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Legal Theory & Philosophy
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Revisiting the Origins of American Democracy
February 4, 2023
Jill Lepore, Revisiting the Origins of American Democracy, New Yorker (Oct. 16, 2005).
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Prior Convictions
February 4, 2023
Jill Lepore, Prior Convictions, New Yorker (Apr. 7, 2008).
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The Commandments
February 4, 2023
Jill Lepore, The Commandments, New Yorker (Jan. 9, 2011).
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Is There Value in Keeping a Promise?
February 3, 2023
Crescente Molina, Is There Value in Keeping a Promise?, 15 J. Ethics & Soc. Phil. 85 (2019).
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Promises, Rights, and Deontic Control
February 3, 2023
Crescente Molina, Promises, Rights, and Deontic Control, 39 L. & Phil. 409 (2020).
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Voluntary Agreements
January 21, 2023
Cass R. Sunstein, Voluntary Agreements, 28 J. Econ. Methodology 401 (2021).
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Institutions for realizing popular constitutionalism
January 13, 2023
Mark V. Tushnet, Institutions for Realizing Popular Constitutionalism, 47 Revus: J. for Const. Theory & Phil. L. 1 (2022).
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Welfare Rights in a Constitutional Democracy
January 10, 2023
Frank I. Michelman, Welfare Rights in a Constitutional Democracy, 1979 Wash. U. L. Q. 659 (1979).
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Universal Resident Suffrage: A Liberal Defense
January 10, 2023
Frank I. Michelman, Universal Resident Suffrage: A Liberal Defense, 130 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1581 (1982).
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The Meanings of Legal Equality Essay
January 10, 2023
Frank I. Michelman, The Meanings of Legal Equality, 3 Harv. Blackletter J. 24 (1986).
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Frank I. Michelman, Justification (and Justifiability) of Law in a Contradictory World, 28 Nomos 71 (1986).
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Process and Property in Constitutional Theory
January 7, 2023
Frank I. Michelman, Process and Property in Constitutional Theory, 30 Clev. St. L. Rev. 577 (1981).
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Frank I. Michelman, Pollution as a Tort: A Non-Accidental Perspective on Calabresi’s Costs, 80 Yale L.J. 647 (1971) (reviewing Guido Calabresi, The Costs of Accidents:…
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Frank I. Michelman, Politics and Values or What’s Really Wrong with Rationality Review, 13 Creighton L. Rev. 487 (1979).
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Law’s Republic
January 7, 2023
Frank I. Michelman, Law’s Republic, 97 Yale L.J. 1493 (1988).
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Frank I. Michelman, In Pursuit of Constitutional Welfare Rights: One View of Rawls’ Theory of Justice, 121 U. Pa. L. Rev. 962 (1973).
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Alumni Distinguished Lecture in Jurisprudence – Conceptions of Democracy in American Constitutional Argument: The Case of Pornography Regulation
January 7, 2023
Frank I. Michelman, Alumni Distinguished Lecture in Jurisprudence – Conceptions of Democracy in American Constitutional Argument: The Case of Pornography Regulation, 56 Tenn. L. Rev.
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Bringing the Law to Life: A Plea for Disenchantment
January 7, 2023
Frank I. Michelman, Bringing the Law to Life: A Plea for Disenchantment, 74 Cornell L. Rev. 256 (1989).
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Constancy to an Ideal Object
January 7, 2023
Frank I. Michelman, Constancy to an Ideal Object, 56 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 406 (1981).
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Does the Constitution Deserve Our Fidelity?: Colloquy
January 6, 2023
Jack M. Balkin, William M. Treanor, Dorothy E. Roberts, Catharine A. MacKinnon, Bruce Ackerman, Sanford Levinson & Michael J. Klarman, Does the Constitution Deserve Our…
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A Precedent-Based Critique of Legal Positivism
December 28, 2022
John C.P. Goldberg & Benjamin C. Zipursky, A Precedent-Based Critique of Legal Positivism, (Harv. Pub. L. Working Paper No. 22-06, April 7, 2022).
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The Priority of Liberty: Rawls and “Tiers of Scrutiny”
December 21, 2022
Frank I. Michelman, The Priority of Liberty: Rawls and “Tiers of Scrutiny”, in Rawls’s Political Liberalism 175 (Thom Brooks & Martha C. Nussbaum eds., 2015).
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The Property Clause Question
December 21, 2022
Frank I. Michelman, The Property Clause Question, 19 Constellations 152 (2012).
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Tushnet’s Realism, Tushnet’s Liberalism
December 21, 2022
Frank I. Michelman, Tushnet’s Realism, Tushnet’s Liberalism, 90 Geo. L.J. 199 (2001).
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Democracy-Based Resistance to a Constitutional Right of Social Citizenship: A Comment on Forbath
December 21, 2022
Frank I. Michelman, Democracy-Based Resistance to a Constitutional Right of Social Citizenship: A Comment on Forbath, 69 Fordham L. Rev. 1893 (2001).
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Frank I. Michelman, Constitutional Essentials: On the Constitutional Theory of Political Liberalism (2022).
