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Full-Text Articles in Law
Fifty Years Of Community Service: A Tribute To Mel Shimm, Barak D. Richman
Fifty Years Of Community Service: A Tribute To Mel Shimm, Barak D. Richman
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Uncovering The Invisible Profile Of Medical Malpractice Litigation: Insights From Florida, Neil Vidmar, Paul Lee, Kara Mackillop, Kieran Mccarthy, Gerald Mcgwin
Uncovering The Invisible Profile Of Medical Malpractice Litigation: Insights From Florida, Neil Vidmar, Paul Lee, Kara Mackillop, Kieran Mccarthy, Gerald Mcgwin
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Thoughts On ‘Smith’ And Religious-Group Autonomy, Laura S. Underkuffler
Thoughts On ‘Smith’ And Religious-Group Autonomy, Laura S. Underkuffler
Faculty Scholarship
Reconciling the federal constitutional guarantee of religious free exercise with the collective interests of civil society has long been a difficult problem for First Amendment jurisprudence. For many years, the United States Supreme Court protected claimed religious exercise if it was required by a central religious belief, was substantially burdened by government action, and was not outweighed by a compelling state interest. The last prong of this test, in particular, afforded substantial protection to claimed religious exercise when pitted against state laws. In Employment Division v. Smith, decided little more than a decade ago, the Court abruptly shifted course. Citing …
Book Review: Fairness Vs. Welfare, Matthew D. Adler
Book Review: Fairness Vs. Welfare, Matthew D. Adler
Faculty Scholarship
Reviewing Louis Kaplow & Steven Shavell, Fairness versus Welfare (2002)
Reflections On The Teaching Of Constitutional Law, William W. Van Alstyne
Reflections On The Teaching Of Constitutional Law, William W. Van Alstyne
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Medical Malpractice And The Tort System In Illinois (Report To The Illinois State Bar Association, May 2005), Neil Vidmar
Medical Malpractice And The Tort System In Illinois (Report To The Illinois State Bar Association, May 2005), Neil Vidmar
Faculty Scholarship
A report to the Illinois State Bar Association of a study examining the incidence, frequency, size of verdicts and other aspects of the medical malpractice system in Illinois. The study looked at statewide data where available, concentrating on Cook and DuPage counties, and Madison and St. Clair counties. The study concludes that the Illinois tort system does not appear to be the cause of the undisputed fact that doctors' liability insurance premiums showed dramatic rises.
The Transformation Of World Trade, Joost H. B. Pauwelyn
The Transformation Of World Trade, Joost H. B. Pauwelyn
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Crawford V. Washington: Encouraging And Ensuring The Confrontation Of Witnesses, Robert P. Mosteller
Crawford V. Washington: Encouraging And Ensuring The Confrontation Of Witnesses, Robert P. Mosteller
Faculty Scholarship
In Crawford v. Washington (2004), the United States Supreme Court radically altered Confrontation Clause analysis for the admission of hearsay statements. It created a very firm rule of actual confrontation for a narrowed class of covered hearsay, termed “testimonial statements,” and created only a limited number of exceptions. This new regime differed dramatically from the trustworthiness/reliability mode of analysis of Ohio v. Roberts (1980), which provided very wide but incredibly shallow protection against the admission of hearsay offered by the prosecution against the defendant. This article analyzes the basic teachings and uncertainties left in the wake of Crawford, sifting through …
Making Federalism Doctrine: Fidelity, Institutional Competence, And Compensating Adjustments, Ernest A. Young
Making Federalism Doctrine: Fidelity, Institutional Competence, And Compensating Adjustments, Ernest A. Young
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Introductory Report On The World Trade Organization, Joost H. B. Pauwelyn
Introductory Report On The World Trade Organization, Joost H. B. Pauwelyn
Faculty Scholarship
Presented at Palma Workshop, 20-21 May 2005, on Unity and Fragmentation in International Law.
