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August 18, 2008

Georgetown Law Journal, Issue 96.6 (August 2008)

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Georgetown Law Journal, Issue 96.6 (August 2008)

Articles

The Judgment Power
William Baude

Should Courts Give Stare Decisis Effect to Statutory Interpretation Methodology?
Sydney Foster

Responders' Responsibility: Liability and Immunity in Public Health Emergencies

Sharona Hoffman

Tabloid Constitutionalism: How a Bill Doesn't Become a Law

Brian C. Kalt

The Property Puzzle

Amnon Lehavi

Notes

"The Provision of Material Support and Resources" and Lawsuits Against State Sponsors of Terrorism

Michael T. Kotlarczyk

Taking the Temple: Eminent Domain and the Limits of RLUIPA

Daniel N. Lerman

Gods & Gays: Analyzing the Same-Sex Marriage Debate from a Religious Perspective

Ben Schuman

Expanding Expanded Access: How the Food and Drug Administration Can Achieve Better Access to Experimental Drugs for Seriously Ill Patients

Judy Vale

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July 13, 2008

Cornell Law Review, Volume 93 Number 5 (July 2008)

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Cornell Law Review, Volume 93 Number 5 (July 2008)

Symposium: U.S. Food and Drug Regulation in its First Century and Beyond

Articles

The Little Agency that Could (Act with Indifference to Constitutional and Statutory Strictures)

Lars Noah

Dirty Dancing - The FDA Stumbles with the Chevron Two-Step: A Response to Professor Noah

Gary Lawson

Losing Deference in the FDA's Second Century: Judicial Review, Politics, and a Diminished Legacy of Expertise
James T. O'Reilly

The FDA and Deference Lost: A Self-Inflicted Wound or the Product of a Wounded Agency? A Response to Professor O'Reilly

David C. Vladeck

FDA Regulatory Compliance Reconsidered

Carl Tobias

Greater and Lesser Powers of Tort Reform: The Primary Jurisdiction Doctrine and State-Law Claims Concerning FDA-Approved Products

Catherine T. Struve

Drug Review "Behind the Curtain": A Response to Professor Struve
James T. O'Reilly

Food, Drugs, and Droods: A Historical Consideration of Definitions and Categories in American Food and Drug Law
Lewis A. Grossman

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July 11, 2008

UCLA Law Review, Issue 55:5 (June 2008)

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UCLA Law Review, Issue 55:5 (June 2008).

Articles

Michelle Wilde Anderson, Cities Inside Out: Race, Poverty, and Exclusion at the Urban Fringe, 55 UCLA L. Rev. 1095 (2008).

Jennifer Gordon & R.A. Lenhardt, Rethinking Work and Citizenship, 55 UCLA L. Rev. 1161 (2008).

Ronald J. Krotoszynski, Jr. & Clint A. Carpenter, The Return of Seditious Libel, 55 UCLA L. Rev. 1239 (2008).

Adam J. Levitin, Priceless? The Economic Costs of Credit Card Merchant Restraints, 55 UCLA L. Rev. 1321 (2008).

Essay

Michael L. Kramer & Michael N. Schmitt, Lawyers on Horseback? Thoughts on Judge Advocates and Civil-Military Relations, 55 UCLA L. Rev. 1407 (2008).

Comments

Richard J. Hawkins, Substantially Modifying the Visual Artists Rights Act: A Copyright Proposal for Interpreting the Act's Prejudicial Modification Clause , 55 UCLA L. Rev. 1437 (2008).

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July 02, 2008

Northwestern University Law Review, Issue 102:2 (Special Issue 2008)

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Northwestern University Law Review, Issue 102:2 (Special Issue 2008)

(See here for links to articles in recent issues and the contents of forthcoming issues.)

Symposium on Ordering State-Federal Relations Through Federal Preemption Doctrine

Nury Raquel Agudo & Alison E. Buckley, Foreward: Symposium on Ordering State-Federal Relations Through Federal Preemption Doctrine, 102 Nw. U. L. Rev. 503 (2008)

David A. Dana, Democratizing the Law of Federal Preemption, 102 Nw. U. L. Rev. 507 (2008)

Richard A. Epstein, Federal Preemption, and Federal Common Law, in Nuisance Cases, 102 Nw. U. L. Rev. 551 (2008)

Robert L. Glicksman & Richard E. Levy, A Collective Action Perspective on Ceiling Preemption by Federal Environmental Regulation: The Case of Global Climate Change, 102 Nw. U. L. Rev. 579 (2008)

