Do Judges Cite Literature in Decisions?
Updated: 2010-06-06 15:25:04
The answer is a big “no,” says University of Chicago Law Professor M. Todd Henderson (See papers.cfm?abstract_id=1113511). For my part, I can’t recall ever coming across any literary references, though occasionally one may see them. More imp0rtantly, such citations would presumably be used only as punctuation (i.e. as a garnish to the overall legal argument) [...]