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Full-Text Articles in Legal History
Justice Blackmun's Mark On Criminal Law And Procedure, Kit Kinports
Justice Blackmun's Mark On Criminal Law And Procedure, Kit Kinports
Kit Kinports
When Justice Blackmun was nominated to the Court in 1970, Americans were consumed with the idea of crime control. In the 1968 presidential campaign, Richard Nixon had called the Supreme Court "soft on crime" and had promised to "put 'law and order' judges on the Court." While sitting on the Eighth Circuit, the Justice had "seldom struck down searches, seizures, arrests or confessions," and most of his opinions in criminal cases had "affirmed guilty verdicts and sentences." Thus, according to one commentator, Justice Blackmun seemed to be "exactly what Nixon was looking for: a judge who believed in judicial restraint, …
Ex Post Modernism: How The First Amendment Framed Nonrepresentational Art, Sonya G. Bonneau
Ex Post Modernism: How The First Amendment Framed Nonrepresentational Art, Sonya G. Bonneau
Sonya G Bonneau
Nonrepresentational art repeatedly surfaces in legal discourse as an example of highly valued First Amendment speech. It is also systematically described in constitutionally valueless terms: nonlinguistic, noncognitive, and apolitical. Why does law talk about nonrepresentational art at all, much less treat it as a constitutional precept? What are the implications for conceptualizing artistic expression as free speech?
This article contends that the source of nonrepresentational art’s presumptive First Amendment value is the same source of its utter lack thereof: modernism. Specifically, a symbolic alliance between abstraction and freedom of expression was forged in the mid-twentieth century, informed by social and …
Book Review, Unintended Consequences Of Constitutional Amendment, Neil Kinkopf
Book Review, Unintended Consequences Of Constitutional Amendment, Neil Kinkopf
Neil J. Kinkopf
No abstract provided.
Fifteen Years And Death: Double Jeopardy, Multiple Punishments, And Extended Stays On Death Row, Michael J. Johnson
Fifteen Years And Death: Double Jeopardy, Multiple Punishments, And Extended Stays On