A Republic of Statutes

Villanova Law has been in the news of late, alas, but far more interesting (and nourishing) than any of that will be the Scarpa Conference this Friday.  I link here to the details, which I've mentioned on MOJ twice before.  You can't beat this line-up.  Bill Eskridge (Yale) and John Ferejohn (NYU) will co-keynote a discussion dedicated to exploring their monumental book A Republic of Statutes (Yale, 2010).  The other speakers will be Henry Paul Monaghan (Columbia), Martin Shapiro (Berkeley), Jane Schacter (Stanford), David Stras (Minnesota Supreme Court), Ted Ruger (Penn), Kristin Hickman (Minnesota), and Tom Merrill (Columbia).  Talk about a *range* of super-smart perspectives on some of the most imporant terrestrial topics!!