Howard A. Learner, Restraining Federal Preemption When There Is an "Emerging Consensus" of State Environmental Laws and Policies, 102 Nw. U. L. Rev. 649 (2008)

Raymond B. Ludwiszewski & Charles H. Haake, Cars, Carbon, and Climate Change, 102 Nw. U. L. Rev. 665 (2008)

Nina A. Mendelson, A Presumption Against Agency Preemption, 102 Nw. U. L. Rev. 695 (2008)

Thomas W. Merrill, Preemption and Institutional Choice, 102 Nw. U. L. Rev. 727 (2008)

Mark D. Rosen, Contextualizing Preemption, 102 Nw. U. L. Rev. 781 (2008)

Robert A. Schapiro, Monophonic Preemption, 102 Nw. U. L. Rev. 811 (2008)

Catherine M. Sharkey, The Fraud Caveat to Agency Preemption, 102 Nw. U. L. Rev. 841 (2008)

Ernest A. Young, Executive Preemption, 102 Nw. U. L. Rev. 869 (2008)

Comments

Patricia B. Hsue, Lessons from United States v. Stein: Is the Line Between Criminal and Civil Sanctions for Illegal Tax Shelters a Dot?, 102 Nw. U. L. Rev. 903 (2008)

Kristin H. Berger Parker, Ambient Harassment Under Title VII: Reconsidering the Workplace Environment, 102 Nw. U. L. Rev. 945 (2008)

Joshua S. Press, Teachers, Leave Those Kids Alone? On Free Speech and Shouting Fiery Epithets in a Crowded Dormitory, 102 Nw. U. L. Rev. 987 (2008)

Colloquy Essay

Kathryn A. Watts & Amy J. Wildermuth, Massachusetts v. EPA: Breaking New Ground on Issues Other than Global Warming, 102 Nw. U. L. Rev. 1029 (2008)

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June 24, 2008

University of Chicago Law Review, Issue 75:1, Winter 2008

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In Memoriam: David P. Currie (1936-2007)

Gerhard Casper

Richard Epstein

David Gossett

Herma Hill Kay

Edmund Kitch

Larry Kramer


Saul Levmore

George Ranney

Geoffrey Stone

Martha Swisher


Demisesquicentennial

Kenneth L. Karst, Equality as a Central Principle in the First Amendment Geoffrey Stone

Symposium: Surveillance


Dredging up the Past: Lifelogging, Memory, and Surveillance Anita Allen



Privacy Decisionmaking in Administrative Agencies
Kenneth Bamberger and Deirdre Mulligan


The Memory Gap in Surveillance Law Patricia Bellia


Privacy, Visibility, and Exposure Julie E. Cohen



Cybersecurity in the Payment Card Industry
Richard A. Epstein and Thomas Brown


Updating the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Orin Kerr


Choice or Consequences: Protecting Privacy in Commercial Information
Timothy Muris and J. Howard Beales


Privacy, Surveillance, and Law Richard A. Posner


Data Mining and Internet Profiling: Emerging Regulatory and Technological Approaches Ira S. Rubenstein, Ronald D. Lee, and Paul M. Schwartz


Reviving Telecommunications Surveillance Law
Paul M. Schwartz


Data Mining and the Fourth Amendment Chris Slobogin


Data Mining and the Security-Liberty Debate Daniel Solove


Privacy Versus Antidiscrimination Lior Strahilevitz

Article

The Reconstruction Congress David P. Currie

Comments

Reducing Fraud against the Government: Using FOIA Disclosures in Qui Tam Litigation Eric M. Fraser


Big Boys and Chinese Walls Daniel M. Sullivan

Book Review

Economics as Context for Contract Law
Framing Contract Law: An Economic Perspective
Victor Goldberg
George S. Geis

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Michigan Law Review, Issue 106:8 (June 2008)

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Michigan Law Review, Issue 106:8 June 2008)
(Past issues are available on our website.)

SYMPOSIUM

Glucksberg and Quill at Ten: Death, Dying and the Constitution

Foreword

Yale Kamisar, Can Glucksberg survive Lawrence? Another Look at the End of Life and Personal Autonomy, 106 Mich. L. Rev. 1453 (2008)

Articles

Randy E. Barnett, Scrutiny Land, 106 Mich. L. Rev. 1479 (2008)

Erwin Chemerinsky, Washington v. Glucksberg Was Tragically Wrong, 106 Mich. L. Rev. 1501 (2008)

Steven G. Calabresi, Substantive Due Process After Gonzales v. Carhart, 106 Mich. L. Rev. 1517 (2008)

Cass R. Sunstein, Due Process Traditionalism, 106 Mich. L. Rev. 1543 (2008)

