Student Brief: Alison LaCroix: Temporal Imperialism
by C-K Editor • November 3, 2009 • Faculty Workshops/ Conferences, Student Contributions • 0 Comments
By student blogger Laura Elkayam
In September Professor Alison LaCroix, a legal historian and an assistant professor at the University of Chicago Law School, presented her recent article, “Temporal Imperialism”, which identifies and critiques the United States Supreme Court’s disoriented relationship with notions of time. Specifically, Professor LaCroix argues that despite its proclamations of institutional continuity, the Court in fact routinely engages in a kind of “temporal packaging” that indicates a more severed state of affairs.