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Low Cost Alternatives For Legal Research: Using Casemaker And Loislaw, Emily Janoski-Haehlen
Low Cost Alternatives For Legal Research: Using Casemaker And Loislaw, Emily Janoski-Haehlen
Law Faculty Publications
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Clarion Call Or Sturm Und Drang: A Response To Pierre Schlag's Lecture On The State Of Legal Scholarship, David R. Cleveland
Clarion Call Or Sturm Und Drang: A Response To Pierre Schlag's Lecture On The State Of Legal Scholarship, David R. Cleveland
Law Faculty Publications
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Precedent And Justice, William D. Bader, David R. Cleveland
Precedent And Justice, William D. Bader, David R. Cleveland
Law Faculty Publications
Precedent is the cornerstone of common law method. It is the core mechanism by which the common law reaches just outcomes. Through creation and application of precedent, common law seeks to produce justice. The appellate courts' practice of issuing unpublished, non-precedential opinions has generated considerable discussion about the value of precedent, but that debate has centered on pragmatic and formalistic values. This essay argues that the practice of issuing non-precedential opinions does more than offend constitutional dictates and present pragmatic problems to the appellate system; abandoning precedent undermines justice itself. Issuance of the vast majority of decisions as nonprecedential tears …
Judicial Opinion Writing: An Annotated Bibliography, Ruth C. Vance
Judicial Opinion Writing: An Annotated Bibliography, Ruth C. Vance
Law Faculty Publications
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