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Action And Procedure In Reasoning, Johan Van Benthem

Cardozo Law Review

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Logical Argumentation, Abduction And Bayesian Decision Theory: A Bayesian Approach To Logical Arguments And Its Application To Legal Evidential Reasoning, David Poole

Cardozo Law Review

There are good normative arguments for using Bayesian decision theory for deciding what to do. However, there are also good arguments for using logic where we want formal semantics for a language, and where we want to use the structure of logical argumentation with logical variables to represent multiple individuals (things). This Article shows how decision theory and logical argumentation can be combined into a coherent framework. The Independent Choice Logic ("ICL") can be viewed as a first-order representation of belief networks with conditional probability tables represented as first-order rules, or as a abductive/argument-based logic with probabilities over assumables. Intuitively …

The Perceived Values Of Diversity, Then And Now, Peter H. Schuck

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.

May 3, 2001, Agenda, Mtg Of Cao Ref. Grp. W Attachments, Cao

CAO General 1999-Present

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May 1, 2001, Ongoing Work Of Cao, Cao

CAO General 1999-Present

No abstract provided.

Chief Judge Edward R. Becker: A Truly Remarkable Judge, Marci A. Hamilton

Articles

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Racial Purity Laws In The United States And Nazi Germany: The Targeting Process, Judy Scales-Trent

Journal Articles

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Agenda: A Cartography Of Governance: Exploring The Province Of Environmental Ngos, University Of Colorado Boulder. School Of Law, University Of Colorado Boulder. Environmental Program, University Of Tulsa. National Energy-Environment Law & Policy Institute, University Of Colorado Boulder. United Government Of Graduate Students

A Cartography of Governance: Exploring the Province of Environmental NGOs (April 7-8)

Presented by: the Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy on April 7 & 8, 2001. Symposium director: Lakshman D. Guruswamy.

Co-sponsored by: University of Colorado School of Law, University of Colorado Environmental Program, University of Tulsa National Energy-Environment Law and Policy Institute, University of Colorado United Government of Graduate Students.

The papers and edited proceedings of the conference will be published in a special symposium issue of the Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law & Policy (CJIELP).

"The first objective of the Symposium was to understand and explore the growing importance of nongovernmental actors, and delineate the manner …

Technology And Governance: The Cybersnake And The Digital Apple?, Bud Wonsiewicz

A Cartography of Governance: Exploring the Province of Environmental NGOs (April 7-8)

3 pages.

Globalization And The Nation State, Jayantha Dhanapala

A Cartography of Governance: Exploring the Province of Environmental NGOs (April 7-8)

15 pages.

The United Nations And Civil Society, Jayantha Dhanapala

A Cartography of Governance: Exploring the Province of Environmental NGOs (April 7-8)

7 pages.

A Perspective On Ngos: Statement By Mr. Mohammad Kamal Yan Yahaya, Deputy Permanent Representative Of Malaysia To The United Nations, On Agenda Item 100: Globalization And Interdependence, Datuk Hamsy Bin Agam

A Cartography of Governance: Exploring the Province of Environmental NGOs (April 7-8)

3 pages.

Neglected Stories And Civic Space, Peggy Cooper Davis

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.

Identity Crisis: “Intersectionality,” “Multidimensionality,” And The Development Of An Adequate Theory Of Subordination, Darren Lenard Hutchinson

UF Law Faculty Publications

While essentialism remains a prominent feature of progressive social movements, critical scholars have offered persuasive arguments against traditional, single-issue politics and have proposed reforms in a variety of doctrinal and policy contexts. The feminist of color critiques of feminism and antiracism provided the earliest framework for analyzing oppression in complex terms. Feminists of color and other critical scholars have examined racism and patriarchy as “intersecting” phenomena, rather than as separate and mutually exclusive systems of domination. Their work on the intersectionality of subordination has encouraged some judges and progressive scholars to discard the “separate spheres” analysis of race and gender. …

The Good Society, Commerce, And The Rehnquist Court, Michael C. Dorf

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Is Evolutionary Analysis Of Law Science Or Storytelling?, Jeffrey J. Rachlinski

