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Full-Text Articles in Legal History
Cabining The Doctrine Of Equivalents In Festo: A Historical Perspective On The Relationship Between The Doctrines Of Equivalents And Prosecution History Estoppel , Jay I. Alexander
Cabining The Doctrine Of Equivalents In Festo: A Historical Perspective On The Relationship Between The Doctrines Of Equivalents And Prosecution History Estoppel , Jay I. Alexander
American University Law Review
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Clarence Thomas After Ten Years: Some Reflections, Stephen Wermiel
Clarence Thomas After Ten Years: Some Reflections, Stephen Wermiel
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
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Extending The Revisionist Project, Lewis Grossman
Extending The Revisionist Project, Lewis Grossman
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
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Human Rights Policy In The Age Of Terrorism, Juan E. Mendez
Human Rights Policy In The Age Of Terrorism, Juan E. Mendez
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
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James Coolidge Carter And Mugwump Jurisprudence, Lewis Grossman
James Coolidge Carter And Mugwump Jurisprudence, Lewis Grossman
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
This article examines the thought of James Coolidge Carter, a leading legal theorist, practicing attorney, and political reformer of the Gilded Age, most famous for his resistance to codification. Carter, like many elite legal figures in the late nineteenth century, belonged to the genteel urban political culture known as the Mugwumps. I show how Carter's suspicion of legislators, his faith in courts, his equation of the common law with custom, and his condemnation of legislation inconsistent with custom, reflected his Mugwump world view. I also explore how Carter, like other Mugwumps, struggled to accommodate traditional modes of thought to the …