Mathematics and the Legal Imagination: A Response to Paul Edelman

Abstract

This article, a response to a review by Prof. Paul Edelman of Prof. Meyerson's book "Political Numeracy: Mathematical Perspectives on Our Chaotic Constitution," explains how the study of mathematics can spur creative legal thinking.

Keywords: U.S. Constitution, mathematics, book reviews, chaos theory, stare decisis, topology

JEL Classification: K19, K39, K49