Law and Mystery: Calling the Letter to Life Through the Spirit of the Law of State Constitutions

If law is anything today, it is dispirited. It lacks life, vitality, enchantment, vision. Neither law nor its practitioners sing—or even hum. My students tell me that they know this but want to hope for more. This article tries to suggest something more, which is already present in America's st...

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Main Author: Hartigan, Emily Fowler (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 1988
In: Journal of law and religion
Year: 1988, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 225-277
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