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The Question of Constitutional Fidelity: Rawls on the Reason of Constitutional Courts
December 20, 2022
Frank I. Michelman, The Question of Constitutional Fidelity: Rawls on the Reason of Constitutional Courts, in Public Reason in Constitutional Courts, 90 (Silje A. Langvatn,…
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A Brief Anatomy of Adjudicative Rule-Formalism
December 16, 2022
Frank I. Michelman, A Brief Anatomy of Adjudicative Rule-Formalism, 66 U. Chi. L. Rev. 934 (1999).
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Sizing Up Private Law
December 16, 2022
Andrew S. Gold & Henry E. Smith, Sizing up Private Law, 70 U. Toronto L.J. 389 (2020).
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Seeing Negligence for What It Is
December 15, 2022
John C.P. Goldberg, Seeing Negligence for What It Is, 2021 JOTWELL 1 (2021) (reviewing Nicolas Cornell, Looking and Seeing in New Conversations in Philosophy Law…
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On Regulating Practices with Theories Drawn from Them: A Case of Justice as Fairness
December 14, 2022
Frank Michelman, On Regulating Practices with Theories Drawn from Them: A Case of Justice as Fairness, in Theory and Practice (Ian Shapiro & Judith Wagner…
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Legitimacy and Moral Support
December 9, 2022
Frank I. Michelman, Legitimacy and Moral Support, 17 Int’l J. Const. L. 1059 (2019).
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‘Constitution (Written or Unwritten)’: Legitimacy and Legality in the Thought of John Rawls
December 9, 2022
Frank I. Michelman, ‘Constitution (Written or Unwritten)’: Legitimacy and Legality in the Thought of John Rawls, 31 Ratio Juris 379 (2018).
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At the Liberal Edge in Prague
December 9, 2022
Frank I. Michelman, At the Liberal Edge in Prague, 43 Phil. & Soc. Criticism 254 (2017).
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Frank I. Michelman, RSB, the Social Contract, and a Bridge Across the Gap: Delgado Talks to Rawls, 33 Law and Ineq. 417 (2015).
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The Ghost of the Declaration Present: The Legal Force of the Declaration of Independence Regarding Acts of Congress
December 9, 2022
Frank I. Michelman, The Ghost of the Declaration Present: The Legal Force of the Declaration of the Declaration of Independence Regarding Acts of Congress, 89…
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Human Rights and the Limits of Constitutional Theory
December 9, 2022
Frank Michelman, Human Rights and the Limits of Constitutional Theory, 13 Ratio Juris 63 (2000).
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Legitimacy, the Social Turn, and Constitutional Review: What Political Liberalism Suggests
December 9, 2022
Frank I. Michelman, Legitimacy, The Social Turn and Constitutional Review: What Political Liberalism Suggests, 98 KritV, CritQ, RCrit. Kritische Vierteljahresschrift für Gesetzgebung und Rechtswissenschaft 183…
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Proportionality Outside the Courts (With Special Reference to Popular and Political Constitutionalism)
December 9, 2022
Frank I. Michelman, Proportionality Outside the Courts (With Special Reference to Popular and Political Constitutionalism), in Proportionality: New Frontiers, New Challenges 30 (Vicki Jackson &…
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A Constitutional Horizon?
December 9, 2022
Frank I. Michelman, A Constitutional Horizon?, 42 Phil. & Soc. Criticism 640 (2016).
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Reply to Ming-Sung Kuo
December 9, 2022
Frank I. Michelman, Reply to Ming-Sung Kuo, 7 Int’l. J. Const. L 715 (2009).
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Morality, identity and “Constitutional Patriotism”
December 9, 2022
Frank I. Michelman, Morality, Identity and “Constitutional Patriotism”, 76 Denv. U. L. Rev. 1009 (1999).
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Liberties, Fair Values, and Constitutional Method
December 9, 2022
Frank I. Michelman, Liberties, Fair Values, and Constitutional Method, 59 U. Chi. L. Rev. 91 (1992).
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Brennan and Democracy: The 1996-97 Brennan Center Symposium Lecture
December 9, 2022
Frank I. Michelman, Brennan and Democracy: The 1996-97 Brennan Center Symposium Lecture, 86 Calif. L. Rev. 399 (1998).
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The 1990 McCorkle Lecture, Super Liberal: Romance, Community, and Tradition in William J. Brennan, Jr.’s Constitutional Thought
December 9, 2022
Frank I. Michelman, Super Liberal: Romance, Community, and Tradition in William J. Brennan, Jr.’s Constitutional Thought, 77 Va. L. Rev. 1261 (1991).
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Legalism and Humankind
December 9, 2022
Frank I. Michelman, Legalism and Humankind, 9 Soc. Phil. & Pol’y 190 (1992).
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Thirteen Easy Pieces
December 9, 2022
Frank I. Michelman, Thirteen Easy Pieces, 93 Mich. L. Rev. 1297 (1995) (reviewing Sanford Levinson, Responding to Imperfection: The Theory and Practice of Constitutional Amendment…