Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Columbia Law Review
Abstract
Inspired by Laurence Tribe's "The Curvature of Constitutional Space," this Essay looks at some constitutional theorists' desire for certainty and predictability in law, and notes that such certainty and predictability is much less available even in the hard sciences than is generally believed, with simple and determinate systems sometimes producing wildly unpredictable results. It suggests that predictability of results may be a difficult goal for legal theorists, and offers some thoughts on alternative approaches.
First Page
110
Last Page
117
Publication Date
1-1991
Recommended Citation
Reynolds, Glenn Harlan, "Chaos and the Court" (1991). Scholarly Works. 459.
https://ir.law.utk.edu/utklaw_facpubs/459