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St. Mary's University School Of Law Papers, 1927- 2013, St. Mary's University
St. Mary's University School Of Law Papers, 1927- 2013, St. Mary's University
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Why Equity Follows The Law, Adam J. Macleod
Why Equity Follows The Law, Adam J. Macleod
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Renewed attention to equity in higher education is welcome because true equity helps us to reason together well. When administered correctly, the jurisprudence of equity models civil discourse and, therefore, can teach us how to carry out civic engagement reasonably. Equitable interpretation of the law teaches us how to understand each other charitably. And equity’s deference to law teaches us how to reason well together about our practical problems. Law is the practical reasoning that we do together. Equity serves the ends of justice by serving law, rather than undermining it. These functions of equity in adjudication point toward a …