Federal Common Law: A Structural Reinterpretation

Reinterpretation of Genesis Newton's "Law of Cooling"

Students of elementary physics usually encounter and often run an experiment based on NEWTON'S "Law of Cooling". For example, the following statement is found in a standard contemporary physics text1: "The rate at which a hot body cools to the temperature of its surroundings is given by an empirical formula first discovered by Sir ISAAC NEWTON. The law states the rate at which heat is lost by a...

How a bill becomes a federal law.

Supporting Resources Included: • Congressional Committees • Legislative Process • Standards-level Alignment to National Standards for Civics and Government The process of how a bill becomes a federal law is more than a series of linked steps. It is the fundamental way people in a democracy get involved and work through their elected officials to meet needs and solve problems to benefit themsel...

The Federal Common Law of Statutory Interpretation: Erie for the Age of Statutes

Reasons to eschew federal lawmaking and embrace common law approaches to genetic discrimination.

The Sources and Scope of Federal Procedural Common Law: Some Reflections on Erie and Gasperini