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

In recent years, some legal scholars have argued that legal scholarship could benefit from a greater reliance on theories of human behavior that arise from biological evolution. These scholars contend that reliance on biological evolution would successfully combine the rigor of economics with the scientific aspects of psychology. Complex legal systems, however, are uniquely human. Law has always been the product of cognitive processes that are unique to humans and that developed as a response to an environment that no longer exists. Consequently, the evolutionary development of the cognitive mechanisms upon which law depends cannot be rigorously modeled or studied …

March 1, 2001, Cao Rules Of Procedures, Meg Taylor

CAO General 1999-Present

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March 1, 2001, Letter From Meg Taylor, Cao, To D. Hunter & C.Saladin Ciel, Meg Taylor

CAO General 1999-Present

No abstract provided.

Representational Standing: U.S. Ex Rel. Stevens And The Future Of Public Law Litigation, Myriam E. Gilles

Articles

In May 2000, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Vermont Agency of Natural Resources v. U.S. ex rel. Stevens, a seemingly predictable 11th Amendment case. In upholding the plaintiff's Article III standing to bring that case, however, the Court suggested a theory of "representational standing" that holds the potential to radically transform the entire body of law governing the ability of private citizens to seek, through the federal courts, the vindication of broadly-held public interests.

Over the past 30 years, the Court's increasingly restrictive standing jurisprudence has effectively precluded private citizens from playing a meaningful role in public …

Law, Economics, And The Skeleton Of Value Fallacy, Kyron Huigens

Articles

Experiments in the last decade or so have demonstrated persistent failures on the part of ordinary individuals rationally to pursue self-interest. The experiments pose serious challenges to economics, rational choice theory, and the law and economics school. Some experiments, for example, suggest an "endowment effect", that contradicts the Coase Theorem; the notion that, in the absence of transaction costs, goods will find their most efficient distribution regardless of their initial assignment. Cass Sunstein has collected a set of essays by economists and legal scholars exploring these challenges, in a volume entitled Behavioral Law and Economics.

Of Duncan, Peter And Thomas Kuhn, John Henry Schlegel

Journal Articles

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The Undersell: An Essay On Duncan Kennedy's A Critique Of Adjudication, Jane B. Baron

Cardozo Law Review

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A Critique Of Adjudication: Fin De Siècle: Confession Without Avoidance, Tamara R. Piety

Cardozo Law Review

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Protection Of Traditional Knowledge, Srividhya Ragavan

Faculty Scholarship

Knowledge has been the most coveted possession of mankind since the industrial revolution. The industrial boom after the World Wars has highlighted the importance of the so-called intellectual knowledge. Recently, the importance of knowledge that has been in the public domain (and, therefore, accessible) has come into question. The pattern of evolution of society, has been marked by a process by which the societies in developed countries have moved towards a more technological orientation. Consequentially, some traditional knowledge, including traditional practices, has been left behind and newer practices that are better, or at least considered better, are being used. Knowledge …

Feb. 5, 2001, Letter From D. Hunter And C. Saladin, Ciel, To Meg Taylor, David Hunter, Claudia Saladin

CAO General 1999-Present

No abstract provided.

Feb. 2001, Cao Contribution To The Extractive Industries Review, Cao

CAO General 1999-Present

No abstract provided.

Learning To Be A Lawyer: Transition Into Practice Pilot Project, Sally Evans Winkler, C. Ronald Ellington, John T. Marshall

Popular Media

"A law student, upon graduation, is not a finished product," a respected law school dean observed. A practicing lawyer might add: "A lawyer, upon passage of the Bar examination, is not a finished product." To determine ways new lawyers can be helped in moving up the steep learning curve that separates law students from competent professionals, the State Bar of Georgia, through its Committee on the Standards of the Profession, is conducting a Transition into Practice Pilot Project.

American "Road Rage": A Scary And Tangled Cultural-Legal Pastiche, Robert F. Blomquist

Law Faculty Publications

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Women At War: An Evolutionary Perspective, Kingsley R. Browne

Law Faculty Research Publications

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Faith In Justice: Fiduciaries, Malpractice & Sexual Abuse By Clergy, Zanita E. Fenton

Articles

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