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  • ArticleVol. 101 · Iss. 6

    In the Shadows of Suffering

    Reform. Abolish. Minimize. Criminal law scholars broadly understand that we need to do *something* about our penal system and the problem of mass incarceration.…

  • ArticleVol. 101 · Iss. 6

    Does The State Have an Obligation Not To Enforce The Law?

    Does the State have any obligation not to enforce its own law? Scholars have long debated whether and to what extent we—that is, us…

  • ArticleVol. 101 · Iss. 6

    Illegitimate Choices: A Minimalist(?) Approach To Consent And Waiver In Criminal Cases

    People suspected or convicted of crimes are constantly confronted with choices that can have significant impact on their liberty interests. They may be asked…

  • ArticleVol. 101 · Iss. 6

    Minimalist Criminal Courts

    Many penal abolitionists hold that criminal courts have been complicit in mass incarceration and essential to an irredeemably unjust and discriminatory system. As abolitionist…

  • ArticleVol. 101 · Iss. 6

    Reviving Rehabilitation as a Decarceral Tool

    After advocates argued that circumstances attendant to late adolescent offenders make them less culpable for their offenses and better disposed to rehabilitation, the Massachusetts…

  • ArticleVol. 101 · Iss. 6

    What is Penal Minimalism?

    How much and what kind of criminal justice do fair societies need? This question underlies many of the debates on the criminal legal system…

  • ArticleVol. 100 · Iss. 6

    Recent Developments in Mandatory Arbitration Warfare: Winners and Losers (So Far) in Mass Arbitration

    Introduction Mass arbitration has sent shock waves through the civil justice system and unnerved the defense bar. To see how quickly and dramatically this…

  • ArticleVol. 100 · Iss. 6

    Wireless Investors & Apathy Obsolescence

    Abstract This Article discusses how a subgenre of retail investors makes investors’ apathy obsolete. In prior work, we dub retail investors who rely on…

  • ArticleVol. 100 · Iss. 6

    The Judicial Assault on the Administrative State

    Introduction The most substantial change in the United States Government has been the extraordinary growth and increased complexity of the United States Government itself.…

  • ArticleVol. 100 · Iss. 6

    The Centralization Paradox in Cryptocurrency Markets

    Introduction The costly and highly public collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX has highlighted two key phenomena central to crypto-market design. First, despite its originating…

  • ArticleVol. 100 · Iss. 6

    The SPAC Market

    Introduction Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) exploded in popularity in the past few years, to such a degree that they made up 60% of…

  • ArticleVol. 100 · Iss. 6

    Fairness Opinions and SPAC Reform

    Abstract This paper assesses the emerging regulatory framework for special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). According to this framework, mergers of SPACs, known as de-SPACs,…