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The Morality Of Law, By Lon L. Fuller, Edwin W. Tucker University of Connecticut

The Morality Of Law, By Lon L. Fuller, Edwin W. Tucker

Indiana Law Journal

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No, The Firing Squad Is Not Better Than Lethal Injection: A Response To Stephanie Moran’S A Modest Proposal, Michael Conklin Seattle University School of Law

No, The Firing Squad Is Not Better Than Lethal Injection: A Response To Stephanie Moran’S A Modest Proposal, Michael Conklin

Seattle University Law Review

In the article A Modest Proposal: The Federal Government Should Use Firing Squads to Execute Federal Death Row Inmates, Stephanie Moran argues that the firing squad is the only execution method that meets the requirements of the Eighth Amendment. In order to make her case, Moran unjustifiably overstates the negative aspects of lethal injection while understating the negative aspects of firing squads. The entire piece is predicated upon assumptions that are not only unsupported by the evidence but often directly refuted by the evidence. This Essay critically analyzes Moran’s claims regarding the alleged advantages of the firing squad over …

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Reasonable Classification Versus Equality Under The Indian Constitution, Jahnavi Sindhu, Vikram Aditya Narayan National Law School of India University

Reasonable Classification Versus Equality Under The Indian Constitution, Jahnavi Sindhu, Vikram Aditya Narayan

National Law School Journal

This article critiques the standard of review most prominently applied in cases involving claims of violations of Article 14 of the Constitution: the reasonable classification test. We argue that this test is woefully inadequate in appreciating and protecting the wide-ranging nature of the right to equality. Through an examination of the origins of the reasonable classification test, we demonstrate the weak justifications initially advanced by the Indian judiciary to import it from dated United States (US) case law. Further, we highlight the substantial weaknesses of the test and explain how it precludes the judiciary from safeguarding the content of substantive …

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On The Connection Between Law And Justice, Anthony D'Amato Northwestern University School of Law

On The Connection Between Law And Justice, Anthony D'Amato

Faculty Working Papers

What does it mean to assert that judges should decide cases according to justice and not according to the law? Is there something incoherent in the question itself? That question will serve as our springboard in examining what is—or should be—the connection between justice and law. Legal and political theorists since the time of Plato have wrestled with the problem of whether justice is part of law or is simply a moral judgment about law. Nearly every writer on the subject has either concluded that justice is only a judgment about law or has offered no reason to support a …

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The Role Of Reliance In Stare Decisis Doctrine, Rochelle Hestnas Fordham University School of Law

The Role Of Reliance In Stare Decisis Doctrine, Rochelle Hestnas

Fordham Law Review

The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent treatment of reliance interests in stare decisis doctrine is in flux. The Court has overruled long-standing precedent such as Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey with scant analysis as to how reliance interests factor into stare decisis doctrine, despite continuing to name reliance as a factor that should be considered. Arguments for whether and how reliance interests deserve protection are inherently challenging because it cannot be the case that every precedent should stand. Using Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization as a case study, this Note analyzes the Court’s claim …

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A Definition Of Law, Hugh Evander Willis Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington

A Definition Of Law, Hugh Evander Willis

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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The Role Of Purposivism In The Delegation Of Rulemaking Authority To The Courts, Michael Rosensaft BLR

The Role Of Purposivism In The Delegation Of Rulemaking Authority To The Courts, Michael Rosensaft

ExpressO

The courts are often used by Congress as a “political lightning rod,” when Congress cannot decide how to resolve an issue. Congress relies on administrative agencies for their expertise, and it also makes sense for Congress to delegate some rulemaking authority to the courts, relying on a court’s expertise in developing caselaw in an incremental basis. However, this authority should not be lightly implied. A court can tell that Congress has delegated rulemaking authority to it when the purpose of the statute is clear and the text is broadly worded. It thus makes sense in these cases that purposivism should …

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Perbandingan Sistem Hukum Civil Law Dan Common Law Dalam Penerapan Yurisprudensi Ditinjau Dari Politik Hukum, Praise Juinta W.S. Siregar Komisi Pemilihan Umum Republik Indonesia

Perbandingan Sistem Hukum Civil Law Dan Common Law Dalam Penerapan Yurisprudensi Ditinjau Dari Politik Hukum, Praise Juinta W.S. Siregar

"Dharmasisya” Jurnal Program Magister Hukum FHUI

The legal system is related to the concept of law, where the two things have an inseparable relationship with each other. In principle, the legal system regulates the life of a community so that conflicts do not occur, where if the conflict is unavoidable, then the legal system has an important role in resolving the conflict. The legal system in the judiciary has a major influence in the application of the law, especially for judges in examining and deciding a case. The Panel of Judges in deciding a case will definitely pay close attention to the legal system in its …

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U.S. Supreme Court Tort Reform: Limiting State Power To Articulate And Develop Its Own Tort Law–Defamation, Preemption, And Punitive Damages, Thomas C. Galligan University of Tennessee College of Law

U.S. Supreme Court Tort Reform: Limiting State Power To Articulate And Develop Its Own Tort Law–Defamation, Preemption, And Punitive Damages, Thomas C. Galligan

