Ipse Dixit
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Ipse Dixit is a podcast on legal scholarship. Each episode of Ipse Dixit features a different guest discussing their scholarship. The podcast also features several special series. "From the Archives" consists historical recordings potentially of interest to legal scholars and lawyers. "The Homicide Squad" consists of investigations of the true stories behind different murder ballads, as well as examples of how different musicians have interpreted the song over time. "The Day Antitrust Died?" is co-hosted with Ramsi Woodcock, Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law, and consists of oral histories of the 1974 Airlie House Conference on antitrust law, a pivotal moment in the history of antitrust theory and policy. The hosts of Ipse Dixit are: Brian L. Frye, Spears-Gilbert Associate Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky Colleg
Episodes
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Jared Schroeder on Penumbras & Privacy
In this episode, Jared Schroeder, Lee Hills Chair in Free-Press Studies and Donald W. Reynolds Distinguished Faculty Fellow at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, discusses his new book "The Penumbra Problem: The Rise and Fall of the Little-Known Word that Protects Our Privacy,"…
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Guthery, Burke & Risch on Patents in the Early American Republic
In this episode, Scott Guthery, a patent advisor and inventor, Julie Burke, founder of the IP Quality Pro patent consulting firm, and Michael Risch, Professor of Law at Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law, discuss their new book, "Unfettered Invention: How the X Patents Sparked…
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Tracy Thomas on Florence Allen, the First Woman Judge
In this episode, Tracy Thomas, Seiberling Chair of Constitutional Law and Director of the Center for Constitutional Law ay the University of Akron School of Law, discusses her new book, "The First Woman Judge: The Life and Legacy of Florence Allen, " which is published by the University of...
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Zachary Catanzaro on Democratic Accountability in the Technological Singularity
In this episode, Zachary L. Catanzaro, Assistant Professor of Law at Widener University Delaware Law School, discusses his article "Sovereignty in the Technological Singularity," which is published in the Yale Journal of Law & Technology. Catazaro begins by explaining why a conflict has emerged...
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Jennifer Brinkley on Dorothy Kenyon
In this episode, Jennifer L. Brinkley, Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Dayton School of Law, discusses her new book, "Justice Was Her Calling: The Fierce and Fascinating Life of Dorothy Kenyon," which is published by the University of California Press. Brinkley begins by…
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Mark Satta on Masterpiece Cakeshop & Queer Rights
In this episode, Mark Satta, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Law at Wayne State University, discusses his new book, "Let Them Buy Cake: Gay Weddings and the Coordinated Campaign against Queer Rights," which will be published by Oxford University Press. Satta begins by describing what…
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Judge Beverly Martin on the Article III Coalition
In this episode, the Honorable Beverly B. Martin, a former United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit and a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, discusses her role in the Keep Our...
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Aram Sinnreich on the Law of Sampling & Racial Injustice
In this episode, Aram Sinnreich, a Professor and Graduate Director of the Communication Studies division at American University’s School of Communication, discusses his new book chapter, "Music Sampling Law as Regulatory Vacuum and Check on Black Cultural Power," which will be published in the...
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Mike Plante on Louis Sher & Jacobellis v. Ohio (1964)
In this episode, Mike Plante, a filmmaker, producer, and programmer, discusses his new book "Sensation Cinema: The Audacious, Defiant History of Louis Sher and the Art Theatre Guild," which is published by Sticking Place Books. Plante begins by describing his own background in independent film…
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Richard Heppner on Gamifying Civil Procedure
In this episode, Richard L. Heppner, Jr., Associate Dean for Faculty Scholarship and Associate Professor of Law at the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University, discusses TAG!: The Jurisdiction Game, his new board game based on the rules of civil procedure. Heppner begins by…
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Lisa Ramsey on Trademarks & Free Speech
In this episode, Lisa P. Ramsey, Professor of Law at the University of San Diego School of Law, discusses her new book "Trademarks and Free Speech: Conflicts and Resolutions," which is published by Cambridge University Press. Ramsey begins by explaining what trademarks are, what they protect…
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Anna Law on Migration & Citizenship
In this episode, Anna O. Law, professor of political science and the Herbert Kurz Chair of Constitutional Rights at CUNY Brooklyn College, discusses her new book, "Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship: African Americans, Native Americans, and Immigrants," which is published by Oxford...
