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On Dworkin And Borkin, Tom Lininger
On Dworkin And Borkin, Tom Lininger
Michigan Law Review
This Essay will use Dworkin's and Davis's scholarship as a jumping-off point for a discussion of the Supreme Court nomination process. I argue that while Dworkin's and Davis's books, when read together, expose a significant problem with the current nomination process, a possible solution to this predicament may lie in a change to the judicial code of ethics and the procedural rules for confirmation of judges. My analysis will proceed in four steps. Part I will address Dworkin's arguments. Part II will evaluate the analysis and evidence in Davis's book. Part III will consider an additional variable to which neither …
Professionalism And The Chains Of Slavery, Redmond J. Barnett
Professionalism And The Chains Of Slavery, Redmond J. Barnett
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Justice Accused: Antislavery and the Judicial Process by Robert M. Cover and The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Politics by Don E. Fehrenbacher
Inquiry Concerning Justice, Floyd R. Mechem
Inquiry Concerning Justice, Floyd R. Mechem
Michigan Law Review
Justice, said Daniel Webster, "is the greatest interest of man on earth." Alexander Hamilton, in the Federalist, declared "Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It has ever been, and ever will be, pursued until it be obtained, or until liberty be lost in the pursuit."