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Between Description And Prescription: Law, Wittgenstein, And Constitutional Faith, Gregory Brazeal
Between Description And Prescription: Law, Wittgenstein, And Constitutional Faith, Gregory Brazeal
West Virginia Law Review
The occasions on which ajudge or legal scholar has peered into the depths of the Constitution and found, to her surprise, that the Constitutionrequiresthe opposite ofher ideologicalpreferences, are extremely rare. Yetjudges andscholarscontinuetopresenttheirconclusionsastheproduct ofideologicallyneutralreasoning,while often criticizingthe ideologicalbiasin thereasoningoftheiropponents.A Wittgensteinianperspectiveonthenatureof legaldiscoursecanshed lighton thispuzzlinglypersistentstateofaffairs. Legal discourse, includingconstitutionalargument, is partly defined by the blending ofdescriptive reasoningabout what the law is with prescriptivereasoningabout what the law ought to be. To reach a legal conclusion based on a blend of descriptiveandprescriptivereasoning,andtophrasethis conclusion aspurely descriptive, as legal actors habitually do, is not to violate the rules of legal discourse, but to abide by them. Taking this conception …
Catholic Institutions In Court: The Religion Clauses And Political-Legal Compromise, Angela C. Carmella
Catholic Institutions In Court: The Religion Clauses And Political-Legal Compromise, Angela C. Carmella
West Virginia Law Review
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Led Blindly: One Circuit's Struggle To Faithfully Apply The U.S. Supreme Court's Religious Symbols Constitutional Analysis, William M. Janssen
Led Blindly: One Circuit's Struggle To Faithfully Apply The U.S. Supreme Court's Religious Symbols Constitutional Analysis, William M. Janssen
West Virginia Law Review
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Not Your Mother's Remedy: A Civil Action Response To The Westboro Baptist Church's Military Funeral Demonstrations, Chelsea Brown
Not Your Mother's Remedy: A Civil Action Response To The Westboro Baptist Church's Military Funeral Demonstrations, Chelsea Brown
West Virginia Law Review
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Religious Exemptions And The Common Good: A Reply To Professor Carmella, Laura S. Underkuffler
Religious Exemptions And The Common Good: A Reply To Professor Carmella, Laura S. Underkuffler
West Virginia Law Review
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Instruments Of Accommodation: The Military Chaplaincy And The Constitution, Ira C. Lupu, Robert W. Tuttle
Instruments Of Accommodation: The Military Chaplaincy And The Constitution, Ira C. Lupu, Robert W. Tuttle
West Virginia Law Review
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Establishment Clause Limits On Free Exercise Accommodations, Kent Greenawalt
Establishment Clause Limits On Free Exercise Accommodations, Kent Greenawalt
West Virginia Law Review
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The Establishment Clause And Religious Expression In Government Settings: Four Variables In Search Of A Standard, Daniel O. Conkle
The Establishment Clause And Religious Expression In Government Settings: Four Variables In Search Of A Standard, Daniel O. Conkle
West Virginia Law Review
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Responsible Freedom Under The Religion Clauses: Exemptions, Legal Pluralism, And The Common Good, Angela C. Carmella
Responsible Freedom Under The Religion Clauses: Exemptions, Legal Pluralism, And The Common Good, Angela C. Carmella
West Virginia Law Review
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Substantive Neutrality Revisited, Douglas Laycock
Substantive Neutrality Revisited, Douglas Laycock
West Virginia Law Review
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When Accommodations For Religion Violoate The Establishment Clause: Regularizing The Supreme Court's Analysis, Carl H. Esbeck
When Accommodations For Religion Violoate The Establishment Clause: Regularizing The Supreme Court's Analysis, Carl H. Esbeck
West Virginia Law Review
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Reconciling The Irreconcilable: Military Chaplains And The First Amendment, Steven K. Green
Reconciling The Irreconcilable: Military Chaplains And The First Amendment, Steven K. Green
West Virginia Law Review
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Life After The Establishment Clause, Steven G. Gey
Life After The Establishment Clause, Steven G. Gey
West Virginia Law Review
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