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Textualism And The Modern Explanatory Statute, Adam Crews

Saint Louis University Law Journal

The explanatory statute is a largely forgotten legislative tool. Once common, the explanatory statute was a retrospective act that identified an ambiguity or erroneous interpretation of a prior law and then directed the legislature’s view of the correct interpretation.

Although now rare, the explanatory statute is not dead. Just a few years ago, Congress enacted an amendment to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act—a now hotly contested topic—with the hallmarks of an explanatory statute. In the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017 (“FOSTA”), Congress concluded that courts had over-extended Section 230 immunity to …

The Relevance Of African Culture In Building Modern Institutions And The Quest For Legal Pluralism, Samahagn G. Abebe

Saint Louis University Law Journal

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The Numbers Dilemma: The Chimera Of Modern Police Accountability Systems, James F. Gilsinan

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

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