Constitutional law is improvisational choreography, unlike a law review’s static snapshot.

Evidence

I meant to convey this in the closing paragraphs of Constitutional Fate, in which I contrasted the ongoing improvisational choreography of constitutional law with a photographic snapshot, an image that seems to me expressive of the usual law review article. — Philip Chase Bobbitt, Reflections Inspired by My Critics, 482

Categorization

• SEED: The dance-versus-snapshot image offers a vivid metaphor worth recycling in essays on legal writing and theory.
• XREF: connects to: A constitutional description’s static feel reflects the observer’s participation in an evolving process. — Philip Chase Bobbitt, Reflections Inspired by My Critics, 482

Related

• A constitutional description’s static feel reflects the observer’s participation in an evolving process. (similarity 0.85)
• An observation is a distinction plus an indication that constitutes the system. (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• A constitutional description’s static feel reflects the observer’s participation in an evolving process. #corroborates (0.85) — Philip Chase Bobbitt, Reflections Inspired by My Critics, 482