Introduction Facts are important to the outcome of legal disputes.  One of the things that law students may notice is that there are different kinds of factual disputes that arise in legal proceedings.  Some factual disputes are about events, occurrences, and transactions that are mostly relevant to the particular dispute--the civil action or the criminal prosecution.  Other facts are more general and bear on questions about what the law is or should be--and not what happened in a particular case. 

The Download of the Week is Keeping it Real in Constitutional Theory by Aileen Kavanagh. Here is the abstract: In constitutional theory, we are familiar with the claim that a good theory must fit and justify constitutional practice. However, the criterion of 'fit' sometimes gets lost in the quest to provide a bold normative theory about what constitutional should be. Using the debate about the legitimacy of constitutional judicial review as an example, this article warns against a problematic disjuncture between theory and practice in the domain of constitutional law.

Landmark 1973 case found married couples had right to make private decisions on family planning

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It is with deep sadness that Matrix announces the death of Professor Conor Gearty KC (Hon).  Conor was a founding member of Matrix and highly respected member of the legal community. A formidable…

Lord Reed, the President of the UK Supreme Court, is right to argue that the role of the judiciary needs to be explained and defended more carefully than ever thanks to the challenges wrought by th…

In this episode of Talking History, we're going back in time 10 years to remember how Ireland bec...