LAW 7704 - Judicial Philosophy in Theory & Practice: Justice Scalia and His Critics (SC)

This short course will attempt to discern both the normative case and some of the appropriate occasions for judges to defer either to the letter of the law or to the decisions of other branches of government. It will focus principally on the appropriate parameters of decision-making by federal judges at all levels. Mutually Exclusive with Judicial Decision-Making: Judicial Modesty (SC)

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