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School Funding Litigation: Who's Winning The War?, John Dayton, Anne Dupre
School Funding Litigation: Who's Winning The War?, John Dayton, Anne Dupre
Vanderbilt Law Review
Much is being made this year in education law circles and elsewhere about the fiftieth anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education.' The Brown decision has certainly left an indelible mark on schools and other institutions in the United States. But last year the thirtieth anniversary of another major Supreme Court opinion passed largely without comment, despite the fact that it may be the most significant decision regarding public schools since Brown. In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court, in San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez, concluded that education was not a fundamental right and that disparities in school funding …
The Practice And Problems Of Plain Meaning: A Response To Aleinikoff And Shaw, Frederick Schauer
The Practice And Problems Of Plain Meaning: A Response To Aleinikoff And Shaw, Frederick Schauer
Vanderbilt Law Review
The attention so many of the participants in this Symposium have paid to my thoughts about the role of plain meaning in statutory interpretation' is both gratifying and surprising. Among those scholars finding my ideas worthy of note are Professors Aleinikoff and Shaw, and my aim is both to comment on their contribution here and to respond more generally to what others have said about my views on the role of plain meaning. By continuing the discussion I hope to clarify some of the claims I have made about plain meaning, and in doing so to foster a better appreciation …
The Tennessee County Courts Under The North Carolina And Territorial Governments: The Davidson County Court Of Pleas And Quarter Sessions, 1783-1796, As A Case Study, Theodore Brown Jr.
The Tennessee County Courts Under The North Carolina And Territorial Governments: The Davidson County Court Of Pleas And Quarter Sessions, 1783-1796, As A Case Study, Theodore Brown Jr.
Vanderbilt Law Review
This Note will attempt to provide the framework for a more extended institutional examination of the post-revolutionary courts that functioned in the counties of western-most North Carolina and,beginning in 1790, the Territory South of the River Ohio before their organization into the new state of Tennessee in June 1796. The Note initially will set forth the jurisdiction and the regulatory authority of the county courts of pleas and quarter sessions under the North Carolina and territorial governments, will describe the jurisdiction and authority of the courts' individual justices, and will examine the role of the petit jury in exercising a …