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Comparative Law And Comparative Literature: A Project In Progress, Mitchel De S.-O.-L'E. Lasser

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

How Law Is Formal And Why It Matters, Robert S. Summers

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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A Nonoriginalist Perspective On The Lessons Of History, Michael C. Dorf

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Developing Countries And Multilateral Trade Agreements: Law And The Promise Of Development, Chantal Thomas

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Judicial (Self-)Portraits: Judicial Discourse In The French Legal System, Mitchel De S.-O.-L'E. Lasser

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

The French legal system, according to its official pronouncements, functions on a rigid conception of the interpretive and creative role of the civil, private law judge. This conception may be thought of as an "official portrait": It is an image or representation of the judge and of the nature of the judicial role. The official portrait, which represents an interpretive ideology that posits a perfectly grammatical mode of reading the legal code, has been the source of much confusion, especially to common lawyers. This portrait's predominance in the French legal system, and its effect on French judicial practice, has never …

Prediction And The Rule Of Law, Michael C. Dorf

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Dicta And Article Iii, Michael C. Dorf

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An Essay On Private Remedies, Emily Sherwin

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The Formal Character Of Law, Robert S. Summers

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Fighting With Angry Women: A Response To Lasson, John A. Siliciano

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Bats And Owls And The Insane Moon: The Search For The Republic's Unwritten Constitution, E. F. Roberts

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Legal Pragmatism In The People's Republic Of China, Xingzhong Yu

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Summers's Primer On Fuller's Jurisprudence – A Wholly Disinterested Assessment Of The Reviews By Professors Wueste And Lebel, Robert S. Summers

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"Of Law And The River," And Of Nihilism And Academic Freedom, Peter W. Martin

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Correspondence provoked by the publication of Dean Paul D. Carrington's article, "Of Law and the River," 34 J. Legal Educ. 222 (1984).

Working Conceptions Of "The Law", Robert S. Summers

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

This exploratory essay is an admixture of amateur psychology, moral theory, and jurisprudence. It grows out of seminars I have given for judges, and reflects that focus. Co-theorists will now see some of what I have been telling practitioners. And error in my story may be exposed. But one can have no qualms about this. It is especially important to have things put right for judges.

Reply To Mr Mackie, Robert S. Summers

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Section 1983: Doctrinal Foundations And An Empirical Study, Theodore Eisenberg

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Bankruptcy Law In Perspective, Theodore Eisenberg

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The new bankruptcy act is a failure. Its shortcomings show that we need to change the way we think about bankruptcy law. The problem is not so much with the new bankruptcy act's treatment of any specific issue, though larger problems manifest themselves through questionable specific provisions. Rather, the problem is the way in which bankruptcy law is perceived as an area separate from the rest of the legal world. In many respects the new bankruptcy act inadequately reflects bankruptcy law's existence as part of a legal structure that includes many other federal laws, a Constitution, and detailed treatment of …

Pragmatic Instrumentalism In Twentieth Century American Legal Thought—A Synthesis And Critique Of Our Dominant General Theory About Law And Its Use, Robert S. Summers

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Professor Fuller's Jurisprudence And America's Dominant Philosophy Of Law, Robert S. Summers

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

The late Lon L. Fuller played an influential role in the development of American jurisprudence, but his views have not always prevailed. In this tribute to the memory of Professor Fuller, Professor Summers outlines the major tenets of what he perceives to be our dominant philosophy of law – “pragmatic instrumentalism” – by way of contrasting that philosophy with the views of Professor Fuller. Professor Summers concludes that these two philosophies differ in many important respects and that our dominant philosophy of law should accommodate, and may indeed already be in the process of accommodating, the thought of Professor Fuller.

Reflections On A Unified Theory Of Motive, Theodore Eisenberg

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A Critique Of Professor Fried’S Anatomy Of Values, Robert S. Summers

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The New Analytical Jurists, Robert S. Summers

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The Reapportionment Cases: Cognitive Lag, The Malady And Its Cure, E. F. Roberts, Paul T. Shultz Iii

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The reapportionment cases have been considered by many to be the product of a liberal, activist Court which is endeavoring to reshape America’s political life according to its own views. The authors of this article assert that, to the contrary, the Court actually is reacting to the incontrovertible fact of the modern predominance of urban complexities which have rendered inappropriate our older political boundaries. In this sense, they consider the Court’s decisions conservative rather than liberal- because the Court’s purpose is to maintain a version of federalism along state boundaries which may have become outmoded even before the Court entered …

Natural Law Demythologized: A Functional Theory Of Norms For A Revolutionary Epoch, E. F. Roberts

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Jurisprudence can afford us some insight into whether a particular system is functioning effectively. To do this jurisprudes must extrapolate the aims of the society and then evaluate how effectively its legal system functions to structure social activity so that those aims are realized in an orderly fashion. Jurisprudence is seen, therefore, to be a form of time and motion study on a grand scale. Judgments about the ultimate worth of a given society’s aims are excluded from jurisprudence, however, on the ground that such emotionally charged and ethically relative conclusions cannot be proved by any empirically verifiable scale of …

A Brief Rejoinder To Professor Mullock, Robert S. Summers

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Mullock on Summers on Hart is bad enough, but Summers on Mullock on Summers on Hart is worse. Fortunately or unfortunately, there is no rule (primary or secondary) entitling either of us to vouch Professor Hart into the proceedings. With all due respect to Professor Mullock (and to me, of course), I fear the two of us may be compounding erroneous interpretations of Professor Hart’s work. Sans Hart, I shall exercise admirable restraint and argue over the meaning of the scripture. Regrettably, Professor Mullock and I are both defenders of the faith; I had hoped to draw the fire of …

Professor H.L.A. Hart's Concept Of Law, Robert S. Summers

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Justiciability, Robert S. Summers

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"Is" And "Ought" In Legal Philosophy, Robert S. Summers

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Logic In The Law, Robert S. Summers

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