Judith Resnik - The Invention of Courts

Judith Resnik discusses the invention of courts as egalitarian institutions and their recent metamorphosis. She is the Arthur Liman Professor of Law at Yale Law School. She was elected a Fellow of the American Academy in 2001, and is the guest editor with Linda Greenhouse of the Summer 2014 issue of Dædalus on “The Invention of Courts.” ---------- On December 4, 2014, several panelists participated in a conversation on the function of courts in the United States. Included were Judith Resnik (Yale Law School), Jonathan Lippman (Chief Judge of the State of New York and Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals), Carol S. Steiker (Harvard Law School), Susan S. Silbey (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Jamal Greene (Columbia Law School), and Linda Greenhouse (Yale Law School). The program, which served as the 2013th Stated Meeting, included a welcome from Jonathan F. Fanton (President of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences).