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CommentaryVol. 103 · Iss. 2
Whose Children?
Recent debates surrounding transgender children and the rights of their parents reveal a troubling development. When addressing state restrictions on vital medical care for…
William J. Aceves -
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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 -
ArticleVol. 99 · Iss. 2
The Just Prosecutor
Abstract As the most powerful actors in our criminal legal system, prosecutors have been and remain one of the principal drivers of mass incarceration.…
Brandon Hasbrouck -
ArticleVol. 87 · Iss. 6
Rodrigo’s Portent: California and the Coming Neocolonial Order
Through the style of a fictional narrative, this paper demonstrates how colonialism is starting to supplant race as an organizing principle, enabling whites to…
Richard Delgado -
ArticleVol. 94 · Iss. 6
Justice Stevens, The Writer
In any discussion about United States Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, you’re likely to hear him labeled in a variety of ways—as a…
Sonja R. West -
CommentaryVol. 94 · Iss. 5
To Consider or to Use? Citation to Foreign Authority and Legal Aesthetics
In this essay I consider what it means to consider something. More directly, I consider how a judge might distinguish a source used for…
Andrew Jensen Kerr -
ArticleVol. 95 · Iss. 5
Phenomenology, Colonialism, and the Administrative State
In A Realistic Theory of Law, Brian Tamanaha rejects the claim that universal legal principles exist, and its variant that essential features of law…
Edward L. Rubin -
ArticleVol. 95 · Iss. 3
IP, R.I.P.
Death is an inevitably disruptive event. When a famous artist or public figure dies, the fallout can be particularly complex and contentious. An artist’s…
Andrew Gilden -
ArticleVol. 96 · Iss. 6
Privacy’s Past: The Ancient Concept and Its Implications for The Current Law of Privacy
Privacy is a mysterious concept. The more apparent its significance in the real world becomes, the more obscure the core and the limitations of…
Keigo Komamura -
ArticleVol. 93 · Iss. 6
A Quantitative Analysis of Writing Style on the U.S. Supreme Court
This Article presents the results of a quantitative analysis of writing style for the entire corpus of US Supreme Court decisions. The basis for…
Keith Carlson, Michael A. Livermore & Daniel Rockmore -
NoteVol. 97 · Iss. 4
United States Law’s Failure to Appreciate Art: How Public Art Has Been Left Out In The Cold
VARA does not sufficiently protect public artists’ moral rights. A better understanding of public art from an artistic, rather than legal, point of view…
Emma G. Stewart -
CommentaryVol. 97 · Iss. 3
Robotic Collective Memory
The various ways in which robots and AI will affect our future society are at the center of scholarly attention. This Commentary, conversely, concentrates…
Michal Shur-Ofry & Guy Pessach