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The Chosen People In Our Wilderness, Susan P. Koniak May 1997

The Chosen People In Our Wilderness, Susan P. Koniak

Faculty Scholarship

Strangers there are among us, practicing with weapons for something they believe might come - something some of them believe should come. Militia men, patriots, self-proclaimed true Americans. Chosen people. What are we, members of the power elite, the academy, the legal intelligentsia - the other chosen people - to make of them? Sideshow freaks may titillate even a scholar, but they rarely, if ever, inform. Is there more here?

Along with the authors of Gathering Storm and Rural Radicals, I believe there is. Neither of these books sets out to convince lawyers or law professors in particular that …


Book Review Of Reclaiming The Federal Courts, By Larry W. Yackle., Edward A. Purcell Jr. Jan 1997

Book Review Of Reclaiming The Federal Courts, By Larry W. Yackle., Edward A. Purcell Jr.

Other Publications

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Book Review —The Federal Courts: Challenge And Reform, Roger J. Miner '56 Jan 1997

Book Review —The Federal Courts: Challenge And Reform, Roger J. Miner '56

Book Reviews

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Book Review, S. James Anaya Jan 1997

Book Review, S. James Anaya

Publications

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Book Review, Lakshman Guruswamy Jan 1997

Book Review, Lakshman Guruswamy

Publications

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Book Review And Commentary: What Price Freedom?, Vincent A. Wellman Jan 1997

Book Review And Commentary: What Price Freedom?, Vincent A. Wellman

Law Faculty Research Publications

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The End Of Busing?, Davison M. Douglas Jan 1997

The End Of Busing?, Davison M. Douglas

Faculty Publications

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The Interactive Constitution: An Essay On Clothing Emperors And Searching For Constitutional Truth, Neal Devins Jan 1997

The Interactive Constitution: An Essay On Clothing Emperors And Searching For Constitutional Truth, Neal Devins

Faculty Publications

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Book Review Of Mental Disorder, Work Disability, And The Law, Edited By R.J. Bonnie And J. Monahan, Michael L. Perlin Jan 1997

Book Review Of Mental Disorder, Work Disability, And The Law, Edited By R.J. Bonnie And J. Monahan, Michael L. Perlin

Other Publications

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Book Review Of The Strange Career Of Legal Liberalism, By Laura Kalman, Edward A. Purcell Jr. Jan 1997

Book Review Of The Strange Career Of Legal Liberalism, By Laura Kalman, Edward A. Purcell Jr.

Other Publications

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Book Review Of Patterns Of American Jurisprudence, By Neil Duxbury, William P. Lapiana Jan 1997

Book Review Of Patterns Of American Jurisprudence, By Neil Duxbury, William P. Lapiana

Other Publications

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Book Review Of In The Opinion Of The Court, Laura A. Heymann Jan 1997

Book Review Of In The Opinion Of The Court, Laura A. Heymann

Faculty Publications

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Law And Fancy, Robin West Jan 1997

Law And Fancy, Robin West

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Martha Nussbaum's graceful book Poetic Justice is an elegant brief for the importance of our capacity for imaginative "fancy" to our moral and legal lives. Imaginative fancy, Nussbaum argues, allows us to know the internal substance and quality of the lives of others. It allows us to come to appreciate, to understand, to share, and ultimately to resist others' suffering. It is, in short, the means by which we come to care about the fate and happiness of others. It is a part, but not the whole, of our capacity to transcend a narcissistic and infantile egoism. It is therefore …