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Interview With Arthur Makadon, Marjorie A. George, Arthur Makadon, Legal Oral History Project, University Of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

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Arthur Makadon (L '68) was a major figure in the Philadelphia bar and in Philadelphia politics. Most of his legal career was spent at Ballard Spahr, where he served as chair from 2002 to 2011. The Arthur Makadon Appellate Advocacy Program at the Law School was established in his honor by Ballard Spahr. He died in 2013.

Interview With Lita Indzel Cohen, Simi B. Kaplan, Lita Indzel Cohen, Legal Oral History Porject, University Of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

Legal Oral History Project

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Lita Indzel Cohen (L '65) represented the 148th district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1991 until 2003. Before that she was the first woman to theto the Lower Merion Township Planning Commission and served for eight years on the Lower Merion Township Commission..

Interview With Myer "Mike" Feldman, Meredith Coleman, Myer Feldman, Legal Oral History Project, University Of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

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Myer Feldman (L '38) worked for the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Senate Banking and Currency Committee before serving as a senior adviser to the Kennedy and Johnson campaigns and administrations. He continued to be active in Democratic politics after leaving government service for private practice in 1965. He died in 2007.

Interview With Michele Tuck-Ponder, Diankha Warren, Michele Tuck-Ponder, Legal Oral History Project, University Of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

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Michele Tuck-Ponder (L '83) has held many positions in law, government, education, media relaions, and the non-profit sector. From 1995 to 1997 she served as mayor of Princeton, New Jersey.

Vern Countryman And The Path Of Progressive (And Populist) Bankruptcy Scholarship, David A. Skeel Jr.

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Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Vern Countryman was the leading progressive bankruptcy scholar - and in fact the leading bankruptcy scholar of any perspective. This article explores the links between Countryman's work and that of his New Deal predecessors, on the one hand, and his successors, on the other. In addition to Countryman himself, the article focuses on William Douglas, who was Countryman's predecessor and mentor, as well as being the leading bankruptcy scholar of the New Deal. Among Countryman's successors, the article focuses on the work of Elizabeth Warren, Countryman's successor at Harvard Law School and the nation's leading …

The Moral Exclusivity Of The New Civil Society, Dorothy E. Roberts

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Creating And Solving The Problem Of Drug Use During Pregnancy, Dorothy E. Roberts

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The Hazards Of Legal Fine Tuning: Confronting The Free Will Problem In Election Law Scholarship, Michael A. Fitts

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Lying To Protect Privacy, Anita L. Allen

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Jurisdiction To Adjudicate: End Of The Century Or Beginning Of The Millennium?, Stephen B. Burbank

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Privacy And The Public Official: Talking About Sex As A Dilemma For Democracy, Anita L. Allen

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The Genius Of The 1898 Bankruptcy Act, David A. Skeel Jr.

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Implementing Procedural Change: Who, How, Why, And When?, Stephen B. Burbank

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The Unitary Executive During The First Half-Century, Steven G. Calabresi, Christopher S. Yoo

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Recent Supreme Court decisions and the impeachment of President Clinton has reinvigorated the debate over Congress’s authority to employ devices such as special counsels and independent agencies to restrict the President’s control over the administration of the law. The initial debate focused on whether the Constitution rejected the “executive by committee” employed by the Articles of the Confederation in favor of a “unitary executive,” in which all administrative authority is centralized in the President. More recently, the debate has begun to turn towards historical practices. Some scholars have suggested that independent agencies and special counsels have become such established features …

Immigration Policy, Liberal Principles, And The Republican Tradition, Howard F. Chang

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Welfare And The Problem Of Black Citizenship, Dorothy E. Roberts

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Ways To Think About The Unitary Executive: A Comment On Approaches To Government Structure, Michael A. Fitts

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Ignorance And Procedural Law Reform: A Call For A Moratorium, Stephen B. Burbank

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Self-Regulation, Normative Choice, And The Structure Of Corporate Fiduciary Law, William W. Bratton

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Controlling Congress: Presidential Influence In Domestic Fiscal Policy, Michael A. Fitts, Robert Inman

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Compounding Or Creating Confusion About Supplemental Jurisdiction? A Reply To Professor Freer, Thomas D. Rowe Jr., Stephen B. Burbank, Thomas M. Mengler

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Frankenstein's Monster Hits The Campaign Trail: An Approach To Regulation Of Corporate Political Expenditures, Jill E. Fisch

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A Coda On Supplemental Jurisdiction, Stephen B. Burbank, Thomas D. Rowe Jr., Thomas M. Mengler

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Democracy And Its Critics, Cary Coglianese

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Can Ignorance Be Bliss? Imperfect Information As A Positive Influence In Political Insitutions, Michael A. Fitts

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Retaining The Rule Of Law In A Chevron World, Michael A. Fitts

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The Federalist's Plain Meaning: Reply To Tushnet, Anita L. Allen

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Discrimination, Jobs, And Politics, Anita L. Allen

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