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Challenge To The First Amendment, Bruce Ledewitz
Challenge To The First Amendment, Bruce Ledewitz
Ledewitz Papers
Published scholarship collected from academic journals, law reviews, newspaper publications & online periodicals
The Debate Over Bork Nomination Misses The Point, Bruce Ledewitz
The Debate Over Bork Nomination Misses The Point, Bruce Ledewitz
Ledewitz Papers
Published scholarship collected from academic journals, law reviews, newspaper publications & online periodicals
A Conversation Between A Judge And His Friend Concerning Whether The Judge Should Sentence A Defendant To Death, Bruce Ledewitz
A Conversation Between A Judge And His Friend Concerning Whether The Judge Should Sentence A Defendant To Death, Bruce Ledewitz
Ledewitz Papers
Published scholarship collected from academic journals, law reviews, newspaper publications & online periodicals.
Storm Center: The Supreme Court In American Politics, Nelson P. Miller
Storm Center: The Supreme Court In American Politics, Nelson P. Miller
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Storm Center: The Supreme Court in American Politics by David M. O'Brien
Chapter 3 - Religion, Rights And Difference In The Early Woman's Rights Movement (Previously Published Article), Elizabeth B. Clark
Chapter 3 - Religion, Rights And Difference In The Early Woman's Rights Movement (Previously Published Article), Elizabeth B. Clark
Manuscript of Women, Church, and State: Religion and the Culture of Individual Rights in Nineteenth-Century America
The meeting of feminists at Seneca Falls in July of 1848 marked the nominal beginning of the movement which in the nineteenth century was labeled "woman's rights." For us that term has become commonly interchangeable with "suffrage," and we often assume that "woman's rights" describes a seventy-odd year campaign to gain civil and political power and protection from a government which -- although it had perpetrated outrages against women and blacks -- had an unquestioned legitimacy as the guarantor and enforcer of rights.
Judicial Conscience And Natural Rights: A Reply To Professor Jaffa, Bruce Ledewitz
Judicial Conscience And Natural Rights: A Reply To Professor Jaffa, Bruce Ledewitz
Ledewitz Papers
Published scholarship collected from academic journals, law reviews, newspaper publications & online periodicals.
The New Role Of Statutory Aggravating Circumstances In American Death Penalty Law, Bruce Ledewitz
The New Role Of Statutory Aggravating Circumstances In American Death Penalty Law, Bruce Ledewitz
Ledewitz Papers
Published scholarship collected from academic journals, law reviews, newspaper publications & online periodicals.
Religion, Rights And Difference In The Early Woman's Rights Movement, Elizabeth B. Clark
Religion, Rights And Difference In The Early Woman's Rights Movement, Elizabeth B. Clark
Publications
The meeting of feminists at Seneca Falls in July of 1848 marked the nominal beginning of the movement which in the nineteenth century was labeled "woman's rights." For us that term has become commonly interchangeable with "suffrage," and we often assume that "woman's rights" describes a seventy-odd year campaign to gain civil and political power and protection from a government which -- although it had perpetrated outrages against women and blacks -- had an unquestioned legitimacy as the guarantor and enforcer of rights.
The Integration Of Spiritual And Temporal, Leslie C. Griffin
The Integration Of Spiritual And Temporal, Leslie C. Griffin
Scholarly Works
No abstract provided.
Beyond Justiciability: Political Gerrymandering After Davis V. Bandemer, Michael A. Hess
Beyond Justiciability: Political Gerrymandering After Davis V. Bandemer, Michael A. Hess
Campbell Law Review
This article examines the decision in Davis v. Bandemer, as well as the political circumstances that resulted in unusual legal alliances during the appeal. The article also attempts to dispel at least some of the confusion surrounding the decision.
Law And The Experience Of Politics In Late Eighteenth-Century North Carolina: North Carolina Considers The Constitution, Walter F. Pratt
Law And The Experience Of Politics In Late Eighteenth-Century North Carolina: North Carolina Considers The Constitution, Walter F. Pratt
Journal Articles
In 1788, delegates assembled in North Carolina to decide whether to ratify the Constitution. A debate erupted between Federalists and Anti-federalists regarding each Article of the then-drafted Constitution. This Article analyzes the debate, and proposes that the key difference was the function of the role of the law.
Alternative Career Resolution: An Essay On The Removal Of Federal Judges, Stephen B. Burbank
Alternative Career Resolution: An Essay On The Removal Of Federal Judges, Stephen B. Burbank
All Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Insulating Incumbent Judges From The Vicissitudes Of The Political Arena: Retention Elections As A Viable Alternative, David J. Papier
Insulating Incumbent Judges From The Vicissitudes Of The Political Arena: Retention Elections As A Viable Alternative, David J. Papier
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This Note proposes legislation that would cure many deficiencies in the present system of judicial tenure in New York. First, the Note examines the present retention system for trial court judges in New York State in light of the strict standards of judicial ethics the CJC imposes on sitting judges. Part II analyzes several problems in the current reelection process, focusing on the complex predicament a judicial incumbent faces as a result of having to return to the political arena. Part III then explores three possible alternatives to the present reelection system.' Finally, the Note recommends that the New York …