Eugster Law & Comment

Eugster Law & Comment header image 4

Entries Tagged as 'Scruggs Affair'

Earwigging for Some but Not Others in Federal Courts?

July 4th, 2008 · 3 Comments

In Richard Sobol’s book Bending the Law: The Story of the Dalkon Shield Bankruptcy , a rather momentous example of earwigging of a federal district court judge is described.
In the Preface to the book, Mr. Sobol describes how A. H. Robins Company, the manufacturer of the Dalkon Shield, sought to consolidate the Dalkon Shield Litigation [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: Law & Justice · Scruggs Affair

Will Mississippi Change the Social Ethic of Its Legal Culture?

July 4th, 2008 · No Comments

The leaders of the social ethic of the Mississippi legal culture are handing out accolades these days. For instance an award was given recently to the Circuit Court judge who became an agent of the federal government who entrapped people in a judicial bribe which he had proposed.
The United States District Court judge who handed [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: Scruggs Affair

Scruggs Matter and the Oedipus Complex

July 3rd, 2008 · 14 Comments

The Scruggs Matter may provide food for understanding and speculation about the Oedipus Complex.
The Oedipus Complex has to do with the love - hate relationship of the child to the father or father figure. Freud, as I recall, speculated that the boy child wanted to replace the father in the affections of the mother. Maybe, [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: Law & Justice · Psychoanalysis · Scruggs Affair · Uncategorized