''The Green Bag: An Entertaining Journal of Law'' (second series) is a quarterly
legal journal dedicated to publishing "good writing" about the law. It was established in 1997 by three former classmates at the
University of Chicago Law School
The University of Chicago Law School is the Law school in the United States, law school of the University of Chicago, a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois. It employs more than 180 full-time and part-time facul ...
: Ross Davies, David Gossett, and Montgomery Kosma. While calling itself an "entertaining" journal, it is not strictly a journal of humor and unserious work. Rather, ''The Green Bag'' aims to publish articles that are brief, readable, and meant to provoke discussion.
Since 2003, ''The Green Bag'' has issued
bobblehead dolls depicting justices of the
Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all Federal tribunals in the United States, U.S. federal court cases, and over Stat ...
, both present and past.
In addition to the periodical, the Green Bag Press publishes other works of legal interest, including ''The Green Bag Almanac and Reader'', an annual collection of the year's best legal writing, ''In Chambers Opinions by the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States'', and ''The Journal of Law''. In addition, every year the journal releases a list of outstanding legal writing. From 2013 to 2015, the ''Green Bag''s website and Twitter feed also included a weekly "lunchtime law quiz" feature.
''The Green Bag, second series'' was inspired by the original ''
Green Bag'', a legal magazine that was published between 1889 and 1914, and popular during the
Progressive Era
The Progressive Era (1890s–1920s) was a period in the United States characterized by multiple social and political reform efforts. Reformers during this era, known as progressivism in the United States, Progressives, sought to address iss ...
. Its offerings included a series of articles contributed by
David Werner Amram, which formed the substance of his 1905 book, ''Leading Cases in the Bible''. In these, Amram approached the Bible in a spirit of free scientific inquiry and illuminated the legal problems involved even indirectly in the biblical narrative. The striking originality and charming style of the book was of interest to students of both the law and the Bible.
David Werner Amram
American Jewish Committee
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, Biographical Sketches, 1942, p. 377.
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External links
* {{Official website, http://www.greenbag.org
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