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September 23, 2006

Eric Muller's Hierarchy of Legal Scholarship

T
he blawgosphere is buzzing over J.B. Ruhl's Hierarchy of Legal Scholarship, a ranking of the intrinsic value of major categories of legal scholarship from a low of (1) to a high of (10).

I guess I see things a little differently. So I present to you:

Eric Muller's Hierarchy of Legal Scholarship:

0 - Student-written work by people other than me.

1 - Articles using two or more of the following four words or phrases: "intersectionality," "rent-seeking," "hegemony," "externality."

2 - Work in my field that totally ought to cite my work but fails to do so.

3 - First novels by professors at Yale Law School.

4 - Student-written work by me.

5 - Work that cites my work.

6 - My work.

7 - Scholarship ranking scholars, schools, and scholarship.

8 - Scholarship by faculty on the appointments committees of schools from which I'm hoping for lateral offers.

9 - Revolver, The Beatles. (UK version.)

10 - Articles ranking scholarship ranking scholars, schools, and scholarship

UPDATE: D'oh! A commenter asks, "Where does your blog fit in?"

The answer should be obvious. Eleven.





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Posted by Eric at September 23, 2006 5:27 PM

Comments

Revolver?

I've listened to every Beatles song post-Sgt Pepper many, many times (generally surrounded by foggy conditions).

So, Eric, would you please elaborate.

Posted by: marietta at September 24, 2006 10:57 AM

Truly hilarious post. Especially #3.

Posted by: LC at September 24, 2006 3:43 PM

as a junior in college, i wrote a paper for my methods of social research citing only my parents. just for kicks. and to freak out the post doc teaching the class.

not that it has anything to do with legal scholarship. but i thought i'd share.

Posted by: jenny at September 24, 2006 6:20 PM

marietta,

My first take would be he's thinking about "Taxman", but that's just a guess...

Posted by: Kirk Parker at September 25, 2006 10:34 AM

Revolver: a Beatles history

www.revolverbook.co.uk

Posted by: alfonso at September 25, 2006 4:25 PM

Where does your blog fit in?

Posted by: h at September 26, 2006 9:05 AM

Kirk, *MY* first take would be that he was thinking about the entire Revolver album, given that it's completely awesome.

But that's just a guess.

ELM: Yup.

Posted by: Cyrus at September 26, 2006 8:37 PM