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Rethinking Legislative Facts, Haley N. Proctor Apr 2024

Rethinking Legislative Facts, Haley N. Proctor

Notre Dame Law Review

As the factual nature of legal inquiry has become increasingly apparent over the past century, courts and commentators have fallen into the habit of labeling the facts behind the law “legislative facts.” Loosely, legislative facts are general facts courts rely upon to formulate law or policy, but that definition is as contested as it is vague. Most agree that legislative facts exist in some form or another, but few agree on what that form is, on who should find them, and how. This Article seeks to account for and resolve that confusion. Theories of legislative fact focus on the role …


Does The Discourse On 303 Creative Portend A Standing Realignment?, Richard M. Re Dec 2023

Does The Discourse On 303 Creative Portend A Standing Realignment?, Richard M. Re

Notre Dame Law Review Reflection

Perhaps the most surprising feature of the last Supreme Court Term was the extraordinary public discourse on 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis. According to many commentators, the Court decided what was really a “fake” or “made-up” case brought by someone who asserted standing merely because “she worries.” As a doctrinal matter, these criticisms are unfounded. But what makes this episode interesting is that the criticisms came from the legal Left, which has long been associated with expansive principles of standing. Doubts about standing in 303 Creative may therefore portend a broader standing realignment, in which liberal Justices become jurisdictionally hawkish. …


An Originalist Approach To Prospective Overruling, John O. Mcginnis, Michael Rappaport Dec 2023

An Originalist Approach To Prospective Overruling, John O. Mcginnis, Michael Rappaport

Notre Dame Law Review

Originalism has become a dominant jurisprudential theory on the Supreme Court. But a large number of precedents are inconsistent with the Constitution’s original meaning and overturning them risks creating enormous disruption to the legal order. This article defends a prospective overruling approach that would harmonize precedent with originalism’s rise and reduce the disruption from overrulings. Under prospective overruling, the Court declares that an existing statute violates the original meaning but will continue to be enforced because declaring it unconstitutional would produce enormous costs; however, future statutes of this type will be voided as unconstitutional. Under our approach, the Court would …


The Moral Authority Of Original Meaning, J. Joel Alicea Nov 2022

The Moral Authority Of Original Meaning, J. Joel Alicea

Notre Dame Law Review

One of the most enduring criticisms of originalism is that it lacks a sufficiently compelling moral justification. Scholars operating within the natural law tradition have been among the foremost critics of originalism’s morality, yet originalists have yet to offer a sufficient defense of originalism from within the natural law tradition that demonstrates that these critics are mistaken. That task has become more urgent in recent years due to Adrian Vermeule’s critique of originalism from within the natural law tradition, which has received greater attention than previous critiques. This Article is the first full-length response to the natural law critique of …


Reflections On The Philosophy Of Law, Parts I & Ii, Igor N. Grazin May 2014

Reflections On The Philosophy Of Law, Parts I & Ii, Igor N. Grazin

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.


Sign Of The Cross And Jurisprudence, Edward J. Murphy Mar 2014

Sign Of The Cross And Jurisprudence, Edward J. Murphy

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.


Sign Of The Cross And Jurisprudence, Edward J. Murphy Mar 2014

Sign Of The Cross And Jurisprudence, Edward J. Murphy

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.


One Hundred Years Of Legal Philosophy, Robert P. George Jun 1999

One Hundred Years Of Legal Philosophy, Robert P. George

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.


Nature Of Rules And The Meaning Of Meaning, Kent Greenawalt Jun 1999

Nature Of Rules And The Meaning Of Meaning, Kent Greenawalt

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.


Reasonableness And Objectivity, Neil Maccormick Jun 1999

Reasonableness And Objectivity, Neil Maccormick

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.


How Coasean Bargaining Entails A Prisoners' Dilemma, Wayne Eastman Jun 1999

How Coasean Bargaining Entails A Prisoners' Dilemma, Wayne Eastman

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.


Rules And Reversibility, Clayton P. Gillette Jun 1999

Rules And Reversibility, Clayton P. Gillette

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.


What Logic Can And Cannot Tell Us About Law, Kevin W. Saunders Jun 1999

What Logic Can And Cannot Tell Us About Law, Kevin W. Saunders

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.


Reflections On Dworkin And The Two Faces Of Law, Richard H. Fallon Jr. Jun 1999

Reflections On Dworkin And The Two Faces Of Law, Richard H. Fallon Jr.

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.


Rights That Are Wrong, Hon. Daniel A. Manion Jun 1999

Rights That Are Wrong, Hon. Daniel A. Manion

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.


Autonomy, Sovereignty, And Privacy: Moral Ideals In The Constitution, Joel Feinberg Feb 1983

Autonomy, Sovereignty, And Privacy: Moral Ideals In The Constitution, Joel Feinberg

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.


Moral Complications And Moral Structures, Robert Nozick Jan 1968

Moral Complications And Moral Structures, Robert Nozick

Natural Law Forum

No abstract provided.


Distributive Justice: Some Addenda, John Rawls Jan 1968

Distributive Justice: Some Addenda, John Rawls

Natural Law Forum

No abstract provided.


Legal Right In Scandinavian Analyses, Nils Kr. Sundby Jan 1968

Legal Right In Scandinavian Analyses, Nils Kr. Sundby

Natural Law Forum

No abstract provided.


Equality And Inequality In Relation To Justice, Giorgio Del Vecchio Jan 1966

Equality And Inequality In Relation To Justice, Giorgio Del Vecchio

Natural Law Forum

No abstract provided.


What The Philosopher May Learn From The Study Of Law, Ch. Perelman Jan 1966

What The Philosopher May Learn From The Study Of Law, Ch. Perelman

Natural Law Forum

No abstract provided.


Philosophical Reflections Of Leibniz On Law, Politics, And The State;Note, Carl J. Friedrich Jan 1966

Philosophical Reflections Of Leibniz On Law, Politics, And The State;Note, Carl J. Friedrich

Natural Law Forum

No abstract provided.


Reason And Action, Charles Fried Jan 1966

Reason And Action, Charles Fried

Natural Law Forum

No abstract provided.


Locke, Natural Law, And God;Note, Francis Oakley Jan 1966

Locke, Natural Law, And God;Note, Francis Oakley

Natural Law Forum

No abstract provided.


Law And The Idea Of The Contemporary;Note, Martin Versfeld Jan 1965

Law And The Idea Of The Contemporary;Note, Martin Versfeld

Natural Law Forum

No abstract provided.


Refused Blood Transfusion: An Ultimate Challenge For Law And Morals, The;Note, Gary L. Milhollin Jan 1965

Refused Blood Transfusion: An Ultimate Challenge For Law And Morals, The;Note, Gary L. Milhollin

Natural Law Forum

No abstract provided.


Law As Representation Of Value, Jacques Ellul Jan 1965

Law As Representation Of Value, Jacques Ellul

Natural Law Forum

No abstract provided.


Natural Equity And Canonical Equity;Note, Charles Lefebvre Jan 1963

Natural Equity And Canonical Equity;Note, Charles Lefebvre

Natural Law Forum

No abstract provided.


International Law: The Testing Ground Of Theory;Note, Samuel Enoch Stumpf Jan 1962

International Law: The Testing Ground Of Theory;Note, Samuel Enoch Stumpf

Natural Law Forum

No abstract provided.


Legal Sanctions;Note, Jerome Hall Jan 1961

Legal Sanctions;Note, Jerome Hall

Natural Law Forum

No abstract provided.