WRITING

Essays, research, and field notes.

Substantive personal writing by Matthew G. Steel lives here in its durable form: essays, research notes, commentary, and project writing across law, systems, language, culture, and international work.

CURRENT WORK

RESEARCH IN PROGRESS

Code Without Stare Decisis: Louisiana, Lithuania, and What Makes Judicial Reasoning Civilian

A comparative research project on Louisiana, Lithuania, civilian judicial reasoning, precedent, jurisprudence constante, and sources of law.

Louisiana civil law · Lithuanian law · civilian jurisprudence · comparative law · judicial reasoning · jurisprudence constante

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PUBLICATION & DISTRIBUTION

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