Legal History

Simon on the Warren Court, Legalism, and Democracy
William H. Simon (Stanford Law School) has posted The Warren Court, Legalism and Democracy: Sketch for a Critique in a Style Learned from Morton Horwitz (TRANSFORMATIONS IN AMERICAN LEGAL HISTORY, VOLUME II, Alfred Brophy, Daniel Hamilton, eds...

The Perfect Weekend
Ok. I'm just back from Boston, where I attended a conference in honor of Morton Horwitz. I wrote a little bit about my thoughts about Horwitz' work recently. It was great--lots and lots of Horwitz' colleagues and friends talking about...

Horwitz on churches
In my view, my friend and former ND colleague Paul Horwitz is writing some of the best law-and-religion stuff there is. Here's his latest, "Churches as First Amendment Institutions: Of Spheres and Sovereignty...

Virtues and Meaningful Constraints
Paul Horwitz has posted on SSRN an elegant review essay of Judge Posner?s How Judges Think and Jeff Powell?s Constitutional Conscience: The Moral Dimension of Judicial Decision. Horwitz, who writes that his head is with Posner and his heart is...

Horwitz on Posner & Powell on Judging
Paul Horwitz (University of Alabama School of Law) has posted Review - Constitutional Conscience: The Moral Dimension of Judicial Decision, by H. Jefferson Powell, and How Judges Think, by Richard A...

Horwitz on Greenawalt on Law & Religion
Paul Horwitz (University of Alabama School of Law) has posted The Philosopher's Brief (Constitutional Commentary, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This is a short commentary on Kent Greenawalt's recent major contribution to law and religion, the two-volume work...

Heart of Atlanta v United States
Supreme Court Decision: Civil Rights Act Protected by Interstate Commerce Clause

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz (Supreme Court): Does Obama meet the constitutional requirements to be President

Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
Landmark Cases in Adoption Law Shape Law with respect to Unwed Fathers

Treasurer Embezzlement
Mary Lou Puccio repays Warren Cheer and Pom Program $26,000 after stealing money.

City of Warren
alleging property damage caused by city mandated trees

Ebay Fined
French Court Sets Fine at $61 Million

Personal Injury
Appeals Court Upholds Congressional Legislation

Tomato Salmonella
Sheetz Convenience Stores agrees to confidential out-of-court settlement with food poisoning victim.

National Association of Realtors
Settlement reached in broker listing antitrust lawsuit, pending court approval.