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Fierce And Critical Faith: A Remembrance Of Penny Pether, Christopher Tomlins Nov 2015

Fierce And Critical Faith: A Remembrance Of Penny Pether, Christopher Tomlins

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


Helping A Lawyer To Understand What It Means To Think Like An Architect, Kevin Emerson Collins Oct 2015

Helping A Lawyer To Understand What It Means To Think Like An Architect, Kevin Emerson Collins

Michigan Telecommunications & Technology Law Review

Professor Radin unquestionably influenced legal academia through her ideas, arguments, and scholarship. With that said, my tribute is decidedly personal. To me, Professor Radin was the mentor and role model that I sorely needed when I was figuring out what being a legal academic could mean for me.


Asking The Nearest Hippie, Shubha Ghosh Oct 2015

Asking The Nearest Hippie, Shubha Ghosh

Michigan Telecommunications & Technology Law Review

It is an honor to be asked to contribute to this Symposium in honor of Margaret Jane Radin. It is particularly exciting to be able to engage with her scholarship during the summer of 2015 (the time this essay was written) when so many compelling legal issues are coming to a head: same sex marriage and the recognition of dignity as a constitutional value, pragmatic treatment of controversial regulation such as the Affordable Care Act, the death penalty under scrutiny as two justices unequivocally reaffirm its unconstitutionality, voting rights protections roll back, police brutality against African-American citizens as a daily …


Peggy Radin, Mentor Extraordinaire, R. Anthony Reese Oct 2015

Peggy Radin, Mentor Extraordinaire, R. Anthony Reese

Michigan Telecommunications & Technology Law Review

I write to celebrate Peggy Radin’s contributions to the legal academy in her role as a mentor. I know that others will speak to her significant scholarly achievements and important contributions across several fields. I want to pay tribute to the substantial time and energy that Peggy has devoted over the course of her career to mentoring students and young academics. I was extremely fortunate to have had a handful of mentors who helped me become a law professor. (I am also extremely fortunate that some of those mentors became generous senior colleagues who occasionally continue to help me navigate …


Contracts, Persons And Property: A Tribute To Margaret Jane Radin, Ruth L. Okediji Oct 2015

Contracts, Persons And Property: A Tribute To Margaret Jane Radin, Ruth L. Okediji

Michigan Telecommunications & Technology Law Review

In 2011, the United States was only just beginning to emerge from what some claimed to be the most significant economic crisis since the Great Depression. The devastation wrought by unregulated subprime mortgages unfolded as a political, legal, financial and social tragedy. Millions of homeowners had purchased homes for amounts they most certainly could not afford, with terms and conditions written on documents they even more certainly had never read. Many of those most severely affected were, as one might expect, racial minorities and underrepresented groups, but plenty of other members of society were also caught in the intricately woven …


Book Review: To Set The Record Straight By Judge John J. Sirica, Richard L. Aynes Jul 2015

Book Review: To Set The Record Straight By Judge John J. Sirica, Richard L. Aynes

Akron Law Review

One of the recent and more worthy accounts is that presented by Washington D.C. District Court Judge John Sirica in his To Set the Record Straight. Judge Sirica's sixteen chapters generally cover five topics: 1) a prologue outlining his early experiences and how he attained his position of federal district judge; 2) the first Watergate break-in trial; 3) Judge Sirica's attempt to "break" the silence of the cover-up following the initial proceeding; 4) the controversy over the production of the Presidential tapes; and, 5) the ultimate trials of Nixon administration officials for conspiracy to obstruct justice.


The Honorable William H. Victor, The Life And Times Of A Distinguished Jurist, Oscar Hunsicker, Edward J. Mahoney, Ronald O. Kaffen Jul 2015

The Honorable William H. Victor, The Life And Times Of A Distinguished Jurist, Oscar Hunsicker, Edward J. Mahoney, Ronald O. Kaffen

Akron Law Review

William H. Victor after a long and distinguished career as a judge and civic leader has decided to take retired status. He will be able to be recalled to serve where needed on assignment from the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio.


The Honorable Paul C. Weick - A Lenghty And Distinguished Tenure On The Court Jul 2015

The Honorable Paul C. Weick - A Lenghty And Distinguished Tenure On The Court

Akron Law Review

I am pleased to join the Akron Law Review in the dedication of this issue to Judge Paul C. Weick. Judge Weick took senior status on December 31, 1981, after twenty-two years of active service on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.


A Tribute To The Honorable Oscar A. Hunsicker, William P. Kannel, William H. Victor, Robert D. Moss, Richard L. Aynes Jul 2015

A Tribute To The Honorable Oscar A. Hunsicker, William P. Kannel, William H. Victor, Robert D. Moss, Richard L. Aynes

Akron Law Review

Judge Hunsicker was elected to the Juvenile Court bench in 1930. He was a pioneer in the changing of Juvenile Courts and was primarily responsible for much of a lasting philosophy and many lasting procedures of our present day Juvenile Court. He served in that court until 1946 when he was elevated to the Ninth District Court of Appeals. His record as an outstanding Jurist is common knowledge.


The Legal Career Of John Quincy Adams, William G. Ross Jul 2015

The Legal Career Of John Quincy Adams, William G. Ross

Akron Law Review

The article will discuss Adams's legal education, his early legal practice, his reasons for declining an appointment to the Supreme Court, and his role as counsel in various cases decided by Supreme Court. Adams's legal education provides insight into the nature of legal training in late eighteenth century America and the legal profession during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Finally, Adams's career at the Bar provides a means of evaluating various theses that have been advanced concerning the influence of legal training on the performance of presidents in office.


Judge James R. Browning: His Legacy For Montana And The Future Of The Federal Judiciary, The Honorable Sidney R. Thomas Jul 2015

Judge James R. Browning: His Legacy For Montana And The Future Of The Federal Judiciary, The Honorable Sidney R. Thomas

Montana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Judge Levine: A Survey Of His Most Influential Court Of Appeals Decisions - 1993-2002, Jean D'Alessandro Apr 2015

Judge Levine: A Survey Of His Most Influential Court Of Appeals Decisions - 1993-2002, Jean D'Alessandro

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Legacy Of Salmon P. Chase, Carter B. Westmoreland Jan 2015

The Legacy Of Salmon P. Chase, Carter B. Westmoreland

Freedom Center Journal

Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase used his legal training and political career to being the ongoing process of truly freeing African Americans.