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But Pierre, If We Can't Think Normatively, What Are We To Do?, John Henry Schlegel

Journal Articles

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Introduction To, Preferences And Rational Choice: New Perspectives And Legal Implications, Matthew D. Adler, Claire Finkelstein, Peter Huang

Faculty Scholarship

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Nietzschean Critique And Philosophical Hermeneutics, Francis J. Mootz Iii

Scholarly Works

This article appears as part of a Symposium on "Nietzsche and Legal Theory" published by the Cardozo Law Review. It addresses connections between philosophical hermeneutics and Nietzschean critique, and the relevance that these connections might have for legal theory.

Legal practice inevitably is hermeneutical, with lawyers and judges interpreting governing legal texts and the social situations in which they must be applied. Hans-Georg Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics describes this practice well, but he treats the question of the possibility of a critical hermeneutics in an ambiguous and under-developed manner. Consequently, Gadamer is frequently (and unfairly) accused of conventionalism and quietism. At …

Virtue Jurisprudence: A Virtue-Centered Theory Of Judging, Lawrence B. Solum

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

"Virtue jurisprudence" is a normative and explanatory theory of law that utilizes the resources of virtue ethics to answer the central questions of legal theory. The main focus of the essay is the development of a virtue-centered theory of judging. The exposition of the theory begins with exploration of defects in judicial character such as corruption and incompetence. Next, an account of judicial virtue is introduced. This includes judicial wisdom, a form of phronesis, or sound practical judgment. A virtue-centered account of justice is defended against the argument that theories of fairness are prior to theories of justice. The …

The Cognitive Components Of Punishment, Jeffrey J. Rachlinski, Forest Jourden

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Why Theories Of Law Have Little Or Nothing To Do With Judicial Restraint, Philip E. Soper

Articles

The question I explore here, stated in its broadest form, is this: What is the connection between theory and practice between academic claims about how judges should decide cases and the actual behavior of judges as revealed in the opinions they write? More particularly, do theories about the nature of law have any implications for the question whether a judge should adopt an "activist" or a "restrained" approach to deciding cases? As you might infer from my title, I defend here what I call "the skeptical thesis" in answer to both the general and particular questions. Judges pay little or …

The Black And White Of Profiling: Sniping On The Sniper Case, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article analyzes the construct of profiling in the aftermath of the arrest of two suspects in the recent sniper attacks perpetrated in the greater Washington, D.C. area.

Gary Minda's Boycott In America: How Imagination And Ideology Shape The Legal Mind, Robert J. Steinfeld

Book Reviews

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Broadly Speaking - April, 2002, Nova Southeastern University

Broadly Speaking

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A Moment In The Times: Law Professors And The Court-Packing Plan, Kyle Graham

Journal of Legal Education

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Teaching Wesley Hohfeld's Theory Of Legal Relations, Curtis Nyquist

Journal of Legal Education

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Broadly Speaking - January, 2002, Nova Southeastern University

Broadly Speaking

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Habermas's Discourse Theory Of Law And Democracy, Hugh Baxter

Buffalo Law Review

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Mixed Signals: Rational-Choice Theories Of Social Norms And The Pragmatics Of Explanation, W. Bradley Wendel

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

The question of how societies secure cooperation and order in the absence of state enforced sanctions has long vexed law and economics scholars. Recently the concept of social norms--informally enforced rules of behavior--has occupied the attention of a large number of these theorists, who are concerned with understanding why economically rational actors would bother to follow rules whose costs seem to outweigh their benefits. Because of the prestige (or at least trendiness) of law and economics, it seems that now everyone in the legal academy is talking about social norms. This burgeoning scholarship is closely related to a wider concern …

Walt Was Right, John Henry Schlegel

Journal of Legal Education

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Broadly Speaking - November, 2001, Nova Southeastern University

Broadly Speaking

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Laborious Law, Bas De Gaay Fortman

Human Rights & Human Welfare

Inaugural Address at Utrecht University, on the occasion of accepting the Chair in Political Economy of Human Rights 21 MAY 2001

Race-Based Affirmative Action In American Legal Education, Adrien Katherine Wing

Journal of Legal Education

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Fear And Loathing Of Politics In The Legal Academy, William H. Simon

Journal of Legal Education

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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 …

Trends. Death Penalties For Purveyors Of Death? Not For Many Terrorists, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses the nuances surrounding the use of the death penalty in terrorism cases.

Broadly Speaking - March, 2001, Nova Southeastern University

Broadly Speaking

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Of Duncan, Peter And Thomas Kuhn, John Henry Schlegel

Journal Articles

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Broadly Speaking - January, 2001, Nova Southeastern University

Broadly Speaking

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The Theory Of Law As Literature, Dennis Patterson

Buffalo Law Review

Book review of Guyora Binder & Robert Weisberg's Literary Criticisms of Law

Broadly Speaking - October, 2000, Nova Southeastern University

Broadly Speaking

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Broadly Speaking - May, 2000, Nova Southeastern University

Broadly Speaking

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Foreword, John M. Rogers

San Diego International Law Journal

It is thus an exciting time of change for lawyers of all kinds, a time in which the University of San Diego School of Law has seized the day to inaugurate an outstanding journal on international and comparative law.... This inaugural volume treats issues at the core of how the international legal system is changing, and responding to change.

Broadly Speaking - April, 2000, Nova Southeastern University

Broadly Speaking

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Broadly Speaking - February, 2000, Nova Southeastern University

Broadly Speaking

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