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Impartiality In Judicial Ethics: A Jurisprudential Analysis, W. Bradley Wendel
Impartiality In Judicial Ethics: A Jurisprudential Analysis, W. Bradley Wendel
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
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Jurisprudence And Judicial Ethics, W. Bradley Wendel
Jurisprudence And Judicial Ethics, W. Bradley Wendel
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
The fundamental value in judicial ethics is impartiality. This means that a judge is duty-bound to decide cases on their merits, be open to persuasion, and not influenced by improper considerations. The paradigm case of unethical behavior by a judge is taking a bribe to decide a case in favor of one of the parties. This kind of corruption, which is fortunately rare in many developed countries, is also relatively uninteresting from an intellectual point of view. A more difficult case of failure of impartiality, conceptually speaking, involves a judge who relies on extra-legal factors as the basis for a …
Legal Institutions In Professor H.L.A. Hart's Concept Of Law, Robert S. Summers
Legal Institutions In Professor H.L.A. Hart's Concept Of Law, Robert S. Summers
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
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A Brief Rejoinder To Professor Mullock, Robert S. Summers
A Brief Rejoinder To Professor Mullock, Robert S. Summers
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
Mullock on Summers on Hart is bad enough, but Summers on Mullock on Summers on Hart is worse. Fortunately or unfortunately, there is no rule (primary or secondary) entitling either of us to vouch Professor Hart into the proceedings. With all due respect to Professor Mullock (and to me, of course), I fear the two of us may be compounding erroneous interpretations of Professor Hart’s work. Sans Hart, I shall exercise admirable restraint and argue over the meaning of the scripture. Regrettably, Professor Mullock and I are both defenders of the faith; I had hoped to draw the fire of …
Professor H.L.A. Hart's Concept Of Law, Robert S. Summers
Professor H.L.A. Hart's Concept Of Law, Robert S. Summers
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
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