Judge Edwards' Indictment of "Impractical" Scholars: The Need for a Bill of Particulars

Authors

Sanford Levinson, University of Texas Law SchoolFollow

Abstract

I can summarize my response as follows: Although Judge Edwards' article certainly seems to be leveling a heartfelt indictment, it lacks a sufficiently precise bill of particulars to know exactly whom he has accused of doing what. Nor does one know exactly what penalty Judge Edwards would exact from the miscreants. Unless he supplies such a bill, his indictment should be dismissed, though, presumably, without prejudice to its reinstatement should he wish to do the hard work of supplying evidence for the charges he set out.

Recommended Citation

Sanford Levinson, Judge Edwards' Indictment of "Impractical" Scholars: The Need for a Bill of Particulars, 91 Mich. L. Rev. 2010 (1993).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol91/iss8/8