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Judicial Notice Under Article Ii Of The Texas Rules Of Evidence., Olin Guy Wellborn Iii

St. Mary's Law Journal

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Criminal Law - Right Of Confrontation - Admission Of Pre-Trial Videotaped Testimony Of Sexually Abused Child Pursuant To Article 38.071, Section 2, Texas Code Of Criminal Procedure Violates Right Of Confrontation And Due Process Case Note., Curtis L. Cukjati

St. Mary's Law Journal

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Family Law - Overview Of Significant 1987 Legislation Passed In The 70th Session Of The Texas Legislature Recent Development., Patricia A. Foster

St. Mary's Law Journal

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Securing Justice: A Response To William Bradford Reynolds, Michael A. Middleton

Faculty Publications

I doubt that William Bradford Reynolds would disagree that the self evident truths the Framers of the Declaration of Independence spoke about are as applicable today in the 1980's as they were over 200 years ago. I also doubt that Mr. Reynolds would disagree that despite the fact that black people were not considered human beings when the Constitution was framed, the fourteenth amendment to that great document was intended to bring them within the ambit of its protections. On these two basic propositions, I suspect, Mr. Reynolds and I would agree. Beyond that however, Mr. Reynolds advances a fundamentally …

A Government By Judges: An Historical Re-View, Michael Henry Davis

Law Faculty Articles and Essays

In 1921, Edouard Lambert, a professor of law at Lyon specializing in comparative studies and founder of an Institute of Comparative Law there, published a book, Le Gouvernement des judges et la lutte contra la legislation sociale aux Etats-Unis, thus singlehandedly creating the phrase, a "government of judges", to denote a truly unconstrained system of judicial review which could not be limited even by constitutional amendment. The phrase quickly entered the parlance of French public law and even that of popular culture, deriving much of its force, no doubt, from the historical French aversion to a strong judiciary, eventually becoming …

Sanctuary: The Legal Institution In England, Steven Pope

Seattle University Law Review

This Article discusses the institution of sanctuary that was recognized under the Common Law of England from at least the early Middle Ages until the Jacobean period, that is, from about the seventh to the seventeenth centuries A.D. This Article does not include a specific discussion of the modern American idea of sanctuary as the term is applied to the act of aiding an alien to remain illegally in the United States to escape political persecution in the alien’s own country. However, a consideration of the historical institution of sanctuary may shed light on the contemporary issue in two ways. …

A Rose By Any Other Word: Mutual Mistake In Sherwood V. Walker, Robert Birmingham

Faculty Articles and Papers

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Herbester V. North American Company For Life And Health Insurance: Attorney's Retaliatory Discharge Action Unjustly Dismissed, 21 J. Marshall L. Rev. 215 (1987), Dennis M. Nolan

UIC Law Review

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Responding To Misrepresentations, Nondisclosures And Incorrect Assumptions About The Age Of The Accused: The Jurisdictional Boundary Between Juvenile And Criminal Courts In Texas., Robert O. Dawson

St. Mary's Law Journal

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White Oil And Greenback Dollars: An Overview Of Controversies Surrounding Production Of Gas From The Panhandle Field Of Texas., Barron W. Dowling

St. Mary's Law Journal

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Civil Rights - Equal Protection - Race-Conscious Quotas Are Permissible Under The Equal Protection Clause Of The Fourteenth Amendment In Eliminating Discriminatory Promotional Policies Case Note., Iri I. Nathan

St. Mary's Law Journal

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The Counterrevolution Enters A New Era: Criminal Procedure Decisions During The Final Term Of The Burger Court, Charles Whitebread

Seattle University Law Review

This Article canvases the Burger Court’s counterrevolution in criminal procedure effectuated by a series of rulings that restructured the balance between the state and the criminally accused. The Article identifies the five major themes that have marked the Burger Court’s counterrevolution in criminal procedure and demonstrates how these themes were illustrated by various decisions this term during the 1985-86 term. After providing this background, the Article poses questions of how shifts in the composition of the Court may affect the trajectory of criminal procedure.

