A voice for justice writings of David Schuman

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As an educator, speaker, deputy attorney general, and judge, David Schuman was known for his ability to clarify difficult legal concepts. According to James Egan, chief judge of the Oregon Court of Appeals, he was the “intellectual giant of our generation.” A Voice for Justice reveals how David Schuman’s unique jurisprudence came to be. His friends and associates knew that Oregon Supreme Court Justice Hans Linde convinced Schuman to turn to the Oregon Constitution rather than the federal one to protect individual rights. But even some of Schuman’s closest friends were unaware of his fiction, which provides a window into his deep capacity for empathy and casts new light on his ability to write elegant, sometimes funny, judicial opinions. His legal thinking also had deep roots in literature and political theory. Schuman’s 672 judicial opinions are not just brilliant, but written so that anyone can understand them. Like Ruth Bader Ginsberg, he knew there was nothing to gain by communicating only to specialists. He wanted citizens to be able to make up their own minds about important issues. A Voice for Justice brings together for the first time writings that span over fifty years. Lawyers and laypeople alike will appreciate Schuman’s lucid, engaging observations, which are highly relevant to our current anxieties about institutional racism and democracy under stress. The short stories, speeches, op-eds, articles, legal opinions, and dissents selected for this volume constitute a call to action for everyone to become voices for justice.
Author(s): David Schuman , Sharon Schuman , Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics
Document: Book · Paperback · CIRC [ 0 ]
Edition: 1st Edition
Published: 2021
Physical Description: xviii, 237 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Lawyers in hell : a law school commencement sermon (1989) Deputy attorney general weighs initiatives (2000) Women deserve yes on measure 89 (2014) Travel ban rulings based on law (2017) Saturday night (1965) Cold turkey : to Sam and Nancy (1977-1978) Show business (1981) Tracy (1981) The winner (1983) Education and solipsism (1981) From "a legal history of the Los Angeles aqueduct" (1982) From "theory of contract in the merchant of Venice" (1982) From "taking law seriously : communitarian search and seizure" (1990) Remarks on receiving the Hans Linde award (2017) From "the creation of the Oregon Constitution" (1995) From State v. Mcbean, 189 or. App. 235, 74 p.3d 1127 (2003) From Lahmann v. Grand, 202 or. App. 123, 121 p.3d 671 (2005) From State v. Daniels, 234 or. App. 533, 541, 228 p.3d 695 (2010) From State v. Alvarado, 257 or. App. 612, 307 p.3d 540 (2013) From dissent : city of Nyssa v. Dufloth, 184 or. App. 631, 57 p.3d 161 (2002) From dissent : State v. Howard, 204 ore. App. 438; 129 p.3d 792 (2006) Remarks, Oregon court of appeals investiture (2001) Beyond the wasteland : being a lawyer in the 2010s (2013) A lecture for new law students (2014) Remarks on receiving the Frohnmayer award for public service (2014) Introducing Hardy Myers David Frohnmayer-a tribute (2016) In memoriam, James M. O'Fallon, 1944-2017 (2017) Hans Linde dedication (2009) Jack l. Landau, Justice, Oregon Supreme Court Ellen Rosenblum, Oregon Attorney General James C. Egan, Chief Judge, Oregon Court Of Appeals Martha Walters, Chief Justice, Oregon Supreme Court Kristen Bell, Assistant Professor Of Law, University Of Oregon Nicholas Lovrich, Emeritus Professor Of Political Science, Washington State University Hans A. Linde, Justice, Oregon Supreme Court, 1977-1990 The dog contract Writings of David Schuman, excluding judicial opinions
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Droit États-Unis, Law, Law Oregon, Law United States, Oregon, United States

 

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