Law & Leviathan: The Best Defense?

In their recent book Law & Leviathan, Cass Sunstein and Adrian Vermeule unveil a novel and provocative approach to legitimating the modern administrative state. Their starting point is a set of procedural principles that the legal philosopher Lon Fuller described as fundamental premises of the law’s “internal morality.

Six Degrees of Cass Sunstein

Degrees of separation is a concept that is intuitive and appealing in popular culture as well as academic discourse: It tells us something about the connectedness of a particular field. It also reveals paths of influence and access. Paul Erdős was the Kevin Bacon of his field - math - coauthoring with a large number of scholars from many institutions and across subfields. Moreover, his work was highly cited and important. Mathematicians talk about their Erdős number (i.e., numbers of degrees of separation) as a sign of their connection to the hub of mathematics: An Erdős number of 2 means a scholar did not co-author with Erdős but did collaborate with someone who did (i.e., an Erdős 1). In this study, we examine collaboration networks in law, searching for the Legal Erdős. We crown Sunstein as the Legal Erdős and name a complete (as possible) list of Sunstein 1s and 2s

Six Degrees of Cass Sunstein

Degrees of separation is a concept that is intuitive and appealing in popular culture as well as academic discourse: It tells us something about the connectedness of a particular field. It also reveals paths of influence and access. Paul Erdős was the Kevin Bacon of his field - math - coauthoring with a large number of scholars from many institutions and across subfields. Moreover, his work was highly cited and important. Mathematicians talk about their Erdős number (i.e., numbers of degrees of separation) as a sign of their connection to the hub of mathematics: An Erdős number of 2 means a scholar did not co-author with Erdős but did collaborate with someone who did (i.e., an Erdős 1). In this study, we examine collaboration networks in law, searching for the Legal Erdős. We crown Sunstein as the Legal Erdős and name a complete (as possible) list of Sunstein 1s and 2s

Cass R. Sunstein. 2020. Behavioral Science and Public Policy

El texto es una reseña del libro de Cass Sunstein (2020) sobre ciencias del comportamiento y políticas públicas

Book review: valuing life: humanizing the regulatory state by Cass Sunstein

In Valuing Life, Cass Sunstein surveys a wide range of practical research and real-life policymaking in his characteristically lucid style, offering a candid and humble account of his administrative tenure in Washington. He performs an invaluable service in revealing how government regulators balance pragmatic concerns of resource scarcity with principled ideals of respect and dignity, writes Mark D. White

‘Nudges’ may be effective at times, but policymakers can’t rely on them to tackle entrenched social problems.

Since the publication of 2008’s Nudge by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein, policy ‘nudges’ have been in fashion, with smaller interventions aimed at altering public behaviour in a subtle manner being adopted by many governments, including in the UK. Frank Mols looked at this phenomenon in a recent journal article, and argues here that while nudges undoubtedly can be effective, their limitations must be kept in mind

'Nudges' may be effective at times, but policymakers will be disappointed if they rely on them to tackle entrenched problems

Since the publication of 2008’s Nudge by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein, policy ‘nudges’ have been in fashion, with smaller interventions aimed at altering public behaviour in a subtle manner being adopted by many governments, including in the UK. Frank Mols looked at this phenomenon in a recent journal article, and argues here that while nudges undoubtedly can be effective, their limitations must be kept in mind

NDLS Communicator: Week of 11.20.17

The Latest News NDLS hosts moot court tournament for religious freedom 2017 Law Review Symposium This Week\u27s Events LAMB Guest Speaker, Professor John Shahar Dillbary, University of Alabama School of Law NDLS Thanksgiving Potluck Clynes Chair Lecture--Cass Sunstein, Robert Walmsley University Professor, Harvard Law, will give a talk, Originalism, Sometimes (with special reference to impeachment) Cass Sunstein, will give a talk, Nudges That Fail Wednesday, No class, students start Thanksgiving break Football: Notre Dame at Stanford Around the Watercooler Congratulations, Beth Ferrettie and Rob Leazenby! Bring your Dog to the Commons, Dec. 7! NDSP to accept food donations as payment for parking fine

Impeachment for Dummies

Join the American Democracy Project and Dr. Larry Gould to learn more about impeachment and the 25th amendment. Free pizza and salad will be provided for the first 20 attendants! Learn more at: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/30/opinion/impeachment-donald-trump.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/28/opinion/impeachment-donald-trump.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/12/books/review/impeachment-cass-sunstein-can-it-happen-here.htm