Seven Questions For Professor Jaffa, George Anastaplo

Seattle University Law Review

This Article poses questions inspired by the four essays collected in Professor Harry V. Jaffa’s article “What Were the ‘Original Intentions’ of the Framers of the Constitution of the United States?” The Article offers, in addition to fresh reflections upon these questions, three appendices, which bear upon various matters touched upon by Professor Jaffa. These appendices include, “The Founders of Our Founders: Jerusalem, Athens, and the American Constitution,” “The Ambiguity of Justice in Plato’s Republic,” and “Private Rights and Public Law: The Founders’ Perspective.” The Epilogue provides informed observations of a scholar who comments on the differences between Professor …

The Use Of Evolution Theory In Law, M. B. W. Sinclair

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Legality And Empathy, Lynne N. Henderson

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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On The Indeterminacy Crisis: Critiquing Critical Dogma, Lawrence B. Solum

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Critical legal scholarship challenges the liberal claim that modern western societies are characterized by "the rule of law." The liberal conception of the rule of law, critical scholars contend, serves to mystify and legitimate the legal system and thereby obscure the real issues behind individual cases as well as the real nature of the legal system. Frequently, the claim that legal rules are indeterminate is the starting point for such a critique of the rule of law. What I call the indeterminacy thesis goes roughly like this: the existing body of legal doctrines-statutes, administrative regulations, and court decisions-permits a judge …

Legality And Empathy, Lynne Henderson

Scholarly Works

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The Burger Court, Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Professor Harry V. Jaffa Divides The House: A Respectful Protest And A Defense Brief, Robert L. Stone

Seattle University Law Review

This Article replies to Professor’ Jaffa’s article, “What Were the ‘Original Intentions’ of the Framers of the Constitution of the United States?,” and book, The Crisis of the House Divided. The Article argues that Professor Jaffa’s method throughout his indictment of legal scholars has three flaws. First, the Article argues that Professor Jaffa takes statements of sensible political compromises-such as support for judicial restraint, British traditions, and local self-government-and treats them as if they were philosophical statements. Second, the author contends that Professor Jaffa assembles a composite indictment, which in law is appropriately applied only to an indictment against …

Strict Constructionism And The Strike Zone, Douglas O. Linder

Faculty Works

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Adjudication Is Not Interpretation: Some Reservations About The Law-As-Literature Movement, Robin West

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Among other achievements, the modern law-as-literature movement has prompted increasing numbers of legal scholars to embrace the claim that adjudication is interpretation, and more specifically, that constitutional adjudication is interpretation of the Constitution. That adjudication is interpretation -- that an adjudicative act is an interpretive act -- more than any other central commitment, unifies the otherwise diverse strands of the legal and constitutional theory of the late twentieth century.

In this article, I will argue in this article against both modern forms of interpretivism. The analogue of law to literature, on which much of modern interpretivism is based, although fruitful, …

Book Review. Virtue, Commerce, And History: Essays On Political Thought And History, Chiefly In The Eighteenth Century By J.G.A. Pocock, Stephen A. Conrad

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Procedural Rights And Remedies Under The Texas Property Tax Code - A Guide To The Code, Recent Amendments, And Developing Case Law., Farley P. Katz, Charles J. Muller Iii

St. Mary's Law Journal

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Rendering Unto Caeser: Legal Responses To Religious Nonconformity In The Armed Forces., Michael F. Noone Jr.

St. Mary's Law Journal

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A New Tort For Texas: Breach Of The Duty Of Good Faith And Fair Dealing., Evelyn T. Ailts

St. Mary's Law Journal

The concept of good faith and fair dealing as a general derivative contractual obligation remains unrecognized in Texas. However, in English v. Fischer the Texas Supreme Court recognized a duty of good faith and fair dealing exists in some contracts. Subsequent courts, including the Texas Supreme Court, have refused to apply a purely contractual obligation of good faith and fair dealing in every case. Instead, courts have recognized a good faith duty as arising out of “special” relationships of the contracting parties rather than being inherent in the contract itself. The courts focus on “special relationships” as a determinative of …

Interstate Banking And Branch Banking In Texas: An Overview Of The Constitutional And Statutory Provisions., Kimberly Cauthorn

St. Mary's Law Journal

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Fourth Amendment Does Not Prevent Police Officers From Donducting Inventory Search Of Closed Containers, Pursuant To Standard Police Procedures, Regardless Of Whether Less Intrusive Means Exist To Achieve Inventory's Purpose., Kathryn Jo Gilliam

St. Mary's Law Journal

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The Good Faith Exception To The Exclusionary Rule: The New Federalism And A Texas Proposal., Valerie L. Eiben

St. Mary's Law Journal

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The Parent-Child Privilege: A Response To Calls For Adoption., David A. Schlueter

St. Mary's Law Journal

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The Hague Evidence Convention: A Look At Its Provisions And Its Problems Comment., Georganne G. Gregory

St. Mary's Law Journal

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