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NoteVol. 93 · Iss. 5
Effectiveness of Federal Regulation of Mobile Medical Applications
Due to rapid growth and advancement of technology, uncertainty has emerged as to whether some of the medical apps on the market should be…
Sarah Jean Kilker -
NoteVol. 93 · Iss. 1
Life is Better in the Land Down Under: Australian Treatment of GM Contamination and Why It Should Be Followed in the United States
Over the past two decades, the United States has seen the introduction and widespread adoption of genetically modified (“GM”) crops, followed by the rise…
Jeremy A. Tripp -
NoteVol. 92 · Iss. 6
The Global Colony: A Comparative Analysis of National Security-Based Foreign Investment Regimes in the Western Hemisphere
In 1975, the United States took steps to prevent its national security from being undermined by foreign investment through the creation of the Committee…
Colin Stapleton -
NoteVol. 92 · Iss. 5
The Seven Dirty Words You Should Be Allowed to Say on Television
For any American who has ever watched television on one of the traditional broadcast networks, seven particular dirty words have always been conspicuously absent.…
Ellen Alexandra Eichner -
ArticleVol. 92 · Iss. 3
Say on Pay Around the World
Shareholders have long complained that top executives are overpaid by corporate boards irrespective of their performance. Investors have traditionally been powerless to prevent these…
Randall S. Thomas & Christoph Van der Elst -
ArticleVol. 92 · Iss. 1
Copyright and Inequality
The standard theory of copyright law imagines a marketplace efficiently serving up new works to an undifferentiated world of consumers. Yet the reality is…
Lea Shaver -
NoteVol. 91 · Iss. 5
A Change in the Environment of Plea Bargaining: Using the Inspiration of Administrative Procedural Safeguards Like NEPA to Add Process Protections
Plea bargaining has evolved into the most prominent way criminal justice is administered in the United States today, even though it is met with…
Jared R. Jedick -
ArticleVol. 97 · Iss. 3
Regulation of Book Markets
Over the years, many European countries have regulated their national book markets. Chief among the regulatory schemes is the resale price maintenance (“RPM”) regime,…
Miriam Marcowitz-Bitton & Jacob Nussim -
ArticleVol. 98 · Iss. 6
My Creditor’s Keeper: Escalation of Commitment and Custodial Fiduciary Duties in the Vicinity of Insolvency
Fiduciary duties in the vicinity of insolvency form a notoriously murky area where legal space warps. Courts openly acknowledge that it is difficult to identify its…
Amir N. Licht -
ArticleVol. 98 · Iss. 6
The Rise of International Corporate Law
Comparative corporate governance has focused either on prevailing differences across legal systems or on spontaneous legal transplants of foreign institutions in response to global competition. This…
Mariana Pargendler -
CommentaryVol. 98 · Iss. 5
Period Poverty in a Pandemic: Harnessing Law to Achieve Menstrual Equity
Period poverty is not new, but it has become more visible during the COVID-19 crisis. Worldwide, menstruation has long caused marginalization and vulnerability for many. The…
Bridget J. Crawford & Emily Gold Waldman -
ArticleVol. 98 · Iss. 3
Active Virtues
Constitutional theory has long been influenced by the idea that the Supreme Court exercises “passive virtues,” avoiding politically divisive cases that threaten its legitimacy.…
Michael D. Gilbert & Mauricio A. Guim