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Some Speculation About Artificial Intelligence And Legal Reasoning, Bruce G. Buchanan, Thomas E. Headrick
Some Speculation About Artificial Intelligence And Legal Reasoning, Bruce G. Buchanan, Thomas E. Headrick
Journal Articles
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The Generality Of Neutral Principles: A Game- Theoretic Perspective, Robert Birmingham
The Generality Of Neutral Principles: A Game- Theoretic Perspective, Robert Birmingham
Faculty Articles and Papers
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Massachusetts In The Federal Courts: The Constitutionality Of The Vietnam War, Anthony D'Amato
Massachusetts In The Federal Courts: The Constitutionality Of The Vietnam War, Anthony D'Amato
Faculty Working Papers
One of the most singular pieces of legislation in American constitutional history passed the Massachusetts legislature in 1970, and was signed into law. It provided that, except for an emergency, no inhabitant of Massachusetts inducted into or serving in the armed forces "shall be required to serve" abroad in an armed hostility that has not been declared a war by Congress under Article I, Section 8, clause 11 of the US Constitution. A conflict between state law and national policy was created.
Once More Into The Breach: Promissory Estoppel And Traditional Damage Doctrine, Theodore S. Sims
Once More Into The Breach: Promissory Estoppel And Traditional Damage Doctrine, Theodore S. Sims
Faculty Scholarship
When, in the absence of traditional contract formalities, a promise is enforced because the promisee has acted in reliance upon it, both courts and commentators have disagreed over the proper measure of damages. Early in the debate, two positions could be discerned. Advocates of the one favored enforcing the promise according to its terms and awarding the promisee full contractual damages.This measure of recovery has come to be called the expectation interest and is an attempt to put the promisee in the same position as he would have been had the promise been fulfilled. Advocates of the other position would …
Comparative Judicial Behavior (Book Review), Donald P. Kommers
Comparative Judicial Behavior (Book Review), Donald P. Kommers
Journal Articles
This book consists of several cross-cultural and exploratory studies of judicial decision-making, and is one of the first to appear in the developing field of comparative judicial politics. A product of many months of collaboration between American and Asian scholars at the East-West Center, University of Hawaii, it deals chiefly with decision-making processes in the high courts of Japan, Hawaii, India, Canada, Australia, and the Philippines. The Asian contributors are mainly law teachers with a strong interest in the sociology of law; the American scholars are mainly teachers of political science whose special interest is the study of judicial behavior. …