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Bridges Of Law, Ideology, And Commitment, Steven L. Winter Walter S. Gibbs Distinguished Professor Of Constitutional Law May 2022

Bridges Of Law, Ideology, And Commitment, Steven L. Winter Walter S. Gibbs Distinguished Professor Of Constitutional Law

Law Faculty Research Publications

Law has a distinctive temporal structure—an ontology—that defines it as a social institution. Law knits together past, present, purpose, and projected future into a demand for action. Robert Cover captures this dynamic in his metaphor of law as a bridge to an imagined future. Law’s orientation to the future necessarily poses the question of commitment or complicity. For law can shape the future only when people act to make it real. Cover’s bridge metaphor provides a lens through which to explore the complexities of law’s ontology and the pathologies that arise from its neglect or misuse. A bridge carries us …


When Plea Bargaining Became Normal, William Ortman Jan 2020

When Plea Bargaining Became Normal, William Ortman

Law Faculty Research Publications

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Stern Claims And Article Iii Adjudication - The Bankruptcy Judge Knows Best, Laura B. Bartell Jan 2019

Stern Claims And Article Iii Adjudication - The Bankruptcy Judge Knows Best, Laura B. Bartell

Law Faculty Research Publications

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Celebrating Contributions Of Opinions Authored By Chief Judge Randall R. Rader In Patent Infringement Cases, Katherine E. White Jan 2012

Celebrating Contributions Of Opinions Authored By Chief Judge Randall R. Rader In Patent Infringement Cases, Katherine E. White

Law Faculty Research Publications

Chief Judge RaderÕs judicial opinions contribute significantly to patent infringement jurisprudence. He writes from a teacherÕs perspective, providing context and a clear lens through which legal issues may be examined. His deep reverence for the rule of law pervades his opinions, as he injects a cadre of principles governing his approach. Each opinion builds a foundation made of consistency and clarity in upholding the fundamental purposes underlying the patent grant.


A Different Take On The Roberts Court: The Court As An Institution, Ideology, And The Settled Nature Of American Constitutional Law, Robert A. Sedler Jan 2008

A Different Take On The Roberts Court: The Court As An Institution, Ideology, And The Settled Nature Of American Constitutional Law, Robert A. Sedler

Law Faculty Research Publications

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Circumventing Daubert In The Gene Pool, Erica Beecher-Monas Jan 2007

Circumventing Daubert In The Gene Pool, Erica Beecher-Monas

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Judge Keith, The Constitution And National Security From Haddad To Sinclair - The Damon J. Keith Law Collection Of African-American Legal History Wayne State University Spencer Partrich Auditorium November 18, 2003, Robert Allen Sedler Jan 2004

Judge Keith, The Constitution And National Security From Haddad To Sinclair - The Damon J. Keith Law Collection Of African-American Legal History Wayne State University Spencer Partrich Auditorium November 18, 2003, Robert Allen Sedler

Law Faculty Research Publications

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A Paradigm For Equality: The Honorable Damon J. Keith, Blanche Bong Cook Jan 2001

A Paradigm For Equality: The Honorable Damon J. Keith, Blanche Bong Cook

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Blinded By Science: How Judges Avoid The Science In Scientific Evidence, Erica Beecher-Monas Jan 1998

Blinded By Science: How Judges Avoid The Science In Scientific Evidence, Erica Beecher-Monas

Law Faculty Research Publications

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Contempt Of The Bankruptcy Court - A New Look, Laura B. Bartell Jan 1996

Contempt Of The Bankruptcy Court - A New Look, Laura B. Bartell

Law Faculty Research Publications

With the passage of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, Congress worked a sweeping revision of the nation's bankruptcy laws. As part of this massive reform measure, Congress reinvented the role of the bankruptcy judge, granting the judge a host of new powers. Because these new powers were so substantial and because Congress elected to establish bankruptcy judges as Article I rather than Article III judges, the Supreme Court, in Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co., declared those portions of the Act delineating the powers and structure of the bankruptcy courts unconstitutional. Congress responded by passing the …


Thurgood Marshall And The Administrative State, Jonathan Weinberg Jan 1991

Thurgood Marshall And The Administrative State, Jonathan Weinberg

Law Faculty Research Publications

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Tennessee V. Garner And The Democratic Practice Of Judicial Review, Steven L. Winter Jan 1986

Tennessee V. Garner And The Democratic Practice Of Judicial Review, Steven L. Winter

Law Faculty Research Publications

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Practical Reasoning And Judicial Justification: Toward An Adequate Theory, Vincent A. Wellman Jan 1985

Practical Reasoning And Judicial Justification: Toward An Adequate Theory, Vincent A. Wellman

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