University of Michigan Law School
Professor Marshfield teaches and writes in the areas of local government law, state constitutional law, and constitutional change. His research has appeared in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Northwestern University Law Review, Boston University Law Review and the Michigan Law Review, among others. His state constitutional law research has been cited by the New Jersey Supreme Court, and his research into constitutional change has been cited by leading scholars in law reviews, textbooks, and academic journals.
There are also many other arguments and cannons of interpretation which altogether make statutory interpretation possible. Emory Law News offers students unique learning experiences and opportunities beyond the traditional law school education that prepare them for a successful legal career. Students begin their legal education with a range of foundational courses and can then further tailor their coursework around areas of impact. Around 1900 Max Weber defined his “scientific” approach to law, identifying the “legal rational form” as a type of domination, not attributable to personal authority but to the authority of abstract norms.
Negative perceptions of “red tape” aside, public services such as schooling, health care, policing or public transport are considered a crucial state function making public bureaucratic action the locus …