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ArticleVol. 98 · Iss. 1
The Court and the Suspect: Human Frailty, the Calculating Criminal, and the Penitent in the Interrogation Room
With each new Supreme Court opinion, Miranda v. Arizona increasingly resembles an aging film star, making a major splash when first coming onto the…
Scott E. Sundby -
ArticleVol. 98 · Iss. 1
Constraining the Statutory President
When agencies make decisions that are binding on the public, they must provide public notice, accept and consider public comments, and provide explanations for…
Kathryn E. Kovacs -
ArticleVol. 98 · Iss. 1
Payday
Legislation lags behind technology all too often. While trillions of dollars are exchanged in online transactions—safely, cheaply, and instantaneously—workers still must wait two weeks…
Yonathan A. Arbel -
ArticleVol. 98 · Iss. 1
Compassionate Homicide
Ample psychological studies demonstrate that emotions provide reasons for action and are powerful drivers of a host of behaviors, including criminal acts. Studies further…
Michal Buchhandler-Raphael -
CommentaryVol. 98 · Iss. 1
Acknowledgments as a Window Into Legal Academia
Legal scholarship in the United States is an oddity—an institution built on student editorship, a lack of peer review, and a dramatically high proportion…
Jonathan I. Tietz & W. Nicholson Price II -
NoteVol. 98 · Iss. 1
Lies Behind Bars: An Analysis of the Problematic Reliance on Jailhouse Informant Testimony in the Criminal Justice System and a Texas-Sized Attempt to Address the Issue
The advent of DNA technology in the late 1980s led to a wave of exonerations in the United States, shedding light on major problems…
Luke G. Allen -
NoteVol. 98 · Iss. 1
Justice by Luck: How Unclear Records Force Some Unlucky Prisoners to Serve Unconstitutional Sentences in the Wake of Johnson v. United States
The Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) imposes mandatory minimum sentences on individuals convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm who have…
Nicholas C. Coyle