Keynote Address: Rehnquist Court’S Federalism Revolution, Erwin Chemerinsky
Keynote Address: Rehnquist Court’S Federalism Revolution, Erwin Chemerinsky
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Organizational Form As Status And Signal, Kimberly D. Krawiec
Organizational Form As Status And Signal, Kimberly D. Krawiec
Faculty Scholarship
In this Article, the author analyzes the reactions of 147 New York City law firms to the 1994 enactment of the New York Limited Liability Partnership statute, which provided New York law firm partners with the first convenient mechanism to limit their personal liability for partnership debts. Using both quantitative and qualitative evidence, she evaluates whether the behavior of New York law firms supports the signaling theory of organizational form - that is, the theory that firms use the partnership form to signal to the marketplace that they provide high quality legal services, due to either superior monitoring or to …
Organizational Misconduct: Beyond The Principal-Agent Model, Kimberly D. Krawiec
Organizational Misconduct: Beyond The Principal-Agent Model, Kimberly D. Krawiec
Faculty Scholarship
This article demonstrates that, at least since the adoption of the Organizational Sentencing Guidelines in 1991, the United States legal regime has been moving away from a system of strict vicarious liability toward a system of duty-based organizational liability. Under this system, organizational liability for agent misconduct is dependant on whether or not the organization has exercised due care to avoid the harm in question, rather than under traditional agency principles of respondeat superior. Courts and agencies typically evaluate the level of care exercised by the organization by inquiring whether the organization had in place internal compliance structures ostensibly designed …
The Ethics Of Empire, Again (Review Essay), Jedediah Purdy
The Ethics Of Empire, Again (Review Essay), Jedediah Purdy
Faculty Scholarship
Reviewing, Noah Feldman, What We Owe Iraq: War and the Ethics of Nation Building (Princeton University Press, 2004)
Globalizing Savigny: The State In Savigny’S Private International Law, And The Challenge Of Europeanization And Globalization, Ralf Michaels
Globalizing Savigny: The State In Savigny’S Private International Law, And The Challenge Of Europeanization And Globalization, Ralf Michaels
Faculty Scholarship
How can conflict of laws respond to the challenges from globalization? Some argue that state-based approaches like governmental interest analysis are inadequate, and advocate a return to the approach taken by the German scholar Savigny in the 19th century. The article shows that the assumption is correct: state-based approaches have indeed become problematic. However, a return to Savigny's approach will not help: While Savigny's approach is multilateral and pays little regard to governmental interest, closer analysis reveals how central the state is to his theory. The consequences are shown in an analysis of a recent European case. It follows that …
“Testimonial” And The Formalistic Definition: The Case For An “Accusatorial” Fix, Robert P. Mosteller
“Testimonial” And The Formalistic Definition: The Case For An “Accusatorial” Fix, Robert P. Mosteller
Faculty Scholarship
The definition that the Supreme Court ultimately gives to the concept of testimonial statements will obviously be of critical importance in determining whether the new Confrontation Clause analysis adopted by Crawford affects only a few core statements or applies to a broader group of accusatorial statements knowingly made to government officials and perhaps private individuals at arm's length from the speaker. I contend that the broader definition is more consistent with the anti-inquisitorial roots of the Confrontation Clause when that provision is applied in the modern world. If my sense of the proper scope of the clause is roughly correct, …
Justification, Legitimacy, And Administrative Governance, Matthew D. Adler
Justification, Legitimacy, And Administrative Governance, Matthew D. Adler
Faculty Scholarship
Richard Stewart, in his classic article ‘The Reformation of American Administrative Law,’ argues that the demise of the ’transmission belt’ model of administrative governance creates a crisis of agency legitimacy, and he skeptically surveys a range of possible solutions to the legitimacy crisis. I claim that Stewart’s skepticism is misguided. It may be true that no feasible administrative structure is democratically legitimate; but it is also true, given the logic of moral justification, that in every choice situation confronted by agency decisionmakers, or by those who design agencies, there is some morally permissible and justified choice (perhaps a choice that …
Judicial Triage: Reflections On The Debate Over Unpublished Opinions, Mitu Gulati, David C. Vladeck
Judicial Triage: Reflections On The Debate Over Unpublished Opinions, Mitu Gulati, David C. Vladeck
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Paying For Politics, John M. De Figueiredo, Elizabeth Garrett
Paying For Politics, John M. De Figueiredo, Elizabeth Garrett
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
The Limits Of Fourth-Generation Warfare, Charles J. Dunlap Jr.
The Limits Of Fourth-Generation Warfare, Charles J. Dunlap Jr.
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Statutory Interpretation And The Intentional(Ist) Stance, Cheryl Boudreau, Mathew D. Mccubbins, Daniel B. Rodriguez
Statutory Interpretation And The Intentional(Ist) Stance, Cheryl Boudreau, Mathew D. Mccubbins, Daniel B. Rodriguez
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Canonical Construction And Statutory Revisionism: The Strange Case Of The Appropriations Canon, Mathew D. Mccubbins, Daniel B. Rodriguez
Canonical Construction And Statutory Revisionism: The Strange Case Of The Appropriations Canon, Mathew D. Mccubbins, Daniel B. Rodriguez
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No abstract provided.
