Must the Hand Formula Not Be Named?
Benjamin Zipursky’s Reasonableness In and Out of Negligence Law is a characteristically thoughtful, sensible, and learned discussion of the idea… Continue reading →
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The Functions of Family Law
Melissa Murray’s Family Law’s Doctrines provides a fascinating case study of legal parentage cases involving assisted reproductive technology, where judges… Continue reading →
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The Constraint of Legal Doctrine
As the dominant approach to legal analysis in the United States today, Legal Realism is firmly ensconced in the way… Continue reading →
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Doctrinal Categories, Legal Realism, and the Rule of Law
The claim in vogue is that Legal Realism stands for “the insignificance of doctrine” and its conceptualization as a “mere… Continue reading →
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Equity's Unstated Domain: The Role of Equity in Shaping Copyright Law
As used today, the term “equity” connotes a variety of related, but nonetheless distinct, ideas. In most contexts, equity refers… Continue reading →
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The “Equity of the Statute” and Copyright Law: Three Critiques
In their ambitious Article, Shyam Balganesh and Gideon Parchomovsky seek to make sense of the Supreme Court’s recent copyright jurisprudence.… Continue reading →
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Nine Takes on Indeterminacy, With Special Emphasis on the Criminal Law
The claim that legal disputes have no determinate answer is an old one. The worry is one that assails every… Continue reading →
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Legal Realism and Legal Doctrine
The American Legal Realists did not reject doctrine, because they did not reject the idea that judges decide cases in… Continue reading →
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Family Law's Doctrines
The father of the American law school, Christopher Columbus Langdell, famously conceptualized the law as akin to science. On this… Continue reading →
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The Persistence of System in Property Law
According to conventional wisdom, property has disintegrated. Property law has undergone many changes since the heyday of Legal Realism, and… Continue reading →