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The Green Bag: An Entertaining Journal of Law is a legal journal dedicated to publishing "good writing" about the law. Founded in 1997 by three former-classmates of the University of Chicago Law School
University of Chicago Law School

The University of Chicago Law School, having recently celebrated its centennial in the 2002-2003 school year, has established itself as a high profile part of the University of Chicago....
 (Ross Davies, David Gossett, and Montgomery Kosma), The Green Bag is published quarterly. In 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.

The journal was inspired by the original Green Bag, a legal journal published between 1889 and 1914.

The Green Bag is frequently irreverent.






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The Green Bag: An Entertaining Journal of Law is a legal journal dedicated to publishing "good writing" about the law. Founded in 1997 by three former-classmates of the University of Chicago Law School
University of Chicago Law School

The University of Chicago Law School, having recently celebrated its centennial in the 2002-2003 school year, has established itself as a high profile part of the University of Chicago....
 (Ross Davies, David Gossett, and Montgomery Kosma), The Green Bag is published quarterly. In 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.

The journal was inspired by the original Green Bag, a legal journal published between 1889 and 1914.

The Green Bag is frequently irreverent. For the past several years, subscribers have received each year a bobblehead doll
Bobblehead doll

A bobblehead doll, also known as a bobbing head doll, nodder, or wobbler, is a type of collectible doll. Its head is often oversized compared to its body....
 depicting a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States, and leads the federal United States federal courts. It consists of the Chief Justice of the United States and eight Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, who are nominated by the President of the United States and confirmed with th...
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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, and In Chambers Opinions of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.

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