The Newtown Shootings, Gun Control, and Cultural Cognition
By I. Glenn Cohen Like most (all?) of the blog readers, I find it difficult to return to my every day life this morning in the wake of the Newtown shootings. This post is not…
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By I. Glenn Cohen Like most (all?) of the blog readers, I find it difficult to return to my every day life this morning in the wake of the Newtown shootings. This post is not…
By I. Glenn Cohen There is a deepening crisis in the funding of legal services in the United States. The House of Representatives has proposed cutting the budget of the Legal Services Corporation (LSC), one…
By I. Glenn Cohen Boston recently followed many other world cities in implementing a bike share program. As the New York Times recently reported, North American cities face a dilemma: if the European experience is…
By Holly Fernandez Lynch and I. Glenn Cohen Happy Thanksgiving! Today, we just wanted to give a big thank you to our loyal readers, dedicated bloggers, and excellent commenters. You’ve helped make Bill of Health…
By I. Glenn Cohen My colleague Jonathan Lazar who studies the way in which the web creates barriers to people with disabilities mentioned to me a neat program/event that may be of interest to some…
By I. Glenn Cohen I am writing this from Malaysia where I am touring hospitals as part of my book in progress on medical tourism. I may try to blog on the trip a bit…
By I. Glenn Cohen I am writing this post from a terrific conference on Institutional Financial Conflicts of Interest In Research Universities, hosted at Harvard Law by the Petrie-Flom Center and the Edmond J. Safra Center for…
By I. Glenn Cohen Last week, I sat on a panel at the Mid-Atlantic Law and Society Association, with my wonderful colleagues Kim Mutcherson, Gaia Bernstein, Rene Almeling, and Cynthia Daniels on sperm donor anonymity.…
By I. Glenn Cohen Last week, as the New York Times reported, a fight over documenting informed consent to a particular Jewish circumcision ritual is brewing. To quote from the article: The city Board of…
By I. Glenn Cohen Over at Jotwell, Michael Carroll (American) has a very nice review of a new paper that is a collaboration between two of our former fellows at the Petrie-Flom Center, Michael Frakes…