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The Substantive Principle Of Equal Treatment, Patrick S. Shin
The Substantive Principle Of Equal Treatment, Patrick S. Shin
Suffolk University Law School Faculty Works
This paper attempts to identify a principle of equal treatment that gives specific structure to our widely shared judgments about the circumstances in which we have moral reason to object to the differential adverse treatment of others. I formulate what I call a “substantive” principle of equal treatment (to be distinguished from principles of formal equality) that describes a moral constraint on the reasons we can have for picking out individuals for differentially adverse action. I argue that this constraint is violated when an action, in view of its rationale, expresses lesser respect for the moral status of an individual …
What's On Your Playlist? The Power Of Podcasts As A Pedagogical Tool, Kathleen Elliott Vinson
What's On Your Playlist? The Power Of Podcasts As A Pedagogical Tool, Kathleen Elliott Vinson
Suffolk University Law School Faculty Works
It is six in the morning and a law student is walking her dog before beginning a full day of classes. Across town a few hours later, a classmate rushes onto a crowded subway train, forced to stand sandwiched between strangers during his commute to school. That afternoon, an evening student sits in rush hour traffic, hoping to make it into the city in time for class. Later that night, a student jogs on a treadmill at the gym after a long day of school. What do all of these students have in common? They are learning by listening to …
Scary Patents, Stephen M. Mcjohn
Scary Patents, Stephen M. Mcjohn
Suffolk University Law School Faculty Works
The Federal Circuit, in In re Bilski, announced a new test for patentable subject matter, reversing a decades-long trend that had broadened patent subject matter to include business methods and software. To be patentable under Bilski, a process must (1) be tied to a particular machine or apparatus, or (2) transform a particular article into a different state or thing. The Supreme Court has granted cert. to review Bilski. Bilski gives little weight to the very statute it is interpreting or to the facts of the relevant Supreme Court cases. The court draws a test from selected language of those …