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Resisting Retreat: The Struggle For Equity In Educational Opportunity In The Post-Brown Era, Lia Epperson Jan 2004

Resisting Retreat: The Struggle For Equity In Educational Opportunity In The Post-Brown Era, Lia Epperson

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Whose Justice - Reconciling Universal Juristidiction With Democratic Principles, Diane Orentlicher Jan 2004

Whose Justice - Reconciling Universal Juristidiction With Democratic Principles, Diane Orentlicher

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One Man's Token Is Another Woman's Breakthrough - The Appointment Of The First Women Federal Judges, Mary Clark Jan 2004

One Man's Token Is Another Woman's Breakthrough - The Appointment Of The First Women Federal Judges, Mary Clark

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Fire, Metaphor, And Constitutional Myth-Making, Robert Tsai Jan 2004

Fire, Metaphor, And Constitutional Myth-Making, Robert Tsai

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From the standpoint of traditional legal thought, metaphor is at best a dash of poetry adorning lawyerly analysis, and at worst an unjustifiable distraction from what is actually at stake in a legal contest. By contrast, in the eyes of those who view law as a close relative of ordinary language, metaphor is a basic building block of human understanding. This article accepts that metaphor helps us to comprehend a court's decision. At the same time, it argues that metaphor plays a special role in the realm of constitutional discourse. Metaphor in constitutional law not only reinforces doctrinal categories, but …


Unilateral Multilateralism: United States Policy Toward The International Criminal Court, Diane Orentlicher Jan 2004

Unilateral Multilateralism: United States Policy Toward The International Criminal Court, Diane Orentlicher

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