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Aristotle, Cicero and Cardozo: A Perspective on External Law
In this essay, based on opening remarks at a symposium on the use of foreign law in American court decisions, Professor Bonventre notes that the practice of considering extra-national law is as old as antiquity. He recalls, for example, that in…
The New York Court of Appeals: An Old Tradition Struggles with Current Issues
Independent state constitutionalism is a venerable tradition in New York. Safeguarding fundamental rights and liberties based on New York law–regardless of the federal law–is at least as old as the state’s highest tribunal. Currently, with William H.…
Dedication to the Honorable Stewart F. Hancock, Jr.
Professor Vincent M. Bonventre speaks emphatically about the dignity, fairness, and respect for the law possessed by Associate Judge Stewart F. Hancock Jr, of the New York Court of Appeals and the Second Circuit. From this dedication, Judge Hancock’s…