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Giving The Gift Of Public Office, James A. Gardner
Giving The Gift Of Public Office, James A. Gardner
Buffalo Law Review
This interpretive essay, written for the Buffalo Law Review's annual essay issue, identifies an increasingly common pathology of American democracy in which voters treat the election of public officials not as an instrumental act designed to influence public policy, but as an opportunity to present public office as a gift to those who have pleased, entertained, or moved them. The reelection of Strom Thurmond to the Senate at age 93 and the election of nearly forty congressional widows to their late husbands' seats exemplify this trend. Although this behavior bears a passing resemblance to eighteenth-century habits of political deference and …
Making Sense Of The Sense Of Justice, Markus Dirk Dubber
Making Sense Of The Sense Of Justice, Markus Dirk Dubber
Buffalo Law Review
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Autonomy And End-Of-Life Decision Making: Reflections Of A Lawyer And A Daughter, Ray D. Madoff
Autonomy And End-Of-Life Decision Making: Reflections Of A Lawyer And A Daughter, Ray D. Madoff
Buffalo Law Review
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Law As Communitarian Virtue Ethics, Sherman J. Clark
Law As Communitarian Virtue Ethics, Sherman J. Clark
Buffalo Law Review
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Out Of The Jungle, James G. Milles
Report Card: Grading The Country's Response To Columbine, Scott R. Simpson
Report Card: Grading The Country's Response To Columbine, Scott R. Simpson
Buffalo Law Review
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Make-Believe Families And Whiteness, Judy Scales-Trent
Make-Believe Families And Whiteness, Judy Scales-Trent
Journal Articles
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Like Crabs In A Barrel: Economy, History And Redevelopment In Buffalo, John Henry Schlegel
Like Crabs In A Barrel: Economy, History And Redevelopment In Buffalo, John Henry Schlegel
Other Scholarship
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Democracy Without A Net? Separation Of Powers And The Idea Of Self-Sustaining Constitutional Constraints On Undemocratic Behavior, James A. Gardner
Democracy Without A Net? Separation Of Powers And The Idea Of Self-Sustaining Constitutional Constraints On Undemocratic Behavior, James A. Gardner
Journal Articles
The United States Constitution is designed to achieve good government by relying on two distinct systems: a primary system that achieves good governance through democratic electoral accountability; and a set of self-sustaining structural backup systems designed for situations in which the democratic system fails, and which operate by limiting the ability of bad rulers to do serious harm to the public good. A key premise of this kind of dual structural arrangement is that effective backup systems must operate independently of primary democratic systems; because they are needed precisely when democratic mechanisms have failed, they cannot depend for their success …