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The Made And The Made-Up, Steven L. Winter Walter S. Gibbs Distinguished Professor Of Constitutional Law Dec 2022

The Made And The Made-Up, Steven L. Winter Walter S. Gibbs Distinguished Professor Of Constitutional Law

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Truth is an ethical relation. Facts, whether descriptions of the physical world or of historical events, are necessarily mediated by our frames of reference. This contingency opens a space for disagreement that cannot be adjudicated by an absolute standard of truth. For those seeking power or profit, the temptation to exploit this state of undecidability is strong. When many question the institutions that broker meaning – science, the professions, the media – rumors, misinformation, deliberate distortions and falsehoods all proliferate. In the digital age, the ‘made’ is swiftly supplanted by the made-up. The remedy for this predicament is not technological …


Bridges Of Law, Ideology, And Commitment, Steven L. Winter Walter S. Gibbs Distinguished Professor Of Constitutional Law May 2022

Bridges Of Law, Ideology, And Commitment, Steven L. Winter Walter S. Gibbs Distinguished Professor Of Constitutional Law

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Law has a distinctive temporal structure—an ontology—that defines it as a social institution. Law knits together past, present, purpose, and projected future into a demand for action. Robert Cover captures this dynamic in his metaphor of law as a bridge to an imagined future. Law’s orientation to the future necessarily poses the question of commitment or complicity. For law can shape the future only when people act to make it real. Cover’s bridge metaphor provides a lens through which to explore the complexities of law’s ontology and the pathologies that arise from its neglect or misuse. A bridge carries us …


'Who' Or 'What' Is The Rule Of Law?, Steven L. Winter Jun 2021

'Who' Or 'What' Is The Rule Of Law?, Steven L. Winter

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The standard account of the relation between democracy and the rule of law focuses on law’s liberty-enhancing role in constraining official action. This is a faint echo of the complex, constitutive relation between the two. The Greeks used one word – isonomia – to describe both. If democracy is the system in which people have an equal say in determining the rules that govern social life, then the rule of law is simultaneously before, after, concurrent and synonymous with democracy: It contributes to the formation of citizens with the capacity for self-governance, serves as the instrument through which democratic decisions …


Does Justice Have A Syntax?, Steven L. Winter Jun 2021

Does Justice Have A Syntax?, Steven L. Winter

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Sex Offenders And The Free Exercise Of Religion, Christopher C. Lund Jan 2021

Sex Offenders And The Free Exercise Of Religion, Christopher C. Lund

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No abstract provided.


Confrontation In The Age Of Plea Bargaining [Comments], William Ortman Jan 2021

Confrontation In The Age Of Plea Bargaining [Comments], William Ortman

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Objective Punishment, Anthony M. Dillof Jan 2021

Objective Punishment, Anthony M. Dillof

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Should the punishment fit the criminal as well as the crime? The article argues that idiosyncratic features of the criminal that might affect subjective punishment experience should not be considered when assessing the severity of the punishment for proportionality purposes.


Bankruptcy And The Deceased Debtor: Rule 1016 In Practice, Laura B. Bartell Jan 2020

Bankruptcy And The Deceased Debtor: Rule 1016 In Practice, Laura B. Bartell

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The Defender General, Daniel Epps, William Ortman Jan 2020

The Defender General, Daniel Epps, William Ortman

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Title Ix & The Civil Rights Approach To Sexual Harassment In Education, Nancy Chi Cantalupo Jan 2020

Title Ix & The Civil Rights Approach To Sexual Harassment In Education, Nancy Chi Cantalupo

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Keeping Faith With Nomos, Steven L. Winter Jan 2020

Keeping Faith With Nomos, Steven L. Winter

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#Livingwhileblack: Blackness As Nuisance, Jamila Jefferson-Jones, Taja-Nia Y. Henderson Jan 2020

#Livingwhileblack: Blackness As Nuisance, Jamila Jefferson-Jones, Taja-Nia Y. Henderson

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An Argument For Explicit Public Health Rationale In Lgbtq Antidiscrimination Law As A Tool For Stigma Reduction, Heather A. Walter-Mccabe, Killian M. Kinney Jan 2020

An Argument For Explicit Public Health Rationale In Lgbtq Antidiscrimination Law As A Tool For Stigma Reduction, Heather A. Walter-Mccabe, Killian M. Kinney

