Not two months ago, A.B. carried on a discussion about Prof. Ethan Leib's ongoing work on the legal recognition of friendship. Prof. Leib himself generously participated in the comments.
Now the discussion continues among Prof. Leib and his legal academic colleagues at The Conglomerate, a blog devoted to "business, law, economics, society." His work is featured at the blog's Fourth Annual Conglomerate Junior Scholars Workshop, and it has generated lively commentary. See in addition to the post linked above other contributors' posts devoted to Prof. Leib's paper. One, for instance, by Prof. Eric Goldman, leads with, "I’m Not Sure I Want to Be Ethan Leib’s Friend Any More."
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