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How did the English parliament become a legislature—an assembly that deliberates, makes law, and represents a nation? In this wide-ranging and carefully argued reinterpretation, Matthew Steilen retrac...

Scholars, lawmakers, and the public alike express an intense interest in knowing what motivates judicial decision-making. Are judges like umpires, merely calling balls and strikes, as then-Judge John ...

By Evan C. Zoldan, Published on 10/13/19

This brief response to Ordinary Meaning and Corpus Linguistics, an article by Stefan Gries and Brian Slocum, explains why corpus linguistics represents a radical break from current statutory interpret...

The practice of interpreting state constitutions identically to their federal counterpart is often criticized in blanket terms. But the ways state courts lockstep vary widely.

It was an honor to be selected as one of UT's Outstanding Teachers this year along with five other faculty members from around the University. Being in the classroom with our students never stops bei...

On the cusp of the new year and its new beginnings, I pause to celebrate the astonishing continuity of the Legal Theory Blog, published since 2002 (at least) by Lawrence (Larry) Solum, now at the…