University of Alberta Faculty of Law Blog

Law, Science and Truth

All of the papers from the 2007 Brooklyn Law School symposium on law, science and truth - “Symposium: A Cross-Disciplinary Look At Scientific Truth: What’s The Law To Do?” - as published in (2008) 73 Brooklyn Law Review are are available for downloading in one pdf, here.

All law students should also read Mr. Justice Binnie’s “Science in the courtroom: the mouse that roared” (2007) 56 UNB LJ 307. The article is available on Carswell/Westlaw and can be found here and here.

He has more to say about science in the court room in his recent “exit” interview. The full interview is on the Globe and Mail site.

A Brief History of Waterloo?

Rumors are abuzz that renowned physicist Stephen Hawking is coming to Canada. Hawking is the author of the best-seller but seldom read "A Brief History of Time".

Men are Stupid

Though economics was my first degree, sometimes I think economists have too much free time on their hands. This study is proof of that.

Onion & Gatorade = fuel?

Who knew that you could charge your iPod with an onion and Gatorade:

What next? Subsidies for onion farmers?