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Publication Date

3-29-2021

Matthew Steilen: Canon, Anticanon, and Anti-canonization in Constitutional Law

Authors

Matthew Steilen, University at Buffalo School of LawFollow

Introduction

A “canon” is a set of writings generally regarded as the most authoritative, important, or well-executed of their kind. When law teachers speak of a “canon,” they usually mean a standard set of cases that forms the basis of an acceptable curriculum in their field. We teach our subjects from the canon. In my field, Constitutional Law, its principal members include Marbury, Gibbons, McCulloch, Youngstown, and Brown

Original Link

http://www.buffalo.edu/baldycenter/multimedia/blog.html#steilen