Steven D. Smith, De-Moralized:Glucksberg in the Malaise, 106 Mich. L. Rev. 1571 (2008)

Kathryn L. Tucker, In the Laboratory of the States: The Progress of Glucksberg's Invitation to States to Address End-of-Life Choices,106 Mich. L. Rev. 1593 (2008)

Herbert Hendin & Kathleen Foley, Physician-Assisted Suicide in Oregon: A Medical Perspective, 106 Mich. L. Rev. 1613 (2008)

Marc Spindelman, Death, Dying and Domination, 106 Mich. L. Rev. 1641 (2008)

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June 18, 2008

Harvard Law Review, 121:8 (June 2008)

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Vol. 121 · June 2008 · No. 8


ARTICLE

UNEQUAL JUSTICE

William J. Stuntz

BOOK REVIEW

THE CONSULTANTS' REPUBLIC

Douglas A. Kysar

NOTES

The Immunity-Conferring Power of the Office of Legal Counsel
The Alien Tort Statute, Forum Shopping,
and the Exhaustion of Local Remedies Norm
Rule Porousness and the Design of Legal Directives
"Trading Action for Access": The Myth of Meritocracy
and the Failure To Remedy Structural Discrimination
Cross-Jurisdictional Forum Non Conveniens Preclusion
Shifting the FISA Paradigm: Protecting Civil Liberties
by Eliminating Ex Ante Judicial Approval

RECENT CASES

Seventh Circuit Holds that RICO Conspiracy Charges Can Proceed to Trial Despite Unresolved Double Jeopardy Claims. — United States v. Calabrese, 490 F.3d 575 (7th Cir. 2007).
Third Circuit Holds that Government Appeals of Alleged Plea Agreement Breaches by Defendants Are Reviewed De Novo. — United States v. Williams, 510 F.3d 416 (3d Cir. 2007).
Seventh Circuit Holds that a Codefendant's Repeated and Violent Outbursts, Coupled with Intimidation from the Gallery, Denied Defendant a Fair Trial. — United States v. Mannie, 509 F.3d 851 (7th Cir. 2007).
Federal District Court Denies § 230 Immunity to Website that Solicits Illicit Content. — FTC v. Accusearch, Inc., No. 06-CV-105, 2007 WL 4356786 (D. Wyo. Sept. 28, 2007).
General Court of Qatif Sentences Gang-Rape Victim to Prison and Lashings for Violating "Illegal Mingling" Law.

RECENT PROPOSED LEGISLATION

Congress Considers Bill To Invalidate Pre-Dispute Arbitration Clauses for Consumers, Employees, and Franchisees. — Arbitration Fairness Act 2007, S. 1782, 110th Cong. (2007).


RECENT PUBLICATIONS

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June 14, 2008

Vanderbilt Law Review, Volume 61, Number 4 (May 2008)

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Vanderbilt Law Review, Volume 61, Number 4 (May 2008)

ARTICLES

Scott D. Gerber, The Court, the Constitution, and the History of Ideas, 61 Vand. L. Rev. 1067 (2008).

James R. Repetti, Democracy and Opportunity: A New Paradigm in Tax Equity, 61 Vand. L. Rev. 1129 (2008).

Peter B. Rutledge, Arbitration and Article III, 61 Vand. L. Rev. 1189 (2008).

NOTES

Gabriel Jacob Fleet, What’s in a Song? Copyright’s Unfair Treatment of Record Producers and Side Musicians, 61 Vand. L. Rev. 1235 (2008).

Linda Katherine Leibfarth, Giving the Terminally Ill Their Due (Process): A Case for Expanded Access to Experimental Drugs Through the Political Process, 61 Vand. L. Rev. 1281 (2008).


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June 13, 2008

Georgetown Law Journal, Issue 96.5 (June 2008)

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Georgetown Law Journal, Issue 96.5 (June 2008)

Articles

The Antidomination Model and the Judicial Oversight of Democracy
Yasmin Dawood

Advocacy Matters Before and Within the Supreme Court: Transforming the Court by Transforming the Bar
Richard J. Lazarus

Climate Change Justice

Eric A. Posner & Cass R. Sunstein

The Executive's Duty To Disregard Unconstitutional Laws

Saikrishna Bangalore Prakash

Notes

Zero to Life: Sentencing Appeals at the International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda

Jennifer J. Clark

Hamlet Was a Law Student: A "Dramatic" Look at Emotion's Effect on Analogical Reasoning

Jonathan Uffelman

How Self-Restriction Laws Can Influence Societal Norms and Address Problems of Bounded Rationality

Cecil VanDevender

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June 02, 2008

Emory Law Journal 57:3 (2008)

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Emory Law Journal, 57:3 (2008)

Articles

Adam Benforado & Jon Hanson, Naive Cynicism: Maintaining False Perceptions in Policy Debates, 57 EMORY L.J. 499 (2008).

