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The Perceived Authority Of Law In Judging Constitutional Cases, Kent Greenawalt

Faculty Scholarship

The purpose of this conference is a dialogue between scholars and judges about judging. Because judges have many opportunities to read what scholars think, and scholars don't very often have this kind of chance to hear judges reflect on their own experiences and perspectives, I expect the main benefit to go to us scholars. However, for many questions of jurisprudential interest, figuring out what relevance different judicial experiences might have is complicated, and extensive discussion may be necessary to learn what really matters.

I shall focus on a question that has lain at. the center of jurisprudential discussion in the …