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Reconsidering Thornton V. Caldor, Christopher C. Lund Jan 2020

Reconsidering Thornton V. Caldor, Christopher C. Lund

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Contract Consentability: Autonomy Threats, Benefits, And Framing, Eric A. Zacks Jan 2020

Contract Consentability: Autonomy Threats, Benefits, And Framing, Eric A. Zacks

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Wto Reform: Multilateral Control Over Unilateral Retaliation - Lessons From The Us-China Trade War, Julia Ya Qin Jan 2020

Wto Reform: Multilateral Control Over Unilateral Retaliation - Lessons From The Us-China Trade War, Julia Ya Qin

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When Plea Bargaining Became Normal, William Ortman Jan 2020

When Plea Bargaining Became Normal, William Ortman

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Lobbying Against The Odds, Kirsten Matoy Carlson Jan 2019

Lobbying Against The Odds, Kirsten Matoy Carlson

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No abstract provided.


Yesterday I Was Lying: Creeping Preclusion Of Reciprocal Fee Awards In Residential Foreclosure Litigation, Eric A. Zacks, Dustin A. Zacks Jan 2019

Yesterday I Was Lying: Creeping Preclusion Of Reciprocal Fee Awards In Residential Foreclosure Litigation, Eric A. Zacks, Dustin A. Zacks

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Stern Claims And Article Iii Adjudication - The Bankruptcy Judge Knows Best, Laura B. Bartell Jan 2019

Stern Claims And Article Iii Adjudication - The Bankruptcy Judge Knows Best, Laura B. Bartell

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No abstract provided.


Lobbying Against The Odds, Kirsten Matoy Carlson Jan 2019

Lobbying Against The Odds, Kirsten Matoy Carlson

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No abstract provided.


Advising The Smart City: When Artificial Intelligence And Big Data Are The Subject Of Professional Advice, What Is A Government Lawyer To Do?, Jamila Jefferson-Jones Jan 2019

Advising The Smart City: When Artificial Intelligence And Big Data Are The Subject Of Professional Advice, What Is A Government Lawyer To Do?, Jamila Jefferson-Jones

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No abstract provided.


Systematic Prevention Of A Serial Problem: Sexual Harassment And Bridging Core Concepts Of Bakke In The #Metoo Era, Nancy Chi Cantalupo, William C. Kidder Jan 2019

Systematic Prevention Of A Serial Problem: Sexual Harassment And Bridging Core Concepts Of Bakke In The #Metoo Era, Nancy Chi Cantalupo, William C. Kidder

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Dog Whistles And Beachheads: The Trump Administration, Sexual Violence, And Student Discipline In Education, Nancy Chi Cantalupo Jan 2019

Dog Whistles And Beachheads: The Trump Administration, Sexual Violence, And Student Discipline In Education, Nancy Chi Cantalupo

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Social Work As An Important Collaborator In Transdisciplinary Public Health Law: Why Does It Matter And Where Does It Fit?, Heather A. Walter-Mccabe Jan 2019

Social Work As An Important Collaborator In Transdisciplinary Public Health Law: Why Does It Matter And Where Does It Fit?, Heather A. Walter-Mccabe

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Lgbtq+ Individuals, Health Inequities, And Policy Implications, Heather A. Walter-Mccabe, Killian M. Kinney Jan 2019

Lgbtq+ Individuals, Health Inequities, And Policy Implications, Heather A. Walter-Mccabe, Killian M. Kinney

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No abstract provided.


Waters Of The State, Noah D. Hall, Joseph Regalia Jan 2019

Waters Of The State, Noah D. Hall, Joseph Regalia

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No abstract provided.


Forced Technology Transfer And The Us-China Trade War: Implications For International Economic Law, Julia Ya Qin Jan 2019

Forced Technology Transfer And The Us-China Trade War: Implications For International Economic Law, Julia Ya Qin

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No abstract provided.


Second-Best Criminal Case, William Ortman Jan 2019

Second-Best Criminal Case, William Ortman

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No abstract provided.


Tax Foreclosures As Fraudulent Transfers - Are Auctions Really Necessary, Laura B. Bartell Jan 2019

Tax Foreclosures As Fraudulent Transfers - Are Auctions Really Necessary, Laura B. Bartell

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No abstract provided.