Martin Krygier (UNSW): Four Puzzles about the Rule of Law: Why, What, Where? And Who Cares? From Amsterdam Law Forum, a special issue on the future of legal education. An interview with Stanford's Larry Kramer on the law school revolution. From First Things, in ordinary times, or in earlier days, when the judges were more clear-headed, the case of Christian Legal Society v. Martinez would have been, as they say, a “slam dunk”. A review of "The Autonomy of Technology: Do Courts Control Technology or Do They Just Legitimize its Social Acceptance?" by Jennifer Chandler. A review of Keeping Faith with the Constitution by Goodwin Liu, Pamela Karlan, and Christopher Schroeder and The Living Constitution by David Strauss. From Bookforum, Michael O’Donnell reviews The Invisible Constitution by Laurence Tribe; and Dahlia Lithwick reviews Habeas Corpus: From England to Empire by Paul Halliday. The Living Constitution: The alternative to “Originalism” isn’t a loosey-goosey style of interpretation, but depends on common law and is based on precedent. A review of Shaping America: The Supreme Court and American Society by Edward Mannino. A review of Constitutional Illusions and Anchoring Truths: The Touchstone of the Natural Law by Hadley Arkes. Permission to encroach the bench: Why bother with a congressman when you can buy yourself a judge? A constitution under attack: An interview with Shahid Buttar, a civil-rights lawyer and executive director of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee, about recent constitutional flare-ups. King of the Crazy Suit: Meet Jonathan Lee Riches, the most litigious man in history. A judge sentences a former Faulkner University student to join the military and perform community service for a post he made on Facebook that led to a campus lockdown.
