Origins of Federal Common Law: Part One

Part One Origins of Amino Acids

The Origins of Public Prosecution at Common Law

However fundamental he may appear to us, the public prosecutor was an historical latecomer. Judge and jury we can trace back to the high Middle Ages. But the prosecutor became a regular figure of Anglo-American criminal procedure only in Tudor times. Further, his appearance then has not been noticed in our historical literature, an especially remarkable omission when we discover that the prosec...

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

What AI Practitioners Should Know about the Law - Part One

tion. For the scientist with a valuable new product, the existence of relevant law is frequently of interest only to the extent that it might get in the way. The process of change is viewed as an obstacle rather than an opportunity. Although common, this view is quite ironic. If those responsible for making the rules lack access to needed sources of expertise, those who must live with the rules...

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