Comments on: Was Johnny Cash a Law Professor?

By: erasmus

erasmus — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 00:42:34 +0000

…and there’s “i hung my head.” a man accidentally shoots a lone rider, and then is eventually hung. there’s an iteresting play on words that causes one to wonder whether punishment such as hanging was a proper end for the killer, despite the accident.

By: Cash Disciple

Cash Disciple — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 19:01:41 +0000

In “Long Black Veil” our protagonist goes to the gallows rather than answer the judge’s request for an alibi at his murder trial (he had been in the arms of his best friend’s wife, of course).

If only he had appealed the violation of his Fifth Amendment rights…

By: Bruce Boyden

Bruce Boyden — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 07:46:01 +0000

Is it grand theft auto if you take it one piece at a time? Sounds like the criminal law version of Theseus's ship.

By: Chad Oldfather

Chad Oldfather — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 06:14:23 +0000

And then there’s the conundrum of ending up in Folsom – a California state prison, if I’m not mistaken – for shooting a man in Reno …

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 00:21:43 +0000

re the Car of Neurath: You might be interested in Justin Hughes’ work on “Microworks” in copyright. IP owners want copyright not just in works, but in fragments of works. (Or, more precisely, they want to characterize microworks as derivative works entitled to the same amount of copyright protection as the main work).

As for the Boy Named Sue: perhaps a “wrongful naming” cause of action?