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Metaphor And Method: How Not To Think About Constitutional Interpretation, Thomas Morawetz Oct 1994

Metaphor And Method: How Not To Think About Constitutional Interpretation, Thomas Morawetz

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No abstract provided.


The Legitimacy Of The Constitutional Judge And Theories Of Interpretation In The United States, Richard Kay, William B. Fisch Jan 1994

The Legitimacy Of The Constitutional Judge And Theories Of Interpretation In The United States, Richard Kay, William B. Fisch

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The paper addresses the sources of legitimacy of a judge exercising the power to declare acts of government invalid on constitutional grounds, and their relationship to theories of interpretation of the constitutional texts. In perhaps no other country is the legitimacy of the constitutional judge a more important issue than in the United States. Constitutional judicial review of acts of the government has had, and continues to have, a profound effect on the extent and character of public action. The constitutional decisions of the courts govern, to a significant degree, some of the most intensely controversial questions of public policy. …


Constitutional Privacy And The Just Family, Anne Dailey Jan 1993

Constitutional Privacy And The Just Family, Anne Dailey

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No abstract provided.


The State Action Doctrine, The Public- Private Distinction, And The Independence Of Constitutional Law, Richard Kay Jan 1993

The State Action Doctrine, The Public- Private Distinction, And The Independence Of Constitutional Law, Richard Kay

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No abstract provided.


The Canadian Constitution And The Dangers Of Establishment, Richard Kay Jan 1992

The Canadian Constitution And The Dangers Of Establishment, Richard Kay

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No abstract provided.


Introduction: Observations On Teaching Griswold, Hugh Macgill Jul 1991

Introduction: Observations On Teaching Griswold, Hugh Macgill

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No abstract provided.


The Verdugo Case: The United States And The Comity Of Nations, Mark Weston Janis Jan 1991

The Verdugo Case: The United States And The Comity Of Nations, Mark Weston Janis

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No abstract provided.


Comparative Constitutional Fundamentals, Richard Kay Jan 1991

Comparative Constitutional Fundamentals, Richard Kay

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No abstract provided.


Review, Constitution Making: Conflict And Consensus In The Federal Convention Of 1787, Richard Kay Jan 1991

Review, Constitution Making: Conflict And Consensus In The Federal Convention Of 1787, Richard Kay

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Reviewing Constitution Making: Conflict and Consensus in the Federal Convention of 1787. By Calvin C. Jillson., New York: Agathon Press. 1988.


The Corporate Personality In American Law: A Summary Review, Phillip Blumberg Jan 1990

The Corporate Personality In American Law: A Summary Review, Phillip Blumberg

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No abstract provided.


The Bork Nomination And The Definition Of "The Constitution", Richard Kay Jan 1990

The Bork Nomination And The Definition Of "The Constitution", Richard Kay

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No abstract provided.


The Interpretation Of International Maritime Conventions In United States Law, Mark Weston Janis Jan 1990

The Interpretation Of International Maritime Conventions In United States Law, Mark Weston Janis

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In the United States, the interpretation of international maritime conventions is carried out within the general context of U.S. constitutional law. The Constitution's Article 11(2) provides that the President of the United States is granted the Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two-thirds of the Senators present concur. Article 111(2) extends the judicial power of the United States to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority. Article VI(2) instructs that the …


Review, Constitutional Brinkmanship: Amending The Constitution By National Convention, Richard Kay Jan 1990

Review, Constitutional Brinkmanship: Amending The Constitution By National Convention, Richard Kay

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Reviewing Constitutional Brinkmanship: Amending the Constitution by National Convention. By Russell L. Caplan., New York: Oxford University Press. 1988.


Constitutional Cultures: Constitutional Law, Richard Kay Jan 1990

Constitutional Cultures: Constitutional Law, Richard Kay

Faculty Articles and Papers

Reviewing Constitutional Cultures: The Mentality and Consequences of Judicial Review. Robert F. Nagel. University of California, 1989


Common Law Antecendents Of Constitutional Law In Connecticut, Ellen Ash Peters Jan 1989

Common Law Antecendents Of Constitutional Law In Connecticut, Ellen Ash Peters

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No abstract provided.


Original Intentions, Standard Meanings And The Legal Character Of The Constitution, Richard Kay Jan 1989

Original Intentions, Standard Meanings And The Legal Character Of The Constitution, Richard Kay

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No abstract provided.


Moral Knowledge And Constitutional Adjudication, Richard Kay Jan 1989

Moral Knowledge And Constitutional Adjudication, Richard Kay

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No abstract provided.


Adherence To The Original Intentions In Constitutional Adjudication: Three Objections And Responses, Richard Kay Jan 1988

Adherence To The Original Intentions In Constitutional Adjudication: Three Objections And Responses, Richard Kay

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No abstract provided.


The Illegality Of The Constitution, Richard Kay Jan 1987

The Illegality Of The Constitution, Richard Kay

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No abstract provided.


To Have And To Hold: The Marital Rape Exemption And The Fourteenth Amendment, Anne Dailey Jan 1986

To Have And To Hold: The Marital Rape Exemption And The Fourteenth Amendment, Anne Dailey

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No abstract provided.


The Creation Of Constitutions In Canada And The United States, Richard Kay Jan 1984

The Creation Of Constitutions In Canada And The United States, Richard Kay

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No abstract provided.


Preconstitutional Rule, Richard Kay Jan 1981

Preconstitutional Rule, Richard Kay

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No abstract provided.


The Equal Protection Clause In The Supreme Court, 1873-1903, Richard Kay Jan 1980

The Equal Protection Clause In The Supreme Court, 1873-1903, Richard Kay

Faculty Articles and Papers

No abstract provided.


Review, Democracy And Distrust, Richard Kay Jan 1980

Review, Democracy And Distrust, Richard Kay

Faculty Articles and Papers

Reviewing Democracy and Distrust. By John Hart Ely. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1980.


Review, Government By Judiciary, Richard Kay Jan 1978

Review, Government By Judiciary, Richard Kay

Faculty Articles and Papers

Reviewing Government by Judiciary, by Raoul Berger: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1977


Making Sense Of The Prejudgment Seizure Cases, Richard Kay, Harold M. Lubin Jan 1976

Making Sense Of The Prejudgment Seizure Cases, Richard Kay, Harold M. Lubin

Faculty Articles and Papers

The purpose of this article is to examine critically four recent Supreme Court cases on prejudgment seizure, Sniadach v. Family Finance Corp., Fuentes v. Shevin, Mitchell v. W. T. Grant Co., and North Georgia Finishing, Inc. v. Di-Chem, Inc. These cases have been cited as an arch-example of inconsistency, even irrationality, in constitutional doctrine. Members of the Supreme Court and numerous scholars have expressed chagrin at the apparent irresponsible obscurity at this difficult intersection of creditors' remedies and constitutional rights. We believe, however, that the search for reasonable and rational constitutional standards is not a hopeless …


The Nixon Pardon: Limits On The Benign Prerogative, Hugh Macgill Oct 1974

The Nixon Pardon: Limits On The Benign Prerogative, Hugh Macgill

Faculty Articles and Papers

No abstract provided.


The Constitutionality Of State Law Protection Of Sound Recordings, Lewis Kurlantzick Jan 1973

The Constitutionality Of State Law Protection Of Sound Recordings, Lewis Kurlantzick

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No abstract provided.