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Jerry Edwards on the Early History of the First Amendment
In this episode, Jerry Edwards, Associate Professor of Law at West Virginia University College of Law, discusses his draft article "The Reconstructed First Amendment." Edwards begins by reflecting on why the original understanding of the First Amendment is important in this historical moment. He...
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Jon Lee on Sanctioning Lawyers Who Commit Crimes
In this episode, Jon J. Lee, Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research and Frank Elkouri and Edna Asper Elkouri Professor in Law at the University of Oklahoma College of Law, discusses his article "Sanctioning Lawyer-Criminals," which is published in the Washington and Lee Law Review.…
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Davies & Ellis on Brakhage & Sartre
In this episode, Byron Davies, a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship with the Aresmur research group in aesthetics and art theory at the University of Murcia in Spain, and Addison Ellis, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the American University in Cairo, discuss their article "Stan Brakhage,...
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Philip Hackney on Arts Tax Policy
In this episode, Philip Hackney, Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, discusses his draft article, "Arts Tax Policy: Democracy or Plutocracy?," which will be published in the Loyola L.A. Law Review. Hackney begins by explaining how the tax code conceptualizes art. Then…
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Daniel Schwarcz on AI and Human Legal Reasoning
In this episode, Daniel Schwarcz, Fredrikson & Byron Professor of Law and a Distinguished University Teaching Professor at the University of Minnesota Law School, discusses his draft article "Artificial Intelligence and Human Legal Reasoning," which he co-authored with Nicholas Bednar, David R....
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Bearer-Friend & Polcz on Taxing AI
In this episode, Jeremy Bearer-Friend, Associate Professor of Law at George Washington University Law School, and Sarah Polcz, Acting Professor of Law at UC Davis School of Law, discuss their article "Sharing the Algorithm: The Tax Solution to Generative AI," which is published in the Columbia...
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Aman Gebru on Truthmarks
In this episode, Aman Gebru, Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Houston Law Center, discusses his draft article "Truthmarks," which will be published in the American University Law Review. Gebru begins by explaining the purpose of trademark law and how it protects trademarks. He...
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Urice & Frankel on Art Law
In this episode, Stephen K. Urice and Simon J. Frankel discuss their book Law, Ethics, and the Visual Arts, the sixth edition of which was just published by Cambridge University Press. Urice and Frankel describe the creation of the book and the academic study of art law by John Henry Merryman…
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Sam Williams on the Jokerfication of Law
In this episode, Sam Williams, Associate Professor of Law and Reference and Instruction Librarian at the University of Idaho College of Law discusses several of his articles, including “The Law is Weirder than AI,” which was published in 2024 with the Hofstra Law Review, and “The Jokerfication of...
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Christopher Brooks on Appellate Judicial Section
In this episode, Christopher T. Brooks, Professor of History at East Stroudsburg University, discusses his work on appellate judicial selection. He explains that state appellate judges are usually either elected or appointed with the advice of nominating committees. He argues that both methods…
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Valentin Jeutner on Conceptual Legal Writing
In this episode, Valentin Jeutner, Associate Professor of Law at Lund University and Retained Lecturer in Law at Pembroke College, Oxford University, discusses his book "[l]ex machina: unlikely encounters of international law and technology," which is published by Lund University. Jeutner begins…
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Sharon Yadin on the Nature of Regulation
In this episode, Sharon Yadin, Senior Lecturer of Law and Regulation at the Yezreel Valley College School of Public Administration and Public Policy, discusses her draft article "The Hidden Nature of Regulation," which will be published in the Harvard Negotiation Law Review. Yadin begins by...
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Jorge Contreras on Silly Patents
In this episode, Jorge L. Contreras, Distinguished University Professor, James T. Jensen Endowed Professor for Transactional Law, and Director of the Program on Intellectual Property and Technology Law at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, discusses his draft article "Silly...
