MICHAEL SEAN QUINN, PhD, JD, CPCU, AIC, AU, ASLI, AMIM, AIS, Etc.*

Dr. Quinn maintains several blogs which discuss various topics related to the practice of law. Currently, these blogs include Insurance Law, Insurance Law History, Law Practice, Expert Witness Testimony, Jurisprudence, and Philosophy.

LAW PRACTICE BLOG

There are various ways in which lawyers can run into legal-related problems or issues of legal ethics including civil lawsuits, legal malpractice, and breach of fiduciary duty or lawyer criminality and its consequences for discipline.

Topics: legal malpractice, legal ethics, civil lawsuits, fiduciary duty, lawyer criminality, and discipline. 

JURISPRUDENCE BLOG

Jurisprudence, or legal theory, is the theoretical study of the propriety of law seeking to explain the nature of law in its most general form and provide a deeper understanding of legal reasoning and analogy, legal systems, legal institutions, and the proper application and role of law including the social, philosophical, political and other random topics. 

Topics: legal theory, nature of law, legal reasoning, legal systems, legal institutions, the role of law, social, philosophical, and other random topics. 

IN THE COURTS

The courts of the United States are closely linked hierarchical systems of courts at the federal and state levels. The federal courts form the judicial branch of the US government and operate under the authority of the United States Constitution and federal law. The state and territorial courts of the individual U.S. states and territories operate under the authority of the state and territorial constitutions and state and territorial law.

INSURANCE LAW – History

The practice of insurance law, including insurance policies and claims can be broadly broken into three categories - [1] regulation of the business of insurance; [2] regulation of the content of insurance policies, especially with regard to consumer policies; and [3] regulation of insurance claims.

PHILOSOPHY BLOG

Philosophy of law is a branch of philosophy that examines the nature of law and law's relationship to other systems of norms, especially ethics and political philosophy. Philosophy of law and jurisprudence are often used interchangeably, though jurisprudence sometimes encompasses forms of reasoning that fit into economics or sociology.

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