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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 …


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

Does Justice Have A Syntax?, Steven L. Winter

Law Faculty Research Publications

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Upside/Down View Of The Countermajoritarian Difficulty, Steven L. Winter Jun 1991

Upside/Down View Of The Countermajoritarian Difficulty, Steven L. Winter

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