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From Promise To Threat In Language And Law, Marianne Constable
From Promise To Threat In Language And Law, Marianne Constable
University of Colorado Law Review
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The Pure Theory Of Law Is A Hole In The Ozone Layer, Peter Goodrich
The Pure Theory Of Law Is A Hole In The Ozone Layer, Peter Goodrich
University of Colorado Law Review
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Critique, Ideology, And Aesthetics, Richard Thompson Ford
Critique, Ideology, And Aesthetics, Richard Thompson Ford
University of Colorado Law Review
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The Supreme Court As Public Educator?, Frederick Schauer
The Supreme Court As Public Educator?, Frederick Schauer
University of Colorado Law Review
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Random, Suspicionless Searches Of Students' Belongings: A Legal, Empirical, And Normative Analysis, Jason P. Nance
Random, Suspicionless Searches Of Students' Belongings: A Legal, Empirical, And Normative Analysis, Jason P. Nance
University of Colorado Law Review
This Article provides a legal, empirical, and normative analysis of an intrusive search practice used by public school officials to prevent school crime: random, suspicionless searches of students' belongings. First, it argues that these searches are not permitted under the Fourth Amendment unless schools have particularized evidence of a substance abuse or weapons problem. Second, it provides a normative evaluation of strict security measures in schools, especially when they are applied disproportionately to minority students. Third, drawing on recent restricted data from the U.S. Department of Education's School Survey on Crime and Safety, this Article provides empirical findings that raise …
Beautiful Dreamer: Review Of A Life Of H.L.A. Hart: The Nightmare And The Noble Dream, By Nicola Lacey, Jeanne L. Schroeder
Beautiful Dreamer: Review Of A Life Of H.L.A. Hart: The Nightmare And The Noble Dream, By Nicola Lacey, Jeanne L. Schroeder
University of Colorado Law Review
H.L.A. Hart is probably the most important legal theorist in the modern English-speaking world. The intriguing subtitle of Nicola Lacey's intimate biography, "The Nightmare and the Noble Dream, " echoes the name of Hart's 1997 Georgia Law Review paper, in which he identifies two warring, equally inadequate, visions of law in American jurisprudence: the "nightmare" of complete indeterminacy and unbridled judicial discretion and the "noble dream " of a closed, deterministic legal system of judicial restraint. Lacey implies that Hart's life itself was both a nightmare and a noble dream. This book review expands on Lacey's work and suggests how …