Blogging as an alternative to law reviews -- and as a model for them.
Lots of cross links below to make a simple point: boring, tedious, pompous writing is losing adherents...
Ann Althouse writes well on the subject of writing, using the contrast between blogs and law reviews to make her point and encourage improvement in the law reviews.
"Blogging sharpens our taste in writing. It makes us impatient with circumlocution and pretentiousness. It makes us expect to see pithy ideas in every sentence."
http://althouse.blogspot.com/2006/01/blogging-as-alternative-to-law-reviews.html
She develops further the point made by Orin Kerr at Volokh Conspiracy: "Blogging pushes you to write clearly and simply; the format rewards clarity of expression more than traditional law review articles do."
Kerr is responding to Solove who asks, at Concurring Opinions: Does Scholarly Writing Have to Be Tedious?
Ann Althouse writes well on the subject of writing, using the contrast between blogs and law reviews to make her point and encourage improvement in the law reviews.
"Blogging sharpens our taste in writing. It makes us impatient with circumlocution and pretentiousness. It makes us expect to see pithy ideas in every sentence."
http://althouse.blogspot.com/2006/01/blogging-as-alternative-to-law-reviews.html
She develops further the point made by Orin Kerr at Volokh Conspiracy: "Blogging pushes you to write clearly and simply; the format rewards clarity of expression more than traditional law review articles do."
Kerr is responding to Solove who asks, at Concurring Opinions: Does Scholarly Writing Have to Be Tedious?
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