Thomas R. Lee, Glenn L. Christensen & Eric D. DeRosia, Trademarks, Consumer Psychology, and the Sophisticated Consumer, 57 EMORY L.J. 575 (2008).

Comments

Juhi Kaveeshvar, Kicking the Rock & the Hard Place to the Curb: An Alternative and Integrated Approach to Suicidal Students in Higher Education, 57 EMORY L.J. 651 (2008).

Carlissa R. Carson, The Military Commissions Act of 2006: How its Inability to Curb Abusive Interrogations Threatens the Future Treatment of Detainees and the United States Reputation, 57 EMORY L.J. 695 (2008).

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Emory Law Journal, 57:2 (2008)

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Emory Law Journal, 57:2 (2008)

Articles

Adam Benforado & Jon Hanson, The Great Attributional Divide: How Divergent Views of Human Behavior are Shaping Legal Policy, 57 EMORY L.J. 311 (2008).

Barak Y. Orbach, Indirect Free Riding on the Wheels of Commerce: Dual-Use Technologies and Copyright Liability, 57 EMORY L.J. 409 (2008).

Comment

C. Jordan Myers, Learning to Live with Jones v. Flowers: A “New Wrinkle” For an Old Standard, 57 EMORY L.J. 463 (2008).


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May 31, 2008

Vanderbilt Law Review, Volume 61, Number 3 (April 2008)

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Vanderbilt Law Review, Volume 61, Number 3 (April 2008)

ARTICLES

Michael J. Gerhardt, Non-Judicial Precedent, 61 Vand. L. Rev. 713 (2008).

Clare Huntington, The Constitutional Dimension of Immigration Federalism, 61 Vand. L. Rev. 787 (2008).

Noah D. Zatz, Working at the Boundaries of Markets: Prison Labor and the Economic Dimension of Employment Relationships, 61 Vand. L. Rev. 857 (2008).

NOTES

Christyne E. Ferris, The Search for Due Process in Civil Commitment Hearings: How Procedural Realities Have Altered Substantive Standards, 61 Vand. L. Rev. 959 (2008).

Russell Fraker, Reformulating Outrage: A Critical Analysis of the Problematic Tort of IIED, 61 Vand. L. Rev. 983 (2008).

Nicholas Nugent, Toward a RFRA That Works, 61 Vand. L. Rev. 1027 (2008).

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May 16, 2008

Michigan Law Review, Issue 106:7 (May 2008)

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Michigan Law Review, Issue 106:7 (May 2008)
(Past issues are available on our website.)

Articles

Mitchell A. Kane & Edward B. Rock, Corporate Taxation and International Charter Competition, 106 Mich. L. Rev. 1229(2008)

Stewart W. Sterk, Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Uncertainty about Property Rights, 106 Mich. L. Rev. 1285(2008)

John Greenman, On Communication, 106 Mich. L. Rev. 1337(2008)

Notes

Susanna G. Dyer, Is There a Duty?: Limiting College and University Liability for Student Suicide, 106 Mich. L. Rev. 1379(2008)

Michael R. Cedillos, Categorizing Categories: Property of the Estate and Fraudulent Transfers in Bankruptcy, 106 Mich. L. Rev. 1405(2008)

Jeffrey T.G. Kelsey, Hacking into International Humanitarian Law: The Principles of Distinction and Neutrality in the Age of Cyber Warfare , 106 Mich. L. Rev. 1427(2008)

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May 15, 2008

UCLA Law Review, Issue 55:4 (April 2008)

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UCLA Law Review, Issue 55:4 (April 2008).

Articles

Josh Bowers, Contraindicated Drug Courts, 55 UCLA L. Rev. 783 (2008).

Noah Sachs, Beyond the Liability Wall: Strengthening Tort Remedies in International Environmental Law, 55 UCLA L. Rev. 837 (2008).

Joanna M. Shepherd, Tort Reforms' Winners and Losers: The Competing Effects of Care and Activity Levels, 55 UCLA L. Rev. 905 (2008).

John G. Sprankling, Owning the Center of the Earth, 55 UCLA L. Rev. 979 (2008).

Comments

Megan Roberts, The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: Why Considering Individuals One at a Time Creates Untenable Situations for Students and Educators , 55 UCLA L. Rev. 1041 (2008).

