Judicial Boilerplate Language as Torts Decisional Litany: Four Problem Areas in North Carolina

This article discusses four selected examples from the tort law of North Carolina. These examples isolate instances in which the result of a case might not have warranted the language used or when the language of the cases was picked up and carried forward in subsequent cases without adequate analysis. Perhaps attorneys can point out these problems to the courts, and perhaps the courts might choose to make helpful clarifications

Whither “Fair” Housing: Mediations on Wrong Paradigms, Ambivalent Answers, and a Legislative Proposal

This Essay is a meditation on fair housing to pay tribute1 to Professor Daniel R. Mandelker for his sustained contribution to the field of housing and community development law and policy. For more than fifty years he has labored with powerful intellect, keen insight, great skill, and enormous energy. He has been a remarkably productive scholar and a true leader by his shining example to the many who share his scholarly and teaching interests in the housing field and related areas