Comments on: Poetry Inspired Thoughts on Place, Academia, and the Spirit of the Law http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/03/poetry_inspired.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:18:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Frank http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/03/poetry_inspired.html/comment-page-1#comment-55064 Frank Mon, 09 Apr 2007 05:31:06 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/03/poetry-inspired-thoughts-on-place-academia-and-the-spirit-of-the-law.html#comment-55064 This book may be of interest: http://www.kentuckypress.com/viewbook.cfm?Category_ID=1&Group=54&ID=1400 This book may be of interest:

http://www.kentuckypress.com/viewbook.cfm?Category_ID=1&Group=54&ID=1400

]]> By: Frank http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/03/poetry_inspired.html/comment-page-1#comment-55063 Frank Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:10:01 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/03/poetry-inspired-thoughts-on-place-academia-and-the-spirit-of-the-law.html#comment-55063 I think Berry's reflections on the local, and community, are very inspiring. I found the distinction between "settlers and colonizers" in The Unsettling of America quite compelling: the former try to build up a place, while the latter take all they can from it, in hope of leveraging that plunder into a better life elsewhere. The only defense of the meat mkt I can offer is that it diversifies the group of (potential) settlers at law schools. Ideally, the law professor finds some way of enriching the community he or she is situated in. And the kaleidoscopic, centrifugal force of AALS gets people to places they'd perhaps never even considered living in. I had never heard of the city I live in now b4 that process. I think Berry’s reflections on the local, and community, are very inspiring. I found the distinction between “settlers and colonizers” in The Unsettling of America quite compelling: the former try to build up a place, while the latter take all they can from it, in hope of leveraging that plunder into a better life elsewhere.

The only defense of the meat mkt I can offer is that it diversifies the group of (potential) settlers at law schools. Ideally, the law professor finds some way of enriching the community he or she is situated in. And the kaleidoscopic, centrifugal force of AALS gets people to places they’d perhaps never even considered living in. I had never heard of the city I live in now b4 that process.

]]> By: Rick Garnett http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/03/poetry_inspired.html/comment-page-1#comment-55062 Rick Garnett Thu, 08 Mar 2007 04:27:25 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/03/poetry-inspired-thoughts-on-place-academia-and-the-spirit-of-the-law.html#comment-55062 Great post, Nate. On the one hand, there's the "rootedness" that Berry celebrates and that is, no question, a good (even, perhaps, a near-necessary condition for real human happiness). On the other, there's mobility, globalization, competition, and options. A great book about this tension, for what it's worth, is "The Lost City," by Alan Ehrenhalt (about Chicago). Great post, Nate. On the one hand, there’s the “rootedness” that Berry celebrates and that is, no question, a good (even, perhaps, a near-necessary condition for real human happiness). On the other, there’s mobility, globalization, competition, and options. A great book about this tension, for what it’s worth, is “The Lost City,” by Alan Ehrenhalt (about Chicago).

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