ExpressO

U.S. Supreme Court Tort Reform: Limiting State Power to Articulate and Develop Its Own Tort Law–Defamation, Preemption, and Punitive Damages analyzes and critiques the three primary areas in which the U.S. Supreme Court has found federal constitutional limits on a state’s power to articulate, develop, and apply its common law of torts. It is the first piece to consider all three areas together as an emerging body of jurisprudence which Professor Galligan calls U.S. Supreme Court tort reform. After setting forth a modest model of adjudication, the article applies that model to each of the three areas: defamation and related …

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Turning The Tables On Rds: Racially Revealing Questions Asked By White Judges, Constance Backhouse University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law

Turning The Tables On Rds: Racially Revealing Questions Asked By White Judges, Constance Backhouse

Dalhousie Law Journal

In the 1997 RDS case, the Supreme Court of Canada deliberated on the concept of judicial race bias. The decision subjected the oral ruling of a lower court trial judge in a busy Youth Court to close scrutiny. The majority of the nine-person, all-white bench reprimanded Canada’s first Black female judge, whose words about police officers who “overreact” in dealing with racialized youth they found “troubling” and “worrisome.” This article places the same close scrutiny on the words of the white judges who were most critical of the trial judge. It examines their informal interjections and comments at the Supreme …

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À Propos De La Notion De Client En Matière De Secret Bancaire, Atef El-Khoury 2026 Saint Joseph University of Beirut

À Propos De La Notion De Client En Matière De Secret Bancaire, Atef El-Khoury

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

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Bibliographie, Emile Tyan 2026 Saint Joseph University of Beirut

Bibliographie, Emile Tyan

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

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La Conception Matérielle De La Notion De Cessation Des Paiements Dans La Loi Libanaise N° 2/67 Du 16 Janvier 1967 (Loi Intra), Michel Soumrani 2026 Saint Joseph University of Beirut

La Conception Matérielle De La Notion De Cessation Des Paiements Dans La Loi Libanaise N° 2/67 Du 16 Janvier 1967 (Loi Intra), Michel Soumrani

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

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Bibliographie, Emile Tyan 2026 Saint Joseph University of Beirut

Bibliographie, Emile Tyan

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

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مغامرات الحصص المحفوظة, إبراهيم نجار 2026 Saint Joseph University of Beirut

مغامرات الحصص المحفوظة, إبراهيم نجار

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

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مسؤولية الصيرفي, بيار صفا 2026 Saint Joseph University of Beirut

مسؤولية الصيرفي, بيار صفا

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

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Bibliographie, Ibrahim Najjar 2026 Saint Joseph University of Beirut

Bibliographie, Ibrahim Najjar

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

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L’Ordre Du Jour Dans Les Assemblées Générales D’Actionnaires, Philippe Merle 2026 Saint Joseph University of Beirut

L’Ordre Du Jour Dans Les Assemblées Générales D’Actionnaires, Philippe Merle

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

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Secret Et Procédure, Pierre Raynaud 2026 Saint Joseph University of Beirut

Secret Et Procédure, Pierre Raynaud

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

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Rapport Final De Synthèse, Albert Chavanne 2026 Saint Joseph University of Beirut

Rapport Final De Synthèse, Albert Chavanne

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

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العلاقة التأجيرية في الأبنية غير المتضررة في ضوء أحكام المرسوم الاشتراعي رقم ٧ الصادر بتاريخ ١٩٧٧/٢/٨, جورج فضلاله, رالف رياشي 2026 Saint Joseph University of Beirut

العلاقة التأجيرية في الأبنية غير المتضررة في ضوء أحكام المرسوم الاشتراعي رقم ٧ الصادر بتاريخ ١٩٧٧/٢/٨, جورج فضلاله, رالف رياشي

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

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الموضع والمستحدث في المحاكمات المدنية, يوسف جبران 2026 Saint Joseph University of Beirut

الموضع والمستحدث في المحاكمات المدنية, يوسف جبران

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

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حقّ الخلفية وتطبيقه في الطبقة الثالثة, إبراهيم نجار 2026 Saint Joseph University of Beirut

حقّ الخلفية وتطبيقه في الطبقة الثالثة, إبراهيم نجار

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

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الوكالة الظاهرة, برنار شويري 2026 Saint Joseph University of Beirut

الوكالة الظاهرة, برنار شويري

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

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Bibliographie, Ibrahim Najjar 2026 Saint Joseph University of Beirut

Bibliographie, Ibrahim Najjar

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

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La Preuve De La Qualité Successorale, Ibrahim Najjar 2026 Saint Joseph University of Beirut

La Preuve De La Qualité Successorale, Ibrahim Najjar

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

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Corps Humain, Personnalité Juridique Et Famille En Droit Libanais, Mélinée Topakian 2026 Saint Joseph University of Beirut

Corps Humain, Personnalité Juridique Et Famille En Droit Libanais, Mélinée Topakian

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

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Le Corps Humain Et Les Actes Juridiques En Droit Libanais, Fayez Hage-Chahine 2026 Saint Joseph University of Beirut

Le Corps Humain Et Les Actes Juridiques En Droit Libanais, Fayez Hage-Chahine

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

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La Sanction Et La Réparation Des Atteintes Au Corps Humain En Droit Libanais, Sélim Jahel 2026 Saint Joseph University of Beirut

La Sanction Et La Réparation Des Atteintes Au Corps Humain En Droit Libanais, Sélim Jahel

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

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In Memoriam Emile Tyan, Samy Chamas 2026 Saint Joseph University of Beirut

In Memoriam Emile Tyan, Samy Chamas

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

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