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Bush V. Gore And The Distortion Of Common Law Remedies, Tracy A. Thomas
Bush V. Gore And The Distortion Of Common Law Remedies, Tracy A. Thomas
Akron Law Faculty Publications
The book The Final Arbiter addresses the legal and political consequences of the Bush v. Gore decision. This article presented as Chapter 4 addresses the lasting impact of Bush v. Gore on the law of remedies. While others have focused on what the Court should or could have done in the case, this article focuses on what the Court actually did by analyzing the text of the decision and the remedial platform that formed the Court's consensus. The Court in Bush adopted a new model of prophylactic relief that provided too much, not too little relief. Yet this prophylactic remedy …
Bush V. Gore And The Distortion Of Common Law Remedies, Tracy A. Thomas
Bush V. Gore And The Distortion Of Common Law Remedies, Tracy A. Thomas
Tracy A. Thomas
The book The Final Arbiter addresses the legal and political consequences of the Bush v. Gore decision. This article presented as Chapter 4 addresses the lasting impact of Bush v. Gore on the law of remedies. While others have focused on what the Court should or could have done in the case, this article focuses on what the Court actually did by analyzing the text of the decision and the remedial platform that formed the Court's consensus. The Court in Bush adopted a new model of prophylactic relief that provided too much, not too little relief. Yet this prophylactic remedy …