Here is to Relativism in the Law
As a newly elected Maryland General Assembly prepares to open its next session, its potential work product in 2007 becomes…
Category: Judicial Philosophy
The Politics of Judicial Selection
My last few columns have discussed “Facing the Challenge of Finding and Picking Good Judges” and “What Skills and Characteristics…
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…
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…
Should we leave the effort to reconcile the various jurisprudential philosophies to economists
As my last column closed, I asked whether we wish to leave the effort to reconcile the various jurisprudential philosophies…
A Judge Cannot Have Any Agenda
“A Judge Cannot Have Any Agenda” Judge Samuel Alito’s Opening Statement Senate Judiciary Committee – January 9, 2006 We have…
The “Legal Process School of Jurisprudence” a/k/a “Formalism”
The “Legal Process School of Jurisprudence” a/k/a “Formalism” was described in my last column. This view of how the legal…