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May 10, 2008

Cornell Law Review, Volume 93 Number 4 (May 2008)

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Cornell Law Review, Volume 93 Number 4 (May 2008)

Articles


Grand Jury Discretion and Constitutional Design

Roger A. Fairfax, Jr.


Can Law Manage Competitive Energy Markets?

David B. Spence


Notes


Striking a Better Public-Private Balance in Forum Non Conveniens

Emily J. Derr


Restitution and the Lacey Act: New Solutions, Old Remedies
Kenneth B. Meyer


Book Review


The Quantitative Moment and the Qualitative Opportunity: Legal Studies of Judicial Decision Making
Gregory C. Sisk


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May 08, 2008

Southern California Law Review, 81:3 (March 2008)

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Southern California Law Review, 81:3 (March 2008)

Articles

Margaret H. Lemos, The Other Delegate: Judicially Administered Statutes and the Nondelegation Doctrine, 81 S. Cal. L. Rev. 405 (2008)

David Luban, On the Commander in Chief Power, 81 S. Cal. L. Rev. 477 (2008)

Notes

Padraic Foran, Unreasonably Wrong: The Supreme Court's Supremacy, the AEDPA Standard, and Carey v. Musladin, 81 S. Cal. L. Rev. 571 (2008)

Michael Moulton, Effecting the Impossible: An Argument Against Tax Strategy Patents, 81 S. Cal. L. Rev. 631 (2008)

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May 07, 2008

Boston University Law Review, 88:2 (April 2008)

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Boston University Law Review, 88:2 (April 2008)
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SYMPOSIUM: THE ROLE OF THE PRESIDENT IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

Contents

Introduction, 88 B.U. L. Rev. 321 (2008)

Saikrishna Bangalore Prakash, A Taxonomy of Presidential Powers, 88 B.U. L. Rev. 327 (2008)

Robert D. Sloane, The Scope of Executive Power in the Twenty-First Century: An Introduction, 88 B.U. L. Rev. 341 (2008)

Michael D. Ramsey, Presidential Originalism?, 88 B.U. L. Rev. 353 (2008)

Gary Lawson, What Lurks Beneath: NSA Surveillance and Executive Power, 88 B.U. L. Rev. 375 (2008)

Dawn E. Johnsen, What’s a President To Do? Interpreting the Constitution in the Wake of Bush Administration Abuses, 88 B.U. L. Rev. 395 (2008)

John Yoo, Jefferson and Executive Power, 88 B.U. L. Rev. 421 (2008)

Neal Devins & David E. Lewis, Not-So Independent Agencies: Party Polarization and the Limits of Institutional Design, 88 B.U. L. Rev. 459 (2008)

Julian E. Zelizer, The Conservative Embrace of Presidential Power, 88 B.U. L. Rev. 499 (2008)

William P. Marshall, Eleven Reasons Why Presidential Power Inevitably Expands and Why It Matters, 88 B.U. L. Rev. 505 (2008)

Harold J. Krent, From a Unitary to a Unilateral Presidency, 88 B.U. L. Rev. 523 (2008)

Daniela Caruso, (Presidential) Powers in the European Union, 88 B.U. L. Rev. 561 (2008)

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April 28, 2008

Fordham Law Review, Issue 76:5 (April 2008)

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Fordham Law Review, Issue 76:5 (April 2008)
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ESSAY

Melissa B. Jacoby, Home Ownership Risk Beyond a Subprime Crisis: The Role of Delinquency Management, 76 Fordham L. Rev. 2261 (2008).

ARTICLES

John Bronsteen, Brendan S. Maher & Peter K. Stris, ERISA, Agency Costs, and the Future of Health Care in the United States, 76 Fordham L. Rev. 2297 (2008).

Kevin K. Washburn, Restoring the Grand Jury, 76 Fordham L. Rev. 2333 (2008).

NOTES

Gregory Apgar, Prudential Standing Limitations on Lanham Act False Advertising Claims, 76 Fordham L. Rev. 2389 (2008).

Jennifer A. Gniady, Regulating Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing: Protecting the Consumer Without Quashing a Medical Revolution, 76 Fordham L. Rev. 2429 (2008).

Amanda L. Houle, From T-Shirts to Teaching: May Public Schools Constitutionally Regulate Antihomosexual Speech?, 76 Fordham L. Rev. 2477 (2008).

Lauren E. Sasser, Waiting in Immigration Limbo: The Federal Court Split over Suits to Compel Action on Stalled Adjustment of Status Applications, 76 Fordham L. Rev. 2511 (2008).

