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1、RevolutionandCounter-RevolutioninAmericanConflictsLaw:IsThereaMiddleGround?*SYMEONSYMEONIDES**Theso-calledrevolutioninAmericanconflictslaw,atleastinitsavant-gardeversionofgovernmentalinterestanalysis,hasnotonlysubsidedbynowbuthasbeenalmostovercomebyanequallyforcefulcounter-revolution.Ind
2、eed,onefearsthattheverypurposeofthisSymposiumistopronouncethedeathoftheformerandthevictoryofthelatter.Deadornot,theconflictsrevolutionhas,bothinvictoryanddefeat,taughtussomevaluablelessonswhichitscriticsareallbutreadytoforget.Themostimportantlessoncanbederivedfromtherevolution'sowngraves
3、terror:aholistic,all-or-nothingmentalitybestexemplifiedintheoftenquotedstatementoftherevolution'schiefprotagonist,ProfessorBrainerdCurrie,urgingthattheentiretraditionalconflictssystembe"scrap[ped]...withoutentertainingvainhopesthatanew'system'willarisetotakeitsplace."'Althoughthisstateme
4、ntsoundsmoreextremetodaythanitdidwhenmade,itshouldhavebeenasclearthenasitisnowthatwhatthesystemneededwasabenign,quietevolutionratherthanaviolentrevolution.Fortunately,neitherthesystemnortherevolutionwasscrapped.Thiswastrueatleastuntiltoday,whentherevolution'scritics2appearreadytoscrapitw
5、ithoutevenretainingsomeofitscomponentstobeusedassparepartsintheongoingandmuchneededprocessofrenovatingtheAmericanconflictssystem.RepeatingCur-rie'sexcesses,someofthesecriticsdenounceinterestanalysisinthesameholisticandundiscriminatingfashion3inwhichhehadrejectedthetraditionalsystemandoft
6、en*Copyright1985bySymeonSymeonides.ThisisanabridgedexcerptfromalongerworkwhichistoappearshortlyintheLouisianaLawReview.AcknowledgmentsforthetitleareduetoEhrenzweig,ACounter-RevolutioninConflictsLaw?FromBealetoCavers,80HARv.L.Rsv.377(1966).ProfessorEhrenzweigwasarevolutionarybeforetherevo
7、lutionandacounter-revolutionaryduringtherevolution.**ProfessorofLaw,LouisianaStateUniversityLawCenterLL.B.(PrivateLaw)1972,LL.B.(PublicLaw)1973,UniversityofThessaloniki(Greece);LL.M.1974,S.J.D.1980,HarvardLawSchool.I.B.CuRm,SELEcEEssAYsoNTHECoNTrcroFLAws185(1963).2.Sincei