For comments on earlier versions of this Essay, great thanks to Marc Galanter, Lara Gose, Ethan Michelson, Christiana Ochoa, and Jeff Stake. I also wish to thank Bert Kritzer, who provided an important historical point of reference, as well as Vikram Raghavan, who, after hearing a talk that I gave on Marc some years back, was the first person to graciously encourage me to write this type of commemorative essay.
There is arguably no more seminal a figure in the field of law and society than Professor Marc Galanter. That a Special Issue featuring dedications to several leading academic lights would be hosted by the University of Chicago Law Review is especially significant in terms of Marc’s inclusion because Chicago is where Marc came of age as a student.
