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Detailed Roadmap to Core Readings
The first reading is the summary of the law of AG opinions from NAAG, which provides an overview on the authority and different approaches. Jim Tierney's lecture on AG opinions gives a perspective on what the role should be. The Kansas case shows the real-world significance of AG opinions.
The compendium of articles illustrates the wide range or topics and concerns relating to AG opinions. A series of actual AG opinions illuminates the varying approaches that different AGs take towards this function. You should ask whether these are appropriate exercises of the AG opinion authority.
The hypothethicals are aimed not at the substance of the issue, but the broader question -- should the AG issue an opinion in these circumstances?
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