He also has a great article on pleadings following the Twombly and Iqbal decisions by the Supreme Court.

MR. FRIEDMAN: I think that issue is entirely orthogonal to the issue here because the Commonwealth is acknowledging -
CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS: I’m sorry. Entirely what?
MR. FRIEDMAN: Orthogonal. Right angle. Unrelated. Irrelevant.
CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS: Oh.
JUSTICE SCALIA: What was that adjective? I liked that.
MR. FRIEDMAN: Orthogonal.
CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS: Orthogonal.
MR. FRIEDMAN: Right, right.
JUSTICE SCALIA: Orthogonal, ooh.
(Laughter.)
JUSTICE KENNEDY: I knew this case presented us a problem.
(Laughter.)
MR. FRIEDMAN: I should have — I probably should have said -
JUSTICE SCALIA: I think we should use that in the opinion.
(Laughter.)
MR. FRIEDMAN: I thought — I thought I had seen it before.
JUSTICE SCALIA: Or the dissent.
(Laughter.)
MR. FRIEDMAN: That is a bit of professorship creeping in, I suppose.

H/T: Orin Kerr at The Volokh Conspiracy

A judge in Ontario, Canada recently issued a 45 page opinion in a child custody dispute. From the tone of the opinion, it appears that all the parties involved were less than cordial to one another. After all, it starts with a page for Dr. Freud.

Bruni v. Bruni

For a discussion on how a few prominent lawyers and jurists think about the subject, you should review the series of essays and speeches at the Federalist Society’s web page. Rather than presenting a bland textbook treatment of the topic, these essays and speeches present a deeper understanding of Constitutional interpretation.

If you are looking for a bare bones approach to the subject, then constitution.org is a good place to start. The website also provides an extensive collection of the Founding Father’s writings in various formats.