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Standing For Democracy: Is Democracy A Procedural Right In Vacuo? A Democratic Perspective On Procedural Violations As A Basis For Article Iii Standing, Helen Hershkoff, Stephen Loffredo
Standing For Democracy: Is Democracy A Procedural Right In Vacuo? A Democratic Perspective On Procedural Violations As A Basis For Article Iii Standing, Helen Hershkoff, Stephen Loffredo
Buffalo Law Review
Many commentators express concern that democracy in the United States is under threat, whether from the pressure of concentrated wealth and structural racism, government secrecy and authoritarian tendencies, an outdated constitutional structure and old-fashioned corruption, or perhaps a combination of them all. Against this background, this Article argues that the Supreme Court’s treatment of procedural rights for determining standing—the key that opens the door to federal court—is an overlooked factor in contributing to democratic erosion. According to the Court, violation of a congressionally conferred procedural right that does not safeguard some separate, non-procedural, concrete interest of plaintiff—a “procedural right in …
“Those People [May Yet Be] A Kind Of Solution” Late Imperial Thoughts On The Humanization Of Officialdom, David A. Westbrook, Mark Maguire
“Those People [May Yet Be] A Kind Of Solution” Late Imperial Thoughts On The Humanization Of Officialdom, David A. Westbrook, Mark Maguire
Buffalo Law Review
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Re-Reading Legal Realism And Tracing A Genealogy Of Balancing, Curtis Nyquist
Re-Reading Legal Realism And Tracing A Genealogy Of Balancing, Curtis Nyquist
Buffalo Law Review
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Humbug: Toward A Legal History, Susanna Blumenthal
Humbug: Toward A Legal History, Susanna Blumenthal
Buffalo Law Review
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Textiles: Popular Culture And The Law, Laura F. Edwards
Textiles: Popular Culture And The Law, Laura F. Edwards
Buffalo Law Review
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The Market As A Legal Concept, Justin Desautels-Stein
The Market As A Legal Concept, Justin Desautels-Stein
Buffalo Law Review
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Giving The Gift Of Public Office, James A. Gardner
Giving The Gift Of Public Office, James A. Gardner
Buffalo Law Review
This interpretive essay, written for the Buffalo Law Review's annual essay issue, identifies an increasingly common pathology of American democracy in which voters treat the election of public officials not as an instrumental act designed to influence public policy, but as an opportunity to present public office as a gift to those who have pleased, entertained, or moved them. The reelection of Strom Thurmond to the Senate at age 93 and the election of nearly forty congressional widows to their late husbands' seats exemplify this trend. Although this behavior bears a passing resemblance to eighteenth-century habits of political deference and …
Making Sense Of The Sense Of Justice, Markus Dirk Dubber
Making Sense Of The Sense Of Justice, Markus Dirk Dubber
Buffalo Law Review
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Autonomy And End-Of-Life Decision Making: Reflections Of A Lawyer And A Daughter, Ray D. Madoff
Autonomy And End-Of-Life Decision Making: Reflections Of A Lawyer And A Daughter, Ray D. Madoff
Buffalo Law Review
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Law As Communitarian Virtue Ethics, Sherman J. Clark
Law As Communitarian Virtue Ethics, Sherman J. Clark
Buffalo Law Review
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Report Card: Grading The Country's Response To Columbine, Scott R. Simpson
Report Card: Grading The Country's Response To Columbine, Scott R. Simpson
Buffalo Law Review
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Mackinnon On Marx On Marriage And Morals: An Otsogistic Odyssey, Marc Linder
Mackinnon On Marx On Marriage And Morals: An Otsogistic Odyssey, Marc Linder
Buffalo Law Review
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Access To Justice: The Newest Wave In The Worldwide Movement To Make Rights Effective, Mauro Cappelletti, Bryant Garth
Access To Justice: The Newest Wave In The Worldwide Movement To Make Rights Effective, Mauro Cappelletti, Bryant Garth
Buffalo Law Review
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