Education
Ph.D.,
University of Pennsylvania (1991)
J.D., Washington University (St. Louis) (1981)
B.A., University of Minnesota (1978)
Areas of Research & Teaching
Philosophy of Law
Wittgenstein
Pragmatism
Environmental Philosophy
Ethics
Selected Publications
“Reason and Justice: Tribal Courts, the Internet, and the Promotion of American Indian Sovereignty,” Sovereignty Symposium, 19 (2006), V19-35.
“Restoring the Fallen Blue Sky: Management Issues and Environmental Legislation for Lake Sevan, Armenia,” with Lusine Taslakyan, Environs: Environmental Law & Policy Journal 29 (2005), 29–103.
“Constitutional Adjudication as a Craft-Bound Excellence,” in Wittgenstein and Law, D. Patterson, ed., Ashgate, 2004.
Logic and Legal Reasoning, The National Judicial College Press, 2001.
“Azdak, the Rascal Judge,” Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence, 12 (1999), 223-252.
“Kant on Criminal Punishment,” Journal of Philosophical Research, 19 (1994), 61-74.
“Free Legal Decision and the Interpretive Re-Turn in Modern Legal Theory,” American Journal of Jurisprudence, 38 (1993), 159-188.
Selected Recent Presentations, Seminars, & Workshops
Decision Drafting and Legal Analysis (16 Hours), Training for Kazakh judges and professors and students from the Kazakh Institute of Justice, Astana, KAZAKHSTAN, 11/14–15/2006.
The Art of Legal Reasoning (3 Hours), Wyoming State Bar, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, 08/17/2006.
Logic and Legal Reasoning (4 Hours), Maryland Court of Appeals and Court of Special Appeals, sponsored by the Maryland Judicial Institute, Cambridge, MD, 05/17/2006.
The Tribal Law Exchange, Invited Conference Presentation, Sovereignty Symposium, Oklahoma City, OK, 06/02/2005.
Logic for Appellate Judges (6 Hours), Texas Appellate Judges Conference, Texas Center for the Judiciary, Horseshoe Bay, TX, 04/21/2005.
Logic (2 Hours), Texas College for New Judges, Austin, TX, 12/08/2004.
ley patentado y la appropiacción de conocimiento indígenas, School for Sustainable Development for Cordillera de Piuchén, Cucao, Chiloé, CHILE, 10/29/2004.
Logic and Legal Reasoning (6 Hours), Georgia Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Atlanta, GA, 12/18/2003.
Foundations of Legal Pragmatism, Colloquium, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, SOUTH AFRICA, 11/21/2002.
Logic for Tribal Court Judges (16 Hours), Co-sponsored by the National Indian Court Justice Association and The National Judicial College, Reno, NV, 09/09-10/2002.
The Use of Case Law and Precedent at the European Court of Human Rights (2-Days x 2), Seminars for Armenian judges, procurators, and advocates (co-presenter: Judge Willi Fuhrmann, European Court of Human Rights), Lake Sevan, ARMENIA, 06/29-30 & 07/01-02/2001.