James M. Shea, Jr., Who Is at the Table? Interpreting Disclosure Requirements for Ad Hoc Groups of Institutional Investors Under Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 2019, 76 Fordham L. Rev. 2561 (2008).

Andrew V. Trask, “Obvious to Try”: A Proper Patentability Standard in the Pharmaceutical Arts?, 76 Fordham L. Rev. 2625 (2008).

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Fordham Law Review, Issue 76:4 (March 2008)

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Fordham Law Review, Issue 76:4 (March 2008)
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ESSAY

Judith S. Kaye & Anne C. Reddy, The Progress of Women Lawyers at Big Firms: Steadied or Simply Studied?, 76 Fordham L. Rev. 1941 (2008).

ARTICLES

Robert P. Bartlett III, Taking Finance Seriously: How Debt Financing Distorts Bidding Outcomes in Corporate Takeovers, 76 Fordham L. Rev. 1975 (2008).

Roger A. Fairfax, Jr., Harmless Constitutional Error and the Institutional Significance of the Jury, 76 Fordham L. Rev. 2027 (2008).

NOTES

Frank D'Angelo, Turf Wars: Street Gangs and the Outer Limits of RICO's "Affecting Commerce" Requirement, 76 Fordham L. Rev. 2075 (2008).

George A. Mocsary, Explaining Away the Obvious: The Infeasibility of Characterizing the Second Amendment as a Nonindividual Right, 76 Fordham L. Rev. 2113 (2008).

Amanda Sue Nichols, Alien Tort Statute Accomplice Liability Cases: Should Courts Apply the Plausability Pleading Standard of Bell Atlantic v. Twombly?, 76 Fordham L. Rev. 2177 (2008).

Katherine A. Rocco, Rule 26(a)(2)(B) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: In the Interest of Full Disclosure?, 76 Fordham L. Rev. 2227 (2008).

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Georgetown Law Journal, Issue 96.4 (April 2008)

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Georgetown Law Journal, Issue 96.4 (April 2008)

Articles

The Continuum of Deference: Supreme Court Treatment of Agency Statutory Interpretations from Chevron to Hamdan
William N. Eskridge & Lauren E. Baer

The Hanging Chads of Corporate Voting
Marcel Kahan & Edward Rock

Writing, Cognition, and the Nature of the Judicial Function

Chad M. Oldfather

Notes

When Clarity Means Ambiguity: An Examination of Statutory Interpretation at the Environmental Protection Agency

Susannah Landes Foster

Hearsay at Guantanamo: A "Fundamental Value Determination"

Martin A. Hewett


The dataset for Eskridge & Baer's The Continuum of Deference is available here.

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April 24, 2008

Boston College Law Review, Issue 49:3 (2008)

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Boston College Law Review, Issue 49:3 (May 2008)

Articles
Steven A. Dean, The Incomplete Global Market for Tax Information, 49 B.C. L. Rev. 605 (2008) [PDF]

Jonathan Remy Nash, Economic Efficiency Versus Public Choice: The Case of Property Rights in Road Traffic Management, 49 B.C. L. Rev. 673 (2008) [PDF]

Katherine J. Strandburg, Freedom of Association in a Networked World: First Amendment Regulation of Relational Surveillance, 49 B.C. L. Rev. 741 (2008) [PDF]

Notes
Jonathan K. Geldert, Presidential Advisors and Their Most Unpresidential Activities: Why Executive Privilege Cannot Shield White House Information in the U.S. Attorney Firings Controversy, 49 B.C. L. Rev. 823 (2008) [PDF]

John A. Kupiec, Returning to Principles of "Fairness and Justice": The Role of Investment-Backed Expectations in Total Regulatory Taking Claims, 49 B.C. L. Rev. 865 (2008) [PDF]

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April 22, 2008

Harvard Law Review, 121:6 (April 2008)

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Vol. 121 · April 2008 · No. 6

ARTICLE

LAND ASSEMBLY DISTRICTS

Michael Heller
and Rick Hills

BOOK REVIEW

THE END OF THE GLOBALIZATION DEBATE:
A REVIEW ESSAY

Robert Howse

NOTES

Mechanisms of Secrecy
Regulating Eugenics
Leegin's Unexplored "Change in Circumstance":
The Internet and Resale Price Maintenance
Counterinsurgency and Constitutional Design

