The Logic and Rhetoric of Constitutional Law

Powell, Thomas Reed

doi:10.2307/2940155

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“…These early studies were empirical and descriptive in nature and often took the form of taxonomies. Prominent Public Law scholars from this era include: Edward S. Corwin (see, e.g., Corwin, 1929), Robert E. Cushman (see, e.g., Cushman, 1924), Charles G. Haines (see, e.g., Haines, 1922), and Thomas R. Powell (see, e.g., Powell, 1918) (see Danelski, 1968;Whittington et al, 2008b).…”

Section: Political Science and The Study Of Law -A Brief Historymentioning

confidence: 99%

What Political Science Can Contribute to the Study of Law

Martin

Hazelton

2012

Review of Law &Amp; Economics

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Despite an inherent kinship, the studies of political science and law spent many decades isolated from one another. In recent years the two fields have become more and more integrated, with an increasing number of political scientists collaborating with law professors and joining law school faculties. Political science is a rigorous discipline that can benefit both legal scholars and lawyers. Public Law-the subfield of political science that studies law and courts-has much to offer in understanding how judges make decisions and how larger political and institutional contexts affect the legal system. Furthermore, law students can only benefit from exposure to the methodological approaches that are standard in political science. Enhanced integration of political science and law will inherently expand the knowledge and reach of lawyers and legal scholars due to the important contributions discussed in this article.

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Section: Political Science and The Study Of Law -A Brief Historymentioning

confidence: 99%

What Political Science Can Contribute to the Study of Law

Martin

Hazelton

2012

Review of Law &Amp; Economics

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“…68 In 1918, Columbia law professor Thomas Reed Powell published The Logic and Rhetoric of Constitutional Law, arguing that judges decide constitutional questions based upon their "common sense" determinations. 69 "Judges argue from undisclosed assumptions . .…”

Section: Ideas the Legal Realists (And Their Forebears) Were Expomentioning

confidence: 99%