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Debating Is The Constitution Special?, Richard Primus, Kevin M. Stack, Christopher Serkin, Nelson Tebbe Sep 2017

Debating Is The Constitution Special?, Richard Primus, Kevin M. Stack, Christopher Serkin, Nelson Tebbe

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In 1890, Louis Brandeis wrote The Right to Privacy. Within a matter of years, the courts began adopting his theory, creating a newly articulated legal right. This article likely represented the high-water mark of legal academia in terms of real world impact. In recent years, the academy has lost much of its relevance. Chief Justice Roberts ridiculed academic work, suggesting that legal scholarship has become esoteric and irrelevant. This should not be the case. The quality of legal scholars is higher than it has ever been—young scholars now often enter the academy with doctoral degrees in related fields. Likewise, technology …


Wasserstrom: The Judicial Decision- Toward A Theory Of Legal Justification, William B. Harvey Feb 1962

Wasserstrom: The Judicial Decision- Toward A Theory Of Legal Justification, William B. Harvey

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A Review of The Judicial Decision- Toward A Theory of Legal Justification By Richard A. Wasserstrom.