ABSTRACT
Milton Konvitz continues to be a sharp-eyed observer of careers and events. Using case law materials, Konvitz shows that there are different layers of significance to the written law and even tacit acknowledgment of the unwritten law—all responsive to changes in custom and practice. Then there was the great George H. Sabine, whose writings in the history of political theory set the comparativist tone for Milton's department. Sabine's writings remain a benchmark of present-day political theory. For as assuredly as there is a Frankfurt School in sociology or a Chicago School in economics, one can speak with confidence about a Cornell School of legal theory. For if there is a Cornell School of law and political science, there is a tragic side of a rebellion against that tradition by extremists, fanatics, and activists for whom the very notion of science and the very notion of law are anathema.
