Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 24 of 24
Full-Text Articles in Law
An Opinion For The Ages, Bruce Ledewitz
An Opinion For The Ages, Bruce Ledewitz
Ledewitz Papers
Published scholarship collected from academic journals, law reviews, newspaper publications & online periodicals
December 4, 2013: God Again, Or, Am I An Atheist?, Bruce Ledewitz
December 4, 2013: God Again, Or, Am I An Atheist?, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “God Again, Or, Am I an Atheist?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
Stretching Religious Liberty, Bruce Ledewitz
Stretching Religious Liberty, Bruce Ledewitz
Ledewitz Papers
Published scholarship collected from academic journals, law reviews, newspaper publications & online periodicals
November 8, 2013: Legislative Prayer, Bruce Ledewitz
November 8, 2013: Legislative Prayer, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Legislative Prayer“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
Fuller And Godel: Prophets Against The Evils Of Positivism: How The Natural Law Is Necessary To Provide Legal Meaning And Consistency, Henry James Garon
Fuller And Godel: Prophets Against The Evils Of Positivism: How The Natural Law Is Necessary To Provide Legal Meaning And Consistency, Henry James Garon
LLM Theses
Gödel showed that formal systems which discuss natural numbers cannot be complete or prove their own consistency. Incompleteness in this sense is limited to formal systems, and so is not applicable to law by it own terms.
Looking to the philosophy behind the Incompleteness Theorem, Gödel intended to show that positivism was a bankrupt world-view, and this resonates strongly with Lon Fuller. Fuller is analogous to Gödel in his condemnation of the positivist philosophy because he showed that a system of rules, by itself, was not capable of rendering judgments. A legal system is dependent upon an external morality, but …
August 9, 2013: The Christian Case Against Gay Marriage, Bruce Ledewitz
August 9, 2013: The Christian Case Against Gay Marriage, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “The Christian Case Against Gay Marriage“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
July 28, 2013: Pro-Life Liberalism, Bruce Ledewitz
July 28, 2013: Pro-Life Liberalism, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Pro-Life Liberalism“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
July 14, 2013: Political Grandstanding On Gay Marriage, Bruce Ledewitz
July 14, 2013: Political Grandstanding On Gay Marriage, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Political Grandstanding on Gay Marriage“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
July 11, 2013: Should We Discard The Constitution?, Bruce Ledewitz
July 11, 2013: Should We Discard The Constitution?, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Should We Discard the Constitution?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
July 2, 2013: Is Opposition To Gay Marriage Irrational?, Bruce Ledewitz
July 2, 2013: Is Opposition To Gay Marriage Irrational?, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Is Opposition to Gay Marriage Irrational?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
June 29, 2013: The Other Side Of The Us Supreme Court Decisions, Bruce Ledewitz
June 29, 2013: The Other Side Of The Us Supreme Court Decisions, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “The Other Side of the US Supreme Court Decisions“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
The Real Legal Realism, Michael S. Green
Felix Cohen On Legislation, Michael S. Green
Felix Cohen On Legislation, Michael S. Green
Faculty Publications
Felix Cohen's and Walter Wheeler Cook's prediction theory of law was a fundamentally positivist theory, according to which the law of a jurisdiction is reducible to regularities of official behavior. Cohen used the prediction theory to argue for philosophical anarchism - that is, the view that the existence of law does not entail a duty, even a prima facie duty, of obedience. In particular, Cohen extended philosophical anarchism to adjudication. The fact that officials in a jurisdiction regularly behave in a certain way does not give a judge adjudicating a case a moral reason to do the same. In deciding …
May 16, 2013: Was Schempp Such A Triumph?, Bruce Ledewitz
May 16, 2013: Was Schempp Such A Triumph?, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Was Schempp Such a Triumph?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
May 9, 2013: Secular Discomfort At Shaming, Bruce Ledewitz
May 9, 2013: Secular Discomfort At Shaming, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Secular Discomfort at Shaming“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
April 21, 2013: The Third Church/State Issues Symposium In Philadelphia, Bruce Ledewitz
April 21, 2013: The Third Church/State Issues Symposium In Philadelphia, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “The Third Church/State Issues Symposium in Philadelphia“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
April 13, 2013: Cherry Picking Religious Liberty, Bruce Ledewitz
April 13, 2013: Cherry Picking Religious Liberty, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Cherry Picking Religious Liberty“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
Pennsylvania’S Supreme Court, Still Broken, Bruce Ledewitz
Pennsylvania’S Supreme Court, Still Broken, Bruce Ledewitz
Ledewitz Papers
Published scholarship collected from academic journals, law reviews, newspaper publications & online periodicals
March 10, 2013: The Executioner In Chief, Bruce Ledewitz
March 10, 2013: The Executioner In Chief, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “The Executioner in Chief“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
February 16, 2013: No One Believes In Separation Of Church And State, Bruce Ledewitz
February 16, 2013: No One Believes In Separation Of Church And State, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “No One Believes in Separation of Church and State“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
February 12, 2013: The Absurdity Of Corporate Religious Freedom, Bruce Ledewitz
February 12, 2013: The Absurdity Of Corporate Religious Freedom, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “The Absurdity of Corporate Religious Freedom“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
February 3, 2013: The Response To Obama’S Contraception Initiative, Bruce Ledewitz
February 3, 2013: The Response To Obama’S Contraception Initiative, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “The Response to Obama’s Contraception Initiative“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
January 24, 2013: What Was President Obama’S Speech About?, Bruce Ledewitz
January 24, 2013: What Was President Obama’S Speech About?, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “What Was President Obama’s Speech About?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
January 17, 2013: I Agree With Some Of The Words Of Pastor Louie Giglio, Bruce Ledewitz
January 17, 2013: I Agree With Some Of The Words Of Pastor Louie Giglio, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “I Agree With Some of the Words of Pastor Louie Giglio“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.