James (Jamie) Macleod
jammacleod1.bsky.social
James (Jamie) Macleod
@jammacleod1.bsky.social
Professor, Cardozo School of Law

experimental jurisprudence, statutory interpretation, evidence, crim, torts

Papers here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1804861
"Should we ask which Four Seasons they meant, or just go ahead and book Four Seasons Total Landscaping?"
March 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
...w/ @richardre.bsky.social, @katieeyer.bsky.social, @kevintobia.bsky.social, Tara Grove, Brian Slocum, least recently at @georgetownlaw.bsky.social's Legislation Roundtable, where @ryandoerfler.bsky.social
gave insightful comments at a very early stage. Lots of add'l help in between. Take a look!
January 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I support the main claim w/ a simple 2-part arg, then demonstrate w/ a more systematic review of all divided SCOTUS cases in the 2020-2023 Terms.

I've had many fruitful conversations about it, most recently at AALS panel on "Methodological Realignments in Statutory Interp."...
January 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I'll say more about "Standard Textualism" on here some day soon, but for now I'm busy being tickled...
January 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
...law than modern textualists and their critics have realized.

Katie Eyer's paper: "Textualism as an Equity Practice"
Richard Re: "Legal Realignment"
Tara Grove: "The Power to Impose Method"
'Slobia': "Pragmatic Textualism"
January 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
January 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I feel you! (And certainly didn’t mean any sass.) I recently made the mistake of showing mine an AI song generator and now, ten snippets of bespoke pop punk songs about superheroes later, it’s… remarkably hard to convince him that anybody should try to make up songs from scratch
December 16, 2024 at 4:30 PM
No guitarist has ever done this without buying one or more additional pedals within the year.
December 16, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Evergreen
November 14, 2024 at 1:39 AM
Samesies, thanks Maybell!
November 13, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Yes please!
November 8, 2024 at 12:14 PM