RECENT CASES

Washington Supreme Court Declines To Apply Professional Rescue Doctrine in Suit by Policeman Against Fellow Officer. — Beaupre v. Pierce County, 166 P.3d 712 (Wash. 2007).
En Banc Ninth Circuit Holds that RICO Enterprise Need Not Have Any Particular Organizational Structure. — Odom v. Microsoft Corp., 486 F.3d 541 (9th Cir. 2007) (en banc), cert. denied, 128 S. Ct. 464 (2007).
Seventh Circuit Holds that Defendant's Waiver of the Right To Testify Was Valid Despite District Court's Failure To Engage in an On-the-Record Colloquy Regarding the Decision. — United States v. Stark, 507 F.3d 512 (7th Cir. 2007).
Ninth Circuit Considers Community's Racial Tension with Police in Finding Illegal Seizure and Lack of Voluntary Consent. — United States v. Washington, 490 F.3d 765 (9th Cir. 2007).
Ninth Circuit Holds that § 1983 Does Not Provide a Right of Action for Violations of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. — Cornejo v. County of San Diego, 504 F.3d 853 (9th Cir. 2007), reh’g and reh’g en banc denied, No. 05-56202 (9th Cir. Feb. 4, 2008).
En Banc D.C. Circuit Rejects Fundamental Right to Experimental Medications. — Abigail Alliance for Better Access to Developmental Drugs v. von Eschenbach, 495 F.3d 695 (D.C. Cir. 2007) (en banc), cert. denied, 128 S. Ct. 1069 (2008).

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Vanderbilt Law Review, Volume 61, Number 2 (March 2008)

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Vanderbilt Law Review, Volume 61, Number 2 (March 2008)

ARTICLES

Randall S. Thomas, The Evolving Role of Institutional Investors in Corporate Governance and Corporate Litigation, 61 Vand. L. Rev. 299 (2008).

Stephen J. Choi & Jill E. Fisch, On Beyond CalPERS: Survey Evidence on the Developing Role of Public Pension Funds in Corporate Governance, 61 Vand. L. Rev. 315 (2008).

James D. Cox, Randall S. Thomas, Lynn Bai, There Are Plaintiffs and . . . There are Plaintiffs: An Empirical Analysis of Securities Class Action Settlements, 61 Vand. L. Rev. 355 (2008).

Kenneth B. Davis, Jr., The Forgotten Derivative Suit, 61 Vand. L. Rev. 387 (2008).

Jesse M. Fried, Hands-Off Options, 61 Vand. L. Rev. 453 (2008).

Jeffrey N. Gordon, Proxy Contests in an Era of Increasing Shareholder Power: Forget Issuer Proxy Access and Focus on E-Proxy, 61 Vand. L. Rev. 475 (2008).

Lyman Johnson, A Fresh Look at Director “Independence”: Mutual Fund Fee Litigation and Gartenberg at Twenty-Five, 61 Vand. L. Rev. 497 (2008).

Elliot J. Weiss, The Lead Plaintiff Provisions of the PSLRA After a Decade, or “Look What’s Happened to My Baby”, 61 Vand. L. Rev. 543 (2008).

NOTES

Leah Bressack, Small Claim Mass Fraud Actions: A Proposal for Aggregate Litigation Under RICO, 61 Vand. L. Rev. 579 (2008).

Sybil Louise Dunlop, Are an Empty Head and a Pure Heart Enough? Mens Rea Standards for Judge-Imposed Rule 11 Sanctions and Their Effects on Attorney Action, 61 Vand. L. Rev. 615 (2008).

Elizabeth C. Minogue, Increasing the Effectiveness of the Security Council’s Chapter VII Authority in the Current Situations Before the International Criminal Court, 61 Vand. L. Rev. 647 (2008).

Uta Oberdörster, Why Ratify? Lessons from Treaty Ratification Campaigns, 61 Vand. L. Rev. 681 (2008).

SYMPOSIUM

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April 21, 2008

Illinois Law Review, Issue 2008:3 (May 2008)

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Illinois Law Review, Issue 2008:3 (May 2008)
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Articles
Prediction Markets and the First Amendment
Miriam A. Cherry and Robert L. Rogers

Classified Information Leaks and Free Speech
Heidi Kitrosser

Victorian Tort Liability for Workplace Injuries
Michael Ashley Stein

The Accidental Promise: Remaking the Law of Misrepresented Intent
Aditi Bagchi

Notes

Protecting Privacy in a Shared Castle: The Implications of Georgia v. Randolph for the Third-Party Consent Doctrine

Monique N. Bhargava

The Firearm Owners' Protection Act and the Restoration of Felons' Rights to Possess Firearms: Congressional Intent Versus Notice
Daniel Brenner

Supreme Court Upholds a Mandate of Death when the Jury is in Equipoise: Challenged Under the Apprendi Interpretation of the Sixth Amendment
Benjamin T. Kurtz