Lost In Translation: Social Choice Theory Is Misapplied Against Legislative Intent, Arthur Lupia, Mathew D. Mccubbins
Lost In Translation: Social Choice Theory Is Misapplied Against Legislative Intent, Arthur Lupia, Mathew D. Mccubbins
Faculty Scholarship
Several prominent scholars use results from social choice theory to conclude that legislative intent is meaningless. We disagree. We support our argument by showing that the conclusions in question are based on misapplications of the theory. Some of the conclusions in question are based on Arrow's famous General Possibility Theorem. We identify a substantial chasm between what Arrow proves and what others claim in his name. Other conclusions come from a failure to realize that applying social choice theory to questions of legislative intent entails accepting assumptions such as "legislators are omniscient" and "legislators have infinite resources for changing law …
Innocence, Harmless Error, And Federal Wrongful Conviction Law, Brandon L. Garrett
Innocence, Harmless Error, And Federal Wrongful Conviction Law, Brandon L. Garrett
Faculty Scholarship
This Article examines the body of law emerging in cases brought by former criminal defendants once exonerated, often through DNA testing, which may fundamentally reshape our criminal justice system. Federal wrongful conviction actions share a novel construction - they rely on criminal procedure rights incorporated as an element in a civil rights lawsuit. During a criminal trial, remedies for violations of procedural rights are often seen as truth defeating, because they exclude evidence possibly probative of guilt. In a civil wrongful conviction action, that remedial paradigm is reversed. The exonerated defendant instead seeks to remedy government misconduct that was truth …
2003-2004 Supreme Court Update, Erwin Chemerinsky
2003-2004 Supreme Court Update, Erwin Chemerinsky
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
We Are All Saying Much The Same Thing: A Rejoinder To The Comments Of Professors Coffee, Macy And Simon, Steven L. Schwarcz
We Are All Saying Much The Same Thing: A Rejoinder To The Comments Of Professors Coffee, Macy And Simon, Steven L. Schwarcz
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Crawford’S Impact On Hearsay Statements In Domestic Violence And Child Sexual Abuse Cases, Robert P. Mosteller
Crawford’S Impact On Hearsay Statements In Domestic Violence And Child Sexual Abuse Cases, Robert P. Mosteller
Faculty Scholarship
This Essay examines the important ancillary doctrines that need to be developed in the wake of Crawford v. Washington (2004) and the "testimonial statement" approach to Confrontation Clause analysis to ensure that when confrontation is provided it in fact satisfies the requirements of the Clause. More than just some opportunity to cross-examine is required. The witness must be asked to make a public accusation in his or her direct testimony rather than simply being made available for questioning by defense counsel. A public accusation in not simply an after-thought of the right; rather, both it and cross-examination are central components. …
Exiting Treaties, Laurence R. Helfer
Exiting Treaties, Laurence R. Helfer
Faculty Scholarship
This Article analyzes the under-explored phenomenon of unilateral exit from international agreements and intergovernmental organizations. Although clauses authorizing denunciation and withdrawal from treaties are pervasive, international legal scholars and international relations theorists have largely ignored them. This Article draws upon new empirical evidence to provide a comprehensive interdisciplinary framework for understanding treaty exit. It examines when and why states abandon their treaty commitments and explains how exit helps to resolve certain theoretical and doctrinal puzzles that have long troubled scholars of international affairs.
Judging The Law Of Politics, Guy-Uriel Charles
Judging The Law Of Politics, Guy-Uriel Charles
Faculty Scholarship
In this Review Essay I explore the rights-structure debate that has captivated the attention of election law scholars. The Essay juxtaposes the recent work of a leading individualist Professor Richard Hasen's new book, "The Supreme Court and Election Law," against the recent work of a leading structuralist, Professor Richard Pildes' recent Foreword to the Harvard Law Review. I argue that even though the rights-structure debate produces much heat, it does not significantly advance the goal of understanding and evaluating the role of the Court in democratic politics. I aim to return election law to a dualistic understanding of the relationship …
Wartime Security And Constitutional Liberty: Detainees, Erwin Chemerinsky
Wartime Security And Constitutional Liberty: Detainees, Erwin Chemerinsky
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.