Oh, the legal cites they are a-changin’

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A new research paper finds the top ten musicians cited in the legal literature. Bob Dylan takes the top spot with 186 citations, followed by The Beatles and Bruce Springsteen. The author confesses, “I never asked anyone why they do it, but I think it is because it is fun to do and they’re bored.” I can attest to that. I always try to title my law review articles after 80s songs or lyrics (”Relax, Don’t Do It: Why RFID Privacy Concerns Are Exaggerated and Legislation Is Premature,” “Video Killed the Franchise Star: The Consumer Cost of Cable Franchising and Policy Alternatives,” and the forthcoming, “Sending Out an S.O.S.: Public Safety Communications Interoperability as a Collective Action Problem.”) In my RFID paper I also cite Ice-T’s Don’t Hate the Playa to illustrate a point.

“Although [the study's author, Alex B. Long,] finds a few occasions when the lyrics work, Long mostly criticizes the use of lyrics because ‘legal writing is easy, comedy is hard.’ He cites many occasions when it feels like the author is stretching by using the lyrics or ‘reaching for a way to plug a favorite artist.’” Yeah, legal writing sure seems easy for him. Hat tip Bridget.

Nov 16, 2006 | Comments Off | Tags: , ,

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