Breaking Asbestos Litigation's Chokehold on the American Judiciary
Christopher J. O'Malley

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April 20, 2008

Texas Law Review, Volume 86, Number 5 (April 2008)

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Texas Law Review, Volume 86, Number 5 (April 2008)


ARTICLES
The Role of Precedent in Constitutional Adjudication: An Introspection
David L. Shapiro

The Virtue of Judicial Statesmanship
Neil S. Siegel


BOOK REVIEW
Understanding the New Politics of Judicial Appointments
David R. Stras


NOTES
Forum Non Conveniens: Whose Convenience and Justice?
Finity E. Jernigan

Go Shops: A Ticket to Ride Past a Target Board’s Revlon Duties?
Joseph L. Morrel

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April 19, 2008

Washington University Law Review, Volume 85:4 (2007)

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Washington University Law Review, Volume 85:4 (2007)
ARTICLES

Docketology, District Courts, and Doctrine David A. Hoffman, Alan J. Izenman, Jeffrey R. Lidicker
The Class Action As Political Theory Martin H. Redish, Clifford W. Berlow
Retributive Justice in the Real World Michael T. Cahill
Workers, Information, and Corporate Combinations: The Case for Non-Binding Employee Referenda in Transformative Transactions Matthew T. Bodie

NOTES

Special Purpose Acquisition Companies: Spac and Span, or Blank Check Redux? Daniel S. Riemer

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April 16, 2008

Harvard Law Review Forum, 121 (2008)

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Harvard Law Review Forum, 121 (2008)

Governing Health
Jennifer Prah Ruger

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April 11, 2008

UCLA Law Review, Issue 55:3 (February 2008)

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UCLA Law Review, Issue 55:3 (February 2008).

Articles

Stephen M. Bainbridge, The Convergence of Good Faith and Oversight, 55 UCLA L. Rev. 559 (2008).

Kamal Ghali, No Slavery Except as a Punishment for Crime: The Punishment Clause and Sexual Slavery, 55 UCLA L. Rev. 607 (2008).

Caleb E. Mason, An Aesthetic Defense of the Nonprecedential Opinion: The Easy Cases Debate in the Wake of the 2007 Amendments to the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, 55 UCLA L. Rev. 643 (2008).

Comments

Malinda Lee, Reorienting the Debate on Presidential Signing Statements: The Need for Transparency in the President's Constitutional Objections, Reservations, and Assertions of Power, 55 UCLA L. Rev. 705 (2008).

Nancy Olson, Does Practice Make Perfect? An Examination of Congress's Proposed District Court Patent Pilot Program, 55 UCLA L. Rev. 745 (2008).

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Michigan Law Review, Issue 106:6 (April 2008)

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Michigan Law Review, Issue 106:6 (April 2008)
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2008 Survey of Books Related to the Law

Foreword

Patricia M. Wald, War Tales and War Trials, 106 Mich. L. Rev. 901 (2008)

Confronting War

Robert J. Delahunty & John C. Yoo, Classic Revisited: Remarque: All Quiet on the Western Front, 106 Mich. L. Rev. 923 (2008)

Karen Engle, Classic Revisited: Remarque: All Quiet on the Western Front, 106 Mich. L. Rev. 941 (2008)

Stephen Reinhardt, Posner: Not a Suicide Pact: The Constitution in a Time of National Emergency, 106 Mich. L. Rev. 963 (2008)

Kevin Jon Heller, Drumbl: Atrocity, Punishment, and International Law, 106 Mich. L. Rev. 975 (2008)

The Administrative State

Jill R. Horwitz, Hyman: Medicare Meets Mephistopheles, 106 Mich. L. Rev. 1001 (2008)

M. Elizabeth Magill, Croley: Regulation and Public Interests: The Possibility of Good Regulatory Government, 106 Mich. L. Rev. 1021 (2008)

Comparative Law

Benjamin L. Liebman, West: Secrets, Sex and Spectacle: The Rules of Scandal in Japan and the United States, 106 Mich. L. Rev. 1041 (2008)

Roger P. Alford, Krotoszynski, Jr.: The First Amendment in Cross-Cultural Perspective: A Comparative Legal Analysis of the Freedom of Speech, 106 Mich. L. Rev. 1071 (2008)

Corporate Governance

Merrit B. Fox, Coffee, Jr.: Gatekeepers: The Professions and Corporate, 106 Mich. L. Rev. 1089 (2008)

Immigration

Cristina M. Rodriguez, Motomura: Americans in Waiting: The Lost Story of Immigration and Citizenship in the United States, 106 Mich. L. Rev. 1111 (2008)

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