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The Committee Of Style And The Federalist Constitution, David S. Schwartz Jun 2022

The Committee Of Style And The Federalist Constitution, David S. Schwartz

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The conventional interpretation of the Constitution assumes that the Committee of Style, which created the final draft of the Constitution, lacked authority to engage with substance; therefore, any arguably substantive changes it purportedly made should be disregarded in favor of earlier draft language found in the records of the Constitutional Convention. This “Style doctrine” has been embraced by the Supreme Court and several leading constitutional scholars. This Article argues that the Style doctrine is historically unfounded and obscures the Constitution’s original meaning. The Committee of Style was not prohibited from proposing substantive changes. In any case, most of the revisions …


Against Centralization, Gerald E. Frug Jan 2000

Against Centralization, Gerald E. Frug

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Localism And Regionalism, Richard Briffault Jan 2000

Localism And Regionalism, Richard Briffault

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Law In Modern Society: Toward A Criticism Of Social Theory. By Roberto Mangabeira Unger., Richard D. Schwartz Jul 1977

Law In Modern Society: Toward A Criticism Of Social Theory. By Roberto Mangabeira Unger., Richard D. Schwartz

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New York Abortion Reform And Conflicting Municipal Regulations: A Question Of Home Rule, Arthur F. Dobson Jr. Jan 1971

New York Abortion Reform And Conflicting Municipal Regulations: A Question Of Home Rule, Arthur F. Dobson Jr.

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Legislation—Personal Service Of Process—Has The Legislature Gone Far Enough?, John C. Spitzmiller Jan 1971

Legislation—Personal Service Of Process—Has The Legislature Gone Far Enough?, John C. Spitzmiller

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Punishment And Responsibility In Aquarius, Leonard V. Kaplan Oct 1970

Punishment And Responsibility In Aquarius, Leonard V. Kaplan

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A Psycho-Analytic Peek At Conspiracy, Al Katz Oct 1970

A Psycho-Analytic Peek At Conspiracy, Al Katz

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Dangerousness: A Theoretical Reconstruction Of The Criminal Law, Al Katz Oct 1969

Dangerousness: A Theoretical Reconstruction Of The Criminal Law, Al Katz

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Drafting A New Penal Law For New York, Herman Schwartz, Richard Denzer, Jerome Skolnick Jan 1969

Drafting A New Penal Law For New York, Herman Schwartz, Richard Denzer, Jerome Skolnick

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Criminal Law Revision Through A Legislative Commission: The New York Experience, Herman Schwartz, Richard Bartlett Jan 1969

Criminal Law Revision Through A Legislative Commission: The New York Experience, Herman Schwartz, Richard Bartlett

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No abstract provided.