Abstract
This symposium, held October 23, 2015, was organized to honor the late Washington Supreme Court Justice Robert F. Utter. The presentations, panel discussions and resulting papers included in this series focused on issues in state constitutional law of special concern to him.Robert F. Utter had a long and fruitful career as a jurist, as a law teacher in the United States and in developing democracies, and as a thinker and writer on state constitutional law. In all aspects of his work, Justice Utter showed an unswerving commitment to individual liberty; judicial accountability and independence; access to justice; and human rights. He also made striking contributions to the rediscovery and reestablishment of state constitutional jurisprudence in America, independent from federal constitutional interpretation but interacting positively with the development of law by the federal courts. The symposium was meant to honor Justice Utter's life and work with discussions and essays that continue the growth of state constitutional jurisprudence.ContentsRonald K.L. Collins, Utter Lessons, 91 Wash. L. Rev. Online 23-26 (2016)Robert F. Williams, Justice Robert Utter, the Supreme Court of Washington, and the New Judicial Federalism: Judging and Teaching, 91 Wash. L. Rev. Online 27-39 (2016)Justice Debra Stephens, The Once and Future Promise of Access to Justice in Washington's Article I, Section 10, 91 Wash. L. Rev. Online 41-56 (2016)G. Alan Tarr, Popular Consitutionalism and Its Enemies, 91 Wash. L. Rev. Online 57-90 (2016)Kristen L. Fraser, McCleary: Positive Rights, Separation of Powers, and Taxpayer Protections in Washington's State Constitution, 91 Wash. L. Rev. Online 91-140 (2016)Johanna Kalb, Evaluating International State Constitutionalism, 91 Wash. L. Rev. Online 141-56 (2016)Thomas A. Balmer, "Does Oregon's Constitution Need a Due Process Clause? Thought on Due Process and Other Limitations on State Action, 91 Wash. L. Rev. Online 157-76 (2016)