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47 Wake Forest L. Rev. 1185 (2012)
Knowledge in the People: Rethinking Value in Public Rulemaking Participation

handle is hein.journals/wflr47 and id is 1209 raw text is: KNOWLEDGE IN THE PEOPLE: RETHINKING VALUE IN PUBLIC RULEMAKING PARTICIPATION Cynthia R. Farina Dmitry Epstein Josiah Heidt*** Mary J. Newhart CeRI**** INTRODUCTION Why is it ... that in the middle of listening to someone give their side of a problem I have a natural inclination to make a list, to break their story down into parts such as issues and concerns? But, when I ask them about issues, they seem to have a natural inclination to tell me yet another story.' J.P. Lederach, conflict mediator When eighteenth-century chronicler James Boswell told Dr. Samuel Johnson a story about attending a Quaker meeting at which a woman preached, the latter commented: Sir, a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hind legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all.2 Dr. Johnson's characteristically waspish response was insightful, although its insight was not the one he intended. Given the cultural positioning of women in England at the time-a highly constricted space enforced by legal, * McRoberts Professor of Research in the Administration of the Law, Cornell Law School; CeRI (Cornell eRulemaking Initiative) Principal Researcher. This Essay is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. NSF IIS-1111176. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. ** CeRI Post-doctoral Fellow. *** CeRI Affiliated Researcher. **** Adjunct Professor, Cornell Law School; CeRI Executive Director and Senior Researcher. ***** CORNELL ERULEMAKING INITIATIVE, http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu /ceril (last visited Oct. 27, 2012). 1. JOHN PAUL LEDERACH, PREPARING FOR PEACE: CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION ACROSS CULTURES 81 (1995). 2. JAMES BOSWELL, THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. 244 (David Womersley ed., Penguin Classics 2008) (1791). 1185

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