Category: PHILOSOPHY
Stoicism versus Epicureanism–Sense versus Sensibility
A PROFOUND PHILOSOPHICAL FUSION In the ancient world of Greek and Roman philosophy, Stoicism and...
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Folk ‘Anything’
“Folk X” Is Usually Derisive Folklore” and “folktales” are not...
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CURRENT INSURANCE LAWYERING
SOME CURRENTS Insurance law and practice hasn’t changed much in the last couple of decades. In part that is because insurance law itself is in the doldrums. Doctrinal stagnation has been inflicted upon the practice inflicted...
Read MoreLegal Ethics & Confucius
CONFUCIUS AND LAWYERLY EXCELLENCE Michael Sean Quinn Austin Texas Some years ago, I published a piece entitled The Analects for Lawyers: Variations Upon Confucian Wisdom, 34 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 933 (2002-2003). Those of you...
Read MoreTEXAS INSURANCE BAD FAITH: MENCHACA II: ABOUT SUBSTANCE (QUINN’S PART THREE]
MENCHACA II: MORE ON SUBSTANTIVE RULES USAA Texas Lloyds Company v. Menchaca, 545 S.W.3d 479 (Tex. 2018) Quinn’s Part Three This part is a brief exposition and discussion of part of the Supreme...
Read MoreOld Lawyers With New Practices
JUST DO IT AND PRAY MICHAEL SEAN QUINN* Suppose you, the Aging Lawyer, have had a good practice until recently. But you got dropped from your firm, say, you were eased out, say, the firm broke up and you didn’t get carried...
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LAW AND PHILOSOPHY according to ANTHONY T. KRONMAN
LAWYERING AND PHILOSOPHIZING Anthony Kronman is (or has been) a law professor, the Dean of a Law...
Read MoreSOME VIRTUES OF OCCASIONAL PROCRASTINATION
Structural Procrastination Michael Sean Quinn Law Office of Michael Sean Quinn 1300 West Lynn #208 Austin, Texas 78703 mquinn@msqlaw.com (Resumes: See Website) (c) 512-656-0503 Frequently, procrastination is portrayed “in...
Read MoreLAWYERING, LEGAL ETHICS, AND PHILOSOPHY
CONFUCIUS (551-479 BC) FOR LAWYERS Michael Sean Quinn* Before (and after) I became a lawyer, I taught philosophy, and one of the areas in which I “specialized” was ethics. After I became a lawyer, I...
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