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“Remarkable Influence”: The Unexpected Importance Of Justice Scalia's Deceptively Unanimous And Contested Majority Opinions, Linda L. Berger, Eric C. Nystrom Feb 2021

“Remarkable Influence”: The Unexpected Importance Of Justice Scalia's Deceptively Unanimous And Contested Majority Opinions, Linda L. Berger, Eric C. Nystrom

The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process

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Supreme Verbosity: The Roberts Court's Expanding Legacy, Mary Margaret Penrose Oct 2018

Supreme Verbosity: The Roberts Court's Expanding Legacy, Mary Margaret Penrose

Faculty Scholarship

The link between courts and the public is the written word. With rare exceptions, it is through judicial opinions that courts communicate with litigants, lawyers, other courts, and the community. Whatever the court’s statutory and constitutional status, the written word, in the end, is the source and the measure of the court’s authority.

It is therefore not enough that a decision be correct—it must also be fair and reasonable and readily understood. The burden of the judicial opinion is to explain and to persuade and to satisfy the world that the decision is principled and sound. What the court says, …


Rwu Law News: The E-Newsletter Of Roger Williams University School Of Law September 2018, Roger Williams University School Of Law Sep 2018

Rwu Law News: The E-Newsletter Of Roger Williams University School Of Law September 2018, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Life of the Law School (1993- )

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Newsroom: Courtroom Dedicated To Judge Selya 10-30-2017, Roger Williams University School Of Law Oct 2017

Newsroom: Courtroom Dedicated To Judge Selya 10-30-2017, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Life of the Law School (1993- )

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Law School Dedicates Appellate Courtroom To Judge Selya 10-15-2017, Edward Fitzpatrick, Roger Williams University School Of Law Oct 2017

Law School Dedicates Appellate Courtroom To Judge Selya 10-15-2017, Edward Fitzpatrick, Roger Williams University School Of Law

School of Law Conferences, Lectures & Events

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The Temptation Of Common Sense, Curtis E.A. Karnow Apr 2014

The Temptation Of Common Sense, Curtis E.A. Karnow

Curtis E.A. Karnow

The fallacies of invoking arguments from ‘common sense’ in legal briefs.


Opinion Writing And Opinion Readers, Meehan Rasch Dec 2008

Opinion Writing And Opinion Readers, Meehan Rasch

Meehan Rasch

The authors - a federal appellate judge and his law clerks - bring unique perspectives to bear on the topic of opinion writing and opinion readers. The contents of this Article were inspired in large part by the work done by the authors in editing and preparing the second edition of Judge Aldisert's classic book Opinion Writing, which for many years was distributed to all federal trial and appellate judges, and to all state appellate judges, when they took the bench. A broader audience of professional opinion writers and students of the judicial process now has access to Opinion Writing, …


Rule 901: Requirement Of Authentication Or Identification Jan 1996

Rule 901: Requirement Of Authentication Or Identification

Touro Law Review

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Right To Trial By Jury Jan 1995

Right To Trial By Jury

Touro Law Review

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