What Counts As Data?,
2021
Brooklyn Law School
What Counts As Data?, Anya Bernstein
Brooklyn Law Review
We live in an age of information. But whether information counts as data depends on the questions we put to it. The same bit of information can constitute important data for some questions, but be irrelevant to others. And even when relevant, the same bit of data can speak to one aspect of our question while having little to say about another. Knowing what counts as data, and what it is data of, makes or breaks a data-driven approach. Yet that need for clarity sometimes gets ignored or assumed away. In this essay, I examine what counts as data in …
Two Types Of Empirical Textualism,
2021
Brooklyn Law School
Two Types Of Empirical Textualism, Kevin Tobia, John Mikhail
Brooklyn Law Review
Modern textualist and originalist theories increasingly center interpretation around the “ordinary” or “public” meaning of legal texts. This approach is premised on the promotion of values like publicity, fair notice, and democratic legitimacy. As such, ordinary meaning is typically understood as a question about how members of the general public understand the text—an empirical question with an objective answer. This essay explores the role of empirical methods, particularly experimental survey methods, in these ordinary meaning inquiries. The essay expresses optimism about new insight that empirical methods can bring, but it also cautions against the view that these methods will deliver …
Hypothesis Testing Ordinary Meaning,
2021
Brooklyn Law School
Hypothesis Testing Ordinary Meaning, Daniel Keller, Jesse Egbert
Brooklyn Law Review
Corpus linguistic tools promise to make determinations of the ordinary meaning (OM) of a word or phrase in a statute more objective, replicable, and transparent. However, significant questions remain as to how corpora may best be employed in the process of determining OM. In this paper, we argue that objectivity, replicability, and transparency are bolstered when legal practitioners take a hypothesis testing approach to determining ordinary meaning. In this approach, the corpus (a large collection of authentic texts) is treated as a sample of data which the practitioner may use to draw inductive inferences about the meaning of the term …
September 20, 2021: Two Recent Columns--The Texas Anti-Abortion Statute And Justice Wecht And The Death Of God,
2021
Duquesne University
September 20, 2021: Two Recent Columns--The Texas Anti-Abortion Statute And Justice Wecht And The Death Of God, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Two Recent Columns--the Texas Anti-Abortion statute and Justice Wecht and the Death of God“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
September 2, 2021: The Steal In The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact,
2021
Duquesne University
September 2, 2021: The Steal In The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “The steal in the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
September 16, 2021: Forgiveness,
2021
Duquesne University
September 16, 2021: Forgiveness, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Forgiveness“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
Did Pa. Supreme Court Justice David Wecht Herald The Death Of God?,
2021
Duquesne University
Did Pa. Supreme Court Justice David Wecht Herald The Death Of God?, Bruce Ledewitz
Newspaper Columns
Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.
I Am Resigning From The Pro-Life Movement,
2021
Duquesne University
I Am Resigning From The Pro-Life Movement, Bruce Ledewitz
Ledewitz Papers
Published scholarship collected from academic journals, law reviews, newspaper publications & online periodicals
September 11, 2021: Twenty Years Later, 9/11 Is Finally Over,
2021
Duquesne University
September 11, 2021: Twenty Years Later, 9/11 Is Finally Over, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Twenty Years Later, 9/11 is finally over“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
September 10, 2021: Secular Repentence,
2021
Duquesne University
September 10, 2021: Secular Repentence, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Secular Repentence“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
The Steal In The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, Explained,
2021
Duquesne University
The Steal In The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, Explained, Bruce Ledewitz
Newspaper Columns
Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.
Wandering With Artificial Intelligence And Its Obscure Legal Liability,
2021
Universitas Padjajaran, Indonesia
Wandering With Artificial Intelligence And Its Obscure Legal Liability, Muhammad Pasha Nur Fauzan, Darian Amarta, Evan Tobias, Vikri Ricardo, Melania Fidela G.
Indonesia Law Review
The high level of autonomy of AI will raise the problem of legal liability at some point in the future. If AI’s behaviour causes an illegal consequence, who to held liable? This article will explore the problem concerning legal liability of AI into two main discussion. The first discussion will explore the possibility of imposing legal liability of AI to human. This part will discuss various available option to solve the AI liability problem by imposing legal liability on either users or manufacturers. While the second discussion will explore the possibility of imposing legal liability of AI to AI itself. …
Doj’S Refusal To Defend Mo Brooks Was Wrong; Prosecuting Trump Would Be Worse,
2021
Duquesne University
Doj’S Refusal To Defend Mo Brooks Was Wrong; Prosecuting Trump Would Be Worse, Bruce Ledewitz
Newspaper Columns
Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.
August 20, 2021: Defend Mo Brooks; Don't Prosecute Donald Trump--This Week's Column In The Pa Capital-Star,
2021
Duquesne University
August 20, 2021: Defend Mo Brooks; Don't Prosecute Donald Trump--This Week's Column In The Pa Capital-Star, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “ Defend Mo Brooks; Don't Prosecute Donald Trump--this week's column in the Pa Capital-Star“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
August 15, 2021: What Has Gone Wrong And What Can We Do About It?,
2021
Duquesne University
August 15, 2021: What Has Gone Wrong And What Can We Do About It?, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “What Has Gone Wrong and What Can We Do About It?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
August 14, 2021: Lale Gul Wants To Lie On The Beach In A Bikin,
2021
Duquesne University
August 14, 2021: Lale Gul Wants To Lie On The Beach In A Bikin, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Lale Gul Wants to Lie on the Beach in a Bikin“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
What A Novel Can Teach Us About Religion In America,
2021
Duquesne University
What A Novel Can Teach Us About Religion In America, Bruce Ledewitz
Newspaper Columns
Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.
August 3, 2021: The Startup Wife Shows We Need Help With Our Spiritual Infrastructure--This Week's Column,
2021
Duquesne University
August 3, 2021: The Startup Wife Shows We Need Help With Our Spiritual Infrastructure--This Week's Column, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “The Startup Wife Shows We Need Help With Our Spiritual Infrastructure--This Week's Column“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
July 31, 2021: Give Trump The Presidential Medal Of Freedom,
2021
Duquesne University
July 31, 2021: Give Trump The Presidential Medal Of Freedom, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Give Trump the Presidential Medal of Freedom“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
July 27, 2021: The Universe Is On Our Side Is Now On Sale On The Oup Website,
2021
Duquesne University
July 27, 2021: The Universe Is On Our Side Is Now On Sale On The Oup Website, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “The Universe Is on Our Side is now on sale on the OUP Website“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
