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Online2024
Contingent Fees and Access to Justice
In recent years, scholars have documented and lamented the fact that most Americans have difficulty gaining access to justice. Most people simply cannot afford…
Eric Helland & Daniel Klerman -
Online2024
Sandbagging the Unsophisticated Seller: Arwood v. AW Site Services, LLC
In Arwood v. AW Site Services, LLC, the Delaware Court of Chancery sought to resolve the question raised in Eagle Force Holdings, LLC v.…
Jack Podolsky -
Online2023
Standardizing Appeals From Domestic Dependent Sovereign Courts
The U.S. Supreme Court’s historic decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma held that much of northeastern Oklahoma is Native American land. As a result, the…
Campbell Sode -
Online2023
When to Admit Art as Evidence
Jeffery Lamar Williams, better known as Young Thug, is the latest high-profile rapper to have his rap “lyrics” potentially entered into evidence as part…
Andrew Jensen Kerr -
Online2023
Why U.S. States Need Their Own Cannabis Industry Banks
The legal cannabis trade is the fastest growing industry in the United States. In 2019, about 48.2 million Americans used the drug at least…
Christoph Henkel & Randall K. Johnson -
Online2023
Lessons Learned in Prison
One way that I have tried to stay fresh as a teacher through the decades is to periodically force myself outside of my teaching…
Daniel Keating -
Online2023
Stalwarts of Stare Decisis: Lessons From Early Supreme Court Reporters for the Digital Age
Introduction As a young nation, the United States maintained a common law legal system transplanted from England. Common law legal systems are defined by…
Cale Bouchey -
Online2023
The Controlled Substances Act: An International Private Delegation That Goes Too Far
Introduction Under current Supreme Court precedent, Congress can delegate regulatory authority to federal agencies so long as it supplies an intelligible principle to guide…
Shane Pennington & Matthew C. Zorn -
Online2022
Registered for Life: Addressing the Removal Issue within Missouri’s Sex Offender Registration Act
Introduction Based on plain text, Missouri’s Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA) appears to permit sex offenders to petition for removal from the state’s sex…
Michael McWaters -
Online2022
The War Chest Problem: Why Transferring Unspent Campaign Funds Violates The First Amendment
In an ideal world, political candidates would raise the exact amount of funds they would need to mount a winning campaign in the current…
Steven Davis -
Online2022
A Deficit of Deserts: The Case for a Pandemic Excess Profits Tax
The global COVID-19 pandemic caused, inter alia, the economic balance in the United States to tilt wildly. In earlier decades, such extreme social and…
Rae Ensor -
Online2021
Fair Housing, Unfair Housing
ABSTRACT The Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule, promulgated under the Obama administration and swiftly repealed under the Trump administration, was the most significant fair…
Noah M. Kazis