Taking Pop-Ups Seriously: The Jurisprudence of the Infield Fly Rule
Publication Title
Washington University Law Quarterly
Abstract
We propose to go beyond the common law origins of the infield fly rule and do what the author chose not to do: namely, explore the different spaces for an infield fly rule from the point of view of the great jurisprudential movements of the last hundred years. In so doing we conclude (i) that post-modern jurisprudence strongly suggests that the infield fly rule was far more socially constructed and historically contingent than previously acknowledged, and (ii) that it is much more difficult to be clever, funny, and insightful about law and baseball than it appears.
Recommended Citation
Neil B. Cohen and Spencer Weber Waller,
Taking Pop-Ups Seriously: The Jurisprudence of the Infield Fly Rule,
82 Wash. U. L. Q. 453
(2004).
Available at: https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_lawreview/vol82/iss2/4