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Reviews such as these help sustain the illusion that the boundaries of the "literary" are well-known and that the principles of criticism are so well-settled they merely need to be applied consistently.
April 2010 2010
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Constitution (he seems to think that virtually everything is unconstitutional, contrary to well-settled law in these areas) must, I can only guess, leave his former professors at Yale Law School shaking their heads in disbelief.
Mitchell Bard: The Tea Party All-Stars: The Worst of Extreme GOP Midterm Candidates Mitchell Bard 2010
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Reviews such as these help sustain the illusion that the boundaries of the "literary" are well-known and that the principles of criticism are so well-settled they merely need to be applied consistently.
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Reviews such as these help sustain the illusion that the boundaries of the "literary" are well-known and that the principles of criticism are so well-settled they merely need to be applied consistently.
Book Reviewing 2010
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Certain reviews are possibly based on "unarticulated standards" and "unexamined assumptions" for the purpose of "sustain [ing] the illusion that the boundaries of the 'literary' are well-known and that the principles of criticism are so well-settled they merely need to be applied consistently," but that implies a degree of artfulness and craft that is simply not present in the instant example.
Explain Yourself 2010
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Reviews such as these help sustain the illusion that the boundaries of the "literary" are well-known and that the principles of criticism are so well-settled they merely need to be applied consistently.
Explain Yourself 2010
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Do we want courts to deter cops from using techniques that are well-settled as constitutional?
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Good Faith Exception and Changing Law: Misunderstanding “Good Faith” 2010
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Do we want courts to deter cops from using techniques that are well-settled as constitutional?
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Good Faith Exception and Changing Law: Misunderstanding “Good Faith” 2010
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Do we want courts to deter cops from using techniques that are well-settled as constitutional?
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Good Faith Exception and Changing Law: Misunderstanding “Good Faith” 2010
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This confusion has undermined the well-settled principle that immigration adjudicators lack the authority to determine the facts underlying a conviction when deportation depends on a conviction rather than conduct.
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