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Publisher	Michigan Law Review Association
Publication	Michigan Law Review
Subject	Law
Format	Magazine/Journal
ISSN	0026-2234
Issues per Year	8
Volume	97
Issue	6
Published	1999-05-01

Role	Type	Name
Person	Criticism and interpretation	Ann Althouse
Person	Criticism and interpretation	Rob Atkinson
Author	n/a	Steven Lubet
Person	Criticism and interpretation	Burnele V. Powell
Person	Criticism and interpretation	William H. Simon
Person	Criticism and interpretation	Randolph N. Stone

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Reconstructing Atticus Finch(1) was intended to be provocative, so I am not surprised at the strength of the responses. Neither should I be surprised by the continuing reverence engendered by the fictional Atticus Finch; as I pointed out in my original essay, he is our moral archetype. Indeed, it was the accepted nobility of the character that made my question worth asking in the first place. What if Mayella had been attacked by Tom Robinson? Would Atticus still be a hero? To ask that question about a lesser figure would inevitably invite stock responses. Champions of the adversary...

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