Episode 15: Stephen Sachs and Ernest Young
Stephen Sachs and Ernest Young, professors of law at Duke University, join us for a debate on the Erie doctrine. We pit these two scholars against one another to find out whether Erie was wrongly decided. Should state courts have the “last word” on interpretations of state law? Should we limit the role of general law? Does any of this matter?
Additional Reading:
Stephen E. Sachs, Finding Law, 107 Calif. L. Rev. 527 (2019).
Ernest A. Young, Erie as a Way of Life, 52 Akron L. Rev. 193 (2018).
Ernest A. Young, A General Defense of Erie Railroad v. Tompkins, 10 J. of Law, Econ., & Pol’y 17 (2013).
Caleb Nelson, A Critical Guide to Erie Railroad v. Tompkins, 54 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 921 (2013).