Paul Horwitz has a pretty insightful post on Erwin Chemerinsky's constitutional law treatise. Like Paul, I've found that my Con Law students seem to like Chemerinsky's treatise a lot, for good reason. It's clearly written, generally free of partisanship, and lays out the arguments on both sides. At the same time, there's a danger of overreliance on it. The money quote from Paul's post, though, is this:
For that matter, I wonder whether Chemerinsky encounters this problem! Does he stand up before his classes at Duke and say, "By all means, read my treatise. But take it with a grain of salt....?"
That made me LOL.
I met his honorable Chemerinsky at Bar-Bri Con Law. There were students there taking notes verbatim on the laptop. I thought reading his treatise might just be enough but he's still god to some.
Posted by: H. | August 21, 2006 at 08:11 PM
Do law school professors believe that they are actually making any difference in the real world?
it must be tough to spend your whole day working on theories that you know will have little or no impact in the real world.
Posted by: | November 06, 2006 at 08:18 AM