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Law & Culture
Patent Confusion: Correcting the Record on America’s First Patent Holder
Vol. 99 No. 3 (2015) | Fixing DiscoveryCorrecting the record on America’s first patent holder — 225 years later The framers of the U.S. Constitution vested congress with the power “[t]o promote the Progress of Science and useful […]
Judging, Federal Courts
In Memoriam: Dining with Justice Antonin Scalia
Vol. 100 No. 2 (2016) | A Judge in Public LifeLike many others, I have unusually vivid recollections of Justice Antonin Scalia. How could it not be? His force field was that powerful. I had the benefit of a strong family […]
Law & Culture
A China Diary: Judicature 1984
Vol. 100 No. 3 (2016) | Who appointed me god?On May 21, 1984, a 36-member delegation from the American Judicature Society left for a two-week visit to the People’s Republic of China. The trip was sponsored by People to People, […]
State Courts
Lastly: A Judge Honors the Activist Who Brought Her to Jail
Vol. 101 No. 1 (2017) | Citizen-centered CourtsPictured Above, Left to Right: Chief Tammy Morris, Sheriff Mike Williams, Judge Virginia Baker Norton, Richard McKissick, and Mayor Lenny Curry visiting the D.A.W.N. program in 2015. I met Richard […]
Federal Courts
Table for Nine
Vol. 102 No. 3 (2018) | Crowdsourcing and Data AnalyticsFood traditions have always been important at the Supreme Court, as the justices have purposefully sought occasions to break bread together to reinforce cordiality and cooperation. Their most important culinary […]
Judging
Five Ways Judges Can Improve Well-being
Vol. 101 No. 4 (2017) | Equal opportunity?While judicial stressors are legion, resources to help judges combat stress are slim. Fortunately, social science research now touts a host of evidence-based practices that can help judges learn to […]
Law & Culture, Constitutional Law
A Dozen Canons of Statutory and Constitutional Text Construction
by Bryan A. Garner and Antonin Scalia
Vol. 99 No. 2 (2015) | The Mass-Tort MDL VortexSupremacy-of-Text Principle. The words of a governing text are of paramount concern, and what they convey, in their context, is what the text means. Principle of Interrelating Canons. No canon of interpretation […]
