Jonathan Adler blogs on the Volokh Conspiracy about these two issues.
Andre Bouchard has been nominated by Governor Jack Markell to serve as the 21st Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery. Assuming he is confirmed by the Delaware Senate, Bouchard will replace Leo Strine, Jr., who was appointed Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court earlier this year.
In USA Today, Glenn Reynolds, Beauchamp Brogan Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Tennessee College of Law, assesses the state of the federal criminal justice system and finds it lacking.
At Truth on the Market, Dan Crane has thoughts on the recent moves in New Jersey to restrict direct sales of automobiles to consumers.
Behavior, Paternalism, and Policy: Evaluating Consumer Financial Protection, a new behavioral law and economics paper by law professor Todd Zywicki and economics professor Adam Smith (really!), is available here.
Here’s the abstract:
Details at bergerharris.com.