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Black And White (Book Review), Anthony V. Alfieri
Group Agency And Group Rights, James W. Nickel
Official Imaginations: Globalization, Difference, And State-Sponsored Immigration Discourses, Kunal M. Parker
Official Imaginations: Globalization, Difference, And State-Sponsored Immigration Discourses, Kunal M. Parker
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Who’S Afraid Of Humpty Dumpty: Deconstructionist References In Judicial Opinions, Madeleine M. Plasencia
Who’S Afraid Of Humpty Dumpty: Deconstructionist References In Judicial Opinions, Madeleine M. Plasencia
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This Article examines the treatment of deconstruction in United States judicial opinions.' A handful of cases have directly referred to the French philosopher and literary theorist, Jacques Derrida.2 In each of these cases, the court has rejected Derrida's philosophy, apparently out of a fear that recognition of any legitimacy of Derrida's thoughts would lead to the self-destruction of the legal world. These courts have misunderstood that consideration or recognition of Derrida's philosophy in the legal context would not unavoidably lead to the end of all meaningful legal discourse in the United States. A discussion of these cases will serve as …