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Nikola Datzov on AI Judges
In this episode, Nikola Datzov, Associate Professor of Law at the University of North Dakota School of Law, discusses his article "AI Jurisprudence: Toward Automated Justice," which will be published in the Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property. Datzov begins by briefly...
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Mark Blankenship on the "Aesthetic Nondiscrimination" Doctrine
In this episode, Mark Edward Blankenship, Jr., Assistant Professor of Law at St. Thomas University College of Law, discusses his article "Reconsidering the 'Aesthetic Nondiscrimination' Doctrine in American Copyright Law," which is published in the Berkeley Journal of Entertainment and Sports…
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John Tehranian on Copyright & Inequality
In this episode, John Tehranian, Paul W. Wildman Chair and Professor of Law at Southwestern Law School and a founding partner of One LLP, discusses his new book, "The Secret Life of Copyright: Intellectual Property and Inequality in the Age of AI," which is published by Cambridge University…
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Stephen Cicirelli on Philosophy, Literature, and Plagiarism
In this episode, Stephen Cicirelli, a Lecturer of English at Saint Peter’s University, discusses philosophy, literature, and plagiarism. He begins by reflecting on his studies of Kierkegaard, and how it influenced his later work as an author. He describes some of his recent fiction and how it...
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Thomas Basboll on Plagiarism
In this episode, Thomas Basboll, a resident writing consultant at the Copenhagen Business School and the author of the Inframethodology blog, discusses his work on plagiarism, among other things. Basboll begins by introducing himself. He then discusses a series of articles he wrote on a…
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Bill Childs on Amusement Park Law
In this episode, Bill Childs, a partner at Bowman and Brooke LLP and an adjunct professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, discusses his new casebook "Recreation and Risk," which is published by Carolina Academic Press. The book provides all the material for a law school class on the law of...
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Courtney Cox on Super-Dicta
In this episode, Courtney Cox, Associate Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law, discusses her new article "Super-Dicta," which is published in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. Cox begins by explaining what she means by "super-dicta," then reflects on what the concept can...
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Saurabh Vishnubhakat on the Constitutionality of the Appointment of PTAB Judges
In this episode, Saurabh Vishnubhakat, Professor of Law and Director of the Intellectual Property and Information Law Program at Cardozo School of Law, discusses his draft article "Constitutional Structure in the Patent Office." Vishnubhakat begins by explaining how the patent application or...
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Richard Albert & Kevin Frazier on Using AI to Draft Constitutions
In this episode, Richard Albert, Hines H. Baker and Thelma Kelley Baker Chair in Law at the University of Texas School of Law, and Kevin Frazier, AI Innovation & Law Fellow at The University of Texas School of Law, discuss their draft article, "Should AI Write Your Constitution?" They begin by...
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Laurie Gwen Shapiro on Amelia Earhart & Historical Research
In this episode, Laurie Gwen Shapiro, a writer and filmmaker, discusses her new book, "The Aviator and the Showman: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage That Made an American Icon," which is published by Viking. Shapiro reflects on the process of researching and writing the book, and...
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Jacob Schriner-Briggs on First Amendment Traditionalism
In this episode, Jacob M. Schriner-Briggs, a Visiting Assistant Professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses his article "Against First Amendment Traditionalism," which will be published in the Kentucky Law Journal. Schreiner-Briggs begins by observing that the Supreme Court has recently...
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Jade Craig on Rate Covenants in Municipal Bonds
In this episode, Jade Craig, Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Mississippi School of Law, discusses his article, "Rate Covenants in Municipal Bonds: Selling Away Civil Rights and Fair Housing Goals." Professor Craig discusses revenue bonds that state and local governments issue to...
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Franklin Graves on the New Creator Economy
In this episode, Franklin Graves, Senior Counsel at LinkedIn, discusses his article "Upload Complete: An Introduction to Creator Economy Law," which will be published in the Belmont Law Journal. Graves begins by explaining what he means by a creator and the creator economy. He reflects on what…
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Michael Smith on Generative AI & the Purpose of Legal Scholarship
In this episode, Michael L. Smith, soon to be an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Oklahoma College of Law, discusses his article "Generative AI and the Purpose of Legal Scholarship," which will be published in the University of Massachusetts Law Review. Smith begins by describing...
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Ian Murray on Regulatory Arbitrage
In this episode, Ian J. Murray, a Forrester Fellow at Tulane Law School, discusses his article "The Offshore Origins of Regulatory Arbitrage: Charting a Critical Conceptual History," which will be published in the William and Mary Business Law Review. Murray begins by describing the concept of...
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Kevin Frazier & Alan Rozenshtein on AI in Legal Scholarship
In this episode, Kevin Frazier, an AI Innovation and Law Fellow at UT Austin School of Law and Contributing Editor at Lawfare, and Alan Rozenshtein, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota Law School, discuss their draft article "Large Language Scholarship: Generative AI in the...
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Nicholas Bruckman on "Minted"
In this episode, Nicholas Bruckman, a documentary filmmaker, discusses his new film "Minted," which documents the "non-fungible token" or NFT phenomenon of the early 2020s. Bruckman begins by describing his background as a documentary filmmakers, as well as how he became interested in...
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Michael Assis on Art, Digital Art & NFTs
In this episode, Michael Assis, a PhD candidate at the Bard Graduate Center, discusses his scholarship on art, digital art, and NFTs, including his dissertation in progress, Decentralized Objects: Non-fungible Tokens in the Age of Web3. Among other things, Assis explains what NFTs are and how…
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From the Archives 114: Barbara Ringer on Implementing the Copyright Law: What Librarians Should Know.
At the 1977 American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting, Barbara Ringer, the eighth Register of Copyrights, gave a presentation titled "Implementing the Copyright Law: What Librarians Should Know," in which she explained how the Copyright Act of 1976, of which she was the principle...
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Zvi Rosen on the History of Copyright in Computer-Generated Works
In this episode, Zvi Rosen, Assistant Professor of Law at the Southern Illinois University Simmons Law School and incoming Associate Professor of Law at the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law, discusses his draft article "AI Authorship: A Case of History Repeating Itself?"...
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Jill Hasday on Women's Voices in the Women's Rights Movement
In this episode, Jill Hasday, Distinguished McKnight University Professor and Centennial Professor in Law at the University of Minnesota Law School, discusses her new book, "We the Men: How Forgetting Women's Struggles for Equality Perpetuates Inequality," which is published by Oxford University...
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Rohan Grey on Digitizing the Public Fisc
In this episode, Rohan Grey, Assistant Professor of Law at Willamette University School of Law, discusses his draft article "Digitizing the Fisc." Grey begins by explain how the Trump administration and Elon Musk have seized unilateral control of the administrative state through federal payment...
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Dan Rabinowitz on AI Litigation Analytics
In this episode, Dan Rabinowitz, founder and CEO of Pre/Dicta, a litigation analytics platform that uses artificial intelligence to predict the outcome of lawsuits, explains how the platform works, why it is useful, and who might find value in using it. This episode was hosted by Brian L. Frye,...
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Gregory Dickinson on Preventing Online Fraud
In this episode, Gregory M. Dickinson, Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Law, discusses his article "The Patterns of Digital Deception," which is published in the Boston College Law Review. Dickinson begins by explaining why it's important to prevent…
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Jonathon Booth on the Satanic Panic
In this episode, Jonathon J. Booth, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Colorado Law School, discusses his draft article, "A New Satanic Panic." Booth begins by describing the "satanic panic" of the 1980s and early 1990s, during which many people were prosecuted for and even convicted...
About this show
Ipse Dixit is a podcast on legal scholarship. Each episode of Ipse Dixit features a different guest discussing their scholarship. The podcast also features several special series.
"From the Archives" consists historical recordings potentially of interest to legal scholars and lawyers.
"The Homicide Squad" consists of investigations of the true stories behind different murder ballads, as well as examples of how different musicians have interpreted the song over time.
"The Day Antitrust Died?" is co-hosted with Ramsi Woodcock, Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law, and consists of oral histories of the 1974 Airlie House Conference on antitrust law, a pivotal moment in the history of antitrust theory and policy.
The hosts of Ipse Dixit are:
Brian L. Frye, Spears-Gilbert Associate Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky Colleg
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CC0/Public Domain
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