New Book: “Advanced Introduction to Legal Reasoning”
Recently published: Advanced Introduction to Legal Reasoning, by Larry Alexander (University of San Diego Law School) and Emily Sherwin (Cornell Law School) (Edward Elgar Publishing 2021). Here is the book description from the publisher: This insightful and highly...
Founding Principles: Only Congress Can Make Law
The very first sentence in the Constitution after the Preamble unambiguously tells us only Congress has the power to make laws. Not the president. Not the courts. The founding fathers wrote with a purpose; the placement of a sentence, of a word, all had importance to...
The Physics of Moral Legislation: The Limited Basis for Making Laws
One of my readers suggested I treat the ‘relativity theory of truth’ that many generation Y people have adopted. This morality “theory” is often expressed this way, “What works for me is true for me and what works for you is true for...