Explanation for Violence at Virginia Tech Provided by Shakespeare
As I sat in my regular seat at Washington, D.C’s Shakespeare Theater less than a week after Seng Hui Cho’s…
Author: Steven Platt
Exclusionary Rule- To Be Or Not To Be- It Is No Longer A Question
A number of years ago, I had the pleasure of joining a distinguished prosecutor, now Montgomery County Deputy State’s Attorney…
The Great Judge Learned Hand described the life of a judge better than I ever could on my own
As the Holiday Season unfolds and on a point of personal privilege with my editor’s permission, I will depart from…
Philosophy of Legal Pragmatism
In my last column, I discussed the judicial philosophy of Legal Pragmatism as its originator, Supreme Court Justice Benjamin Cardozo,…
The Juvenile Justice System
My final column before the election will focus on an issue that has been debated in every election that I…
Rejecting the intense destructive ideological and party partisanship
In my last few columns, I opined that, in choosing our leaders in the next election, selecting candidates who articulate…
Law and Economics
The social and economic “costs” of initiating and applying public policy in accordance with a particularly political or social philosophy…
Law or Politics – The Peoples’ Choice
In the last thirty days, we have witnessed in operation the “checks and balances” that the architects of both the…
Later Bloom in the Form of the Various Feminist Theories of Jurisprudence
As my last column published on February 3, 2006 ended, the “Legal Realists” and the “Critical Legal Studies” movement were…
How Do We Spot Leaders
In my last column, I left open the question of “how do we spot leaders who are prepared to commit…