The Sound of Legal Thunder: The Chaotic Consequences of Crushing Constitutional Butterflies

Chen, James Ming

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The Sound of Legal Thunder: The Chaotic Consequences of Crushing Constitutional Butterflies

James Ming Chen

University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law

Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 16, 1999
Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper Series

Abstract:
Time travel and chaos theory are staples of science fiction. This symposium introduction proposes the extension of those concepts to constitutional law. What consequences - positive, negative, unintended - would flow from the stomping of a single development in American constitutional history?

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Keywords: chaos, chaos theory, constitutional law, science fiction, fantasy

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Date posted: October 25, 2006

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Chen, James Ming, The Sound of Legal Thunder: The Chaotic Consequences of Crushing Constitutional Butterflies. Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 16, 1999; Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper Series. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=939969

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University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law ( email )

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