Abstract

Milner Ball's essay, and all of his work, ring with hope; that is, both with his clear-sighted, scholar's interest in finding and telling truth, and with optimism that comes of his belief that chaos has been overcome.1 His thought is an inspiration; and his lyrical prose is, for all of its somber truth, a joy to read. In spirit he brings to his work, I suggest that Hebraic religious tradition contains a richer theological basis for claim that is a medium (or, perhaps more modestly, a conversation) than he seems to allow for;2 and I suggest that there is perhaps more hope to be found in human relationships in a lawyer's professional life than there is in institutional forms provided by governmentmore in office than in administrative apparatus that Professor Ball prefers to invoke for examples of medium.3 With those suggestions out of way, I want to argue that Professor Ball's characterization of property ownership as the apparatus of bulwark law is premature. I want to suggest that bulwark-like

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