on free speech around across the globe – but this books gathers highly detailed studies devoted exclusively to #hate #speech, covering more than twenty countries.

Secrets of the #Killing State: the Untold Story of #LethalInjection (Epilogue)

6 Pages
Corinna Lain
University of Richmond - #SchoolofLaw
Date Written: September 01, 2024

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5202090

#Populist #Secularism

University at Buffalo #SchoolofLaw #LegalStudies Research Paper No. 2024-016

33 Minnesota Journal of International Law 39 (2024)
74 Pages Posted: 19 Nov 2024
Seval Yildirim
University at Buffalo Law School

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5026373

Abstract:

This article argues that in the context of a developing #democracy, the rise of #religiously oriented parties should be viewed contextually as part of an ongoing process of #democratic negotiation and consolidation.

80% of #Transgender #Americans Have Considered #Suicide.

#Study from the #UCLA #SchoolOfLaw’s #WilliamsInstitute showed that #Gender #Affirmation is #SuicidePrevention.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Transitioning #MentalHealth #Suicide #SuicidePrevention

https://www.advocate.com/health/transgender-alarming-suicide-rate

#ChuckWilliams, #cofounder of #UCLA #Law's #WilliamsInstitute, #dies

Williams, Sears, #BillRubenstein and other #scholars at the #UCLA #SchoolofLaw founded the #thinktank in 2001, which was originally called #TheWilliamsProject, with the goal of replacing #antiLGBT #bias in #law #policy and #culture through #research

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #RoleModels #Representation #Culture
https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/chuck-williams-co-founder-of-ucla-laws-williams-institute-dies/