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The (Joseph) Stories Of Newmyer And Cover: Hero Or Tragedy?, Jed Handelsman Shugerman Feb 2021

The (Joseph) Stories Of Newmyer And Cover: Hero Or Tragedy?, Jed Handelsman Shugerman

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Kent Newmyer's classics Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story: Statesman of the Old Republic and John Marshall and the Heroic Age of the Supreme Court are important stories about the architects and heroes of the rule of law in America. In Newmyer's account, Story played a crucial role preserving the republic and building a legal nation out of rival states, and Newmyer's Story is fundamentally important for students of American history. But in Robert Cover's account in Justice Accused on northern judges' deference to slavery, Story is an anti-hero. Sometimes Story stayed silent. In Prigg v. Pennsylvania, Story overvalued formalistic …


Exemplary Legal Writing 2020: Five Recommendations, Femi Cadmus, Ariel A.E. Scotese Jan 2021

Exemplary Legal Writing 2020: Five Recommendations, Femi Cadmus, Ariel A.E. Scotese

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A brief review of five recommended exemplary legal books published in 2020.