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26 Jan 2007, 11:01 am
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2 Apr 2007, 9:00 am
From SSRN:Perry Dane, Exemptions for Religion Contained in Regulatory Statutes" . Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties, Vol. 1, pp. 559-562 (2006).Chaim Saiman, Legal Theology: The Turn to Conceptualism in Nineteenth-Century Jewish Law, Villanova Law/Public Policy Research Paper No. 2007-5.From SmartCILP (mostly):James Forman Jr., The Rise and Fall of School Vouchers: A Story of Religion, Race, and Politics (Abstract), 54 UCLA Law Review 547-604 (2007).Kamran Hashemi, Religious Legal… [read post]
6 Sep 2012, 2:41 pm
As anticipation builds for the Court’s latest brush with affirmative action, commentators, amici, and perhaps even the Justices have overlooked that Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin is a procedural shambles. There are serious questions whether Fisher is justiciable at all and, if it is, whether the Court should reach its merits. If some Justices sought to use Fisher to end affirmative action, they could not have picked a faultier vehicle for doing so. Most of Fisher’s deficiencies… [read post]
10 Sep 2007, 10:11 am
In the inaugural episode of Law Talk, a new series of podcastinterviews with legal scholars, Nate Oman (William and Mary)interviews Steve D. Smith, the Warren Distinguished Professorof Law at the University of San Diego and Co-Director of SanDiego's Institute for Law and Philosophy.The focus in this episode is Smith's book, Law's Quandary, andhis recently published lecture, "The (Always) Immanent Death of Law." You can subscribe to Law Talk using iTunes or Feedburner. [read post]
1 Nov 2013, 11:50 am
Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal 30th Anniversary Symposium Issue Vol. 30, #2 (Spring 2013) Articles Marcia L. McCormick, Gender, Family, and Work, p. 309. Brandan S. Maher, Thoughts on the Latest Battles over ERISA's Remedies, p. 339. Nantiya Ruan,... [read post]
4 Oct 2013, 6:17 am
...thanks to David Rubinstein. [read post]
15 Aug 2013, 7:22 am
Thanks to Joe Mastrosimone (Washburn) for sending us word of the recent publication of Washburn Law Journal's symposium “Employment and Labor Law in the 21st Century: Changes in the Arenas of Conflict”, vol. 52, #3 (Summer 2013). . Kenneth G.... [read post]
27 Dec 2012, 10:32 pm
Professor Bruce Green has a new article titled, Proscutors and Professional Regulation forthcoming at 25 Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics 873 (2012). The SSRN abstract states: Prosecutors often express mistrust of professional regulators, their rules and their processes. This may... [read post]
14 Sep 2015, 4:04 am
Prof. Jeff Sovern (St. John's) writes: We often hear Chief Justice Roberts’s famous complaint about law review articles: “Pick up a copy of any law... [read post]
7 Aug 2015, 7:12 am
Randall K. Q. Akee, Katherine A. Spilde, and Jonathan B. Taylor have published “The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and Its Effects on American Indian Economic Development” in the Journal of Economic Perspectives. Here is the abstract: The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA), passed by the US Congress in 1988, was a watershed in the history of policymaking directed toward reservation-resident American Indians. IGRA set the stage for tribal government-owned gaming facilities.… [read post]
28 Jul 2015, 5:09 am
Post v. Jones (US Supreme Court 1856) – A Protype Early Transfer Pricing Type Case Rupert Macey-Dare University of Oxford - Saint Cross College; Middle Temple; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP; Minerva Chambers July 12, 2015 Abstract: On 2 August 1849,... [read post]
22 Jun 2015, 5:29 am
Friend of the blog, Jeff Lipshaw (Suffolk Law) has a new article available for download on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This essay is a reflection on the gap between the real-life practice of contract law and some of the... [read post]
19 May 2015, 8:26 am
Thanks to a grant from the Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD), the Global Legal Skills Conference this year includes a Scholars' Forum where participants are exchanging ideas about works-in-progress. The participants are also sharing information on publication opportunities in... [read post]
11 May 2015, 6:42 am
Gregory Sunshine and Aila Hoss have posted “Emergency Declarations and Tribes,” forthcoming in the Michigan State University International Law Review. An excerpt: Tribes are sovereign nations that maintain a government-to-government relationship with the Unites States. As sovereign entities, tribes have inherent authority to protect the public health and welfare of their citizens. Tribes thus have the authority to undertake measures to prepare and manage public health emergencies in the… [read post]
20 Aug 2012, 4:01 am
Thomas A. Martin has posted “Whaling Rights of the Makah” on SSRN. Here is the (incredibly, far too long) abstract: The Makah Indian Tribe (‘Makah’ or ‘Tribe’) is a federally recognized tribe located on the northwestern tip of the Olympic Peninsula, with a current population of 1,356. The Makah have hunted whales for over two millennia. In 1855, the Makah entered into a treaty with the United States in which the Makah reserved their whaling rights. Yet by the… [read post]
18 Apr 2014, 6:51 am
Anna O’Brien has published Misadventures in Indian Law: The Supreme Court’s Patchak Decision in the University of Colorado Law Review Here is the abstract: Ever since European colonization of the Americas began in the fifteenth century, there has been friction between the new arrivals and the native inhabitants. The United States has dealt with its “Indian problem” through assimilation, reservations, and eventually, self-determination for Indian tribes. But Indian tribes have… [read post]
13 Apr 2014, 5:30 pm
Current journal issues from UW Law have a high dose of high tech, mixed with constitutional law and public policy.The new issue of the Washington Law Review features five articles about different aspects of big data and artificial intelligence:Danielle Keats Citron & Frank Pasquale, The Scored Society: Due Process for Automated Predictions, 89 Wash. L. Rev. 1 (2014) Elizabeth E. Joh, Policing by Numbers: Big Data and the Fourth Amendment, 89 Wash. L. Rev. 35 (2014) Lawrence B. Solum, Artificial… [read post]
10 Dec 2013, 2:32 pm
It is heartwarming to see that the PRC puts a high value on the needs of university students: "In October [2013?], Peking University fired a noted economist who is a vociferous critic of single-party rule. Administrators claimed that their refusal to renew the contract of the professor, Xia Yeliang, was based on poor teaching and his failure to keep up the school’s publishing requirements." Andrew Jacobs, Chinese Professor Who Advocated Free Speech Is Fired NYTimes (December 10,… [read post]
6 Dec 2013, 6:12 am
Shin Amai and Kate Buttery have posted “Indigenous Belonging: A Commentary on Membership and Identity in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People,” forthcoming in Oxford Commentaries on International Law: A Commentary on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The recognition of indigenous peoples’ right to determine their own membership is crucial to the survival of indigenous groups and for their… [read post]
5 Nov 2014, 6:53 am
Languishing on our bookshelves since 1999. [read post]
