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Is Legal Scholarship Worth Its Cost?, Paul Campos
Self-Congratulation And Scholarship, Paul Campos
Self-Congratulation And Scholarship, Paul Campos
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Professor Jay Silver’s criticism of the reform proposals put forward in Brian Tamanaha’s book Failing Law Schools displays some characteristic weaknesses of American legal academic culture. These weaknesses include a tendency to make bold assertions about the value of legal scholarship and the effectiveness of law school pedagogy, while at the same time providing no support for these assertions beyond a willingness to repeat self-congratulatory platitudes about who professors are and what we do. The high costs for our students of the current scholarly expectations at American law schools are clear. What is not clear is whether those costs are …
Dunya, Marianne Wesson
A Response To Professor Bix, Robert F. Nagel
A Reply--The Missing Portion, Pierre Schlag
The Search For Incontrovertible Visual Evidence, Paul F. Campos
The Search For Incontrovertible Visual Evidence, Paul F. Campos
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Do They Practice What We Teach?: A Survey Of Practitioners And Estate Planning Professors, Wayne M. Gazur
Do They Practice What We Teach?: A Survey Of Practitioners And Estate Planning Professors, Wayne M. Gazur
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This article presents the results of a 1998 mail survey sent to members of the American Bar Association Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section and to law professors teaching estate planning. The principal goal of the survey was to compare the opinions of practitioners and law professors concerning the importance of 31 estate planning issues and techniques. The survey also included an open-ended solicitation of issues deemed significant by the participant.
The survey found consistency between practitioner and professor responses with respect to techniques such as Crummey planning. Legal education appears to be effective in dealing with core principles. …
Muddling Along With The Federal Wealth Transfer Tax: A Survey Of Practitioners And Law School Professors, Wayne M. Gazur
Muddling Along With The Federal Wealth Transfer Tax: A Survey Of Practitioners And Law School Professors, Wayne M. Gazur
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Recent efforts to repeal the wealth transfer tax system have prompted enormous discussion. In this Article, the author presents the results of his survey of members of the American Bar Association Real Property, Probate and Law Section about this issue and other reforms which have been enacted or suggested.
A Holistic Approach To Criminal Justice Scholarship, William T. Pizzi
A Holistic Approach To Criminal Justice Scholarship, William T. Pizzi
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Invisible Teachers: A Comment On Perceptions In The Classroom, Robert F. Nagel
Invisible Teachers: A Comment On Perceptions In The Classroom, Robert F. Nagel
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Invisible Teachers: A Comment On Perceptions In The Classroom, Robert F. Nagel
Invisible Teachers: A Comment On Perceptions In The Classroom, Robert F. Nagel
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No abstract provided.