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How Is Constitutional Law Made?, Tracey E. George, Robert J. Pushaw Jr.
How Is Constitutional Law Made?, Tracey E. George, Robert J. Pushaw Jr.
Michigan Law Review
Bismarck famously remarked: "Laws are like sausages. It's better not to see them being made." This witticism applies with peculiar force to constitutional law. Judges and commentators examine the sausage (the Supreme Court's doctrine), but ignore the messy details of its production. Maxwell Stearns has demonstrated, with brilliant originality, that the Court fashions constitutional law through process-based rules of decision such as outcome voting, stare decisis, and justiciability. Employing "social choice" economic theory, Professor Stearns argues that the Court, like all multimember decisionmaking bodies, strives to formulate rules that promote both rationality and fairness (p. 4). Viewed through the lens …
Is The Burger Court Really Like The Warren Court?, Paul Bender
Is The Burger Court Really Like The Warren Court?, Paul Bender
Michigan Law Review
A Review of The Burger Court: The Counter-Revolution That Wasn't by Vincent Blasi
Does Doctrine Matter?, Frederick Schauer
Does Doctrine Matter?, Frederick Schauer
Michigan Law Review
A Review of The Burger Court: The Counter-Revolution That Wasn't by Vincent Blasi