Comments on: LawProf as Philosopher-King http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/06/lawprof_as_phil.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:17:18 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Frank http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/06/lawprof_as_phil.html/comment-page-1#comment-48612 Frank Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:10:05 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2008/06/lawprof-as-philosopher-king.html#comment-48612 Well, I have to say that I bridled at his dismissal of a "tropical sweden". I admire him for staying involved, but you're right, Obama is a much better example. Well, I have to say that I bridled at his dismissal of a “tropical sweden”. I admire him for staying involved, but you’re right, Obama is a much better example.

]]> By: A.J. Sutter http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/06/lawprof_as_phil.html/comment-page-1#comment-48611 A.J. Sutter Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:33:20 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2008/06/lawprof-as-philosopher-king.html#comment-48611 Afterthought: One might think that for law profs aspiring for a voice in policy, Barack Obama might be a more immediate and convincing role model. Or do you discount him because he didn't have tenure? Afterthought: One might think that for law profs aspiring for a voice in policy, Barack Obama might be a more immediate and convincing role model. Or do you discount him because he didn’t have tenure?

]]> By: A.J. Sutter http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/06/lawprof_as_phil.html/comment-page-1#comment-48610 A.J. Sutter Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:17:51 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2008/06/lawprof-as-philosopher-king.html#comment-48610 I have a friend in the Brazilian Ministry of Finance who told me quite recently that Unger is something of a laughing-stock in Brazil. Judging by his laughter, this was a bit of understatement. My friend voted for Lula, by the way, so his cynicism isn't ideological. Compounding Unger's political problems, as I recall my friend mentioning, though I can't recall the acronym, the acronym for Unger's group can be pronounced as something awfully close to a Brazilian phrase for "Let's party!," a fact that makes him an easy butt of derision by those who think his position a waste. Unger's thinking is very much stuck in the leftist rhetoric of the 1970s. (I heard him lecture during this time.) See his "Free Trade Reimagined" (2007), for example; a very frustrating book. I have a friend in the Brazilian Ministry of Finance who told me quite recently that Unger is something of a laughing-stock in Brazil. Judging by his laughter, this was a bit of understatement. My friend voted for Lula, by the way, so his cynicism isn’t ideological.

Compounding Unger’s political problems, as I recall my friend mentioning, though I can’t recall the acronym, the acronym for Unger’s group can be pronounced as something awfully close to a Brazilian phrase for “Let’s party!,” a fact that makes him an easy butt of derision by those who think his position a waste.

Unger’s thinking is very much stuck in the leftist rhetoric of the 1970s. (I heard him lecture during this time.) See his “Free Trade Reimagined” (2007), for example; a very frustrating book.

]]> By: Frank http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/06/lawprof_as_phil.html/comment-page-1#comment-48609 Frank Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:18:44 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2008/06/lawprof-as-philosopher-king.html#comment-48609 Oops! Thanks for the heads-up. I deleted the relevant pronoun. Oops! Thanks for the heads-up. I deleted the relevant pronoun.

]]> By: Alfred http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/06/lawprof_as_phil.html/comment-page-1#comment-48608 Alfred Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:32:06 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2008/06/lawprof-as-philosopher-king.html#comment-48608 Thanks for this, Frank--very interesting, as always. (But Carlin Romano is a he.) Thanks for this, Frank–very interesting, as always. (But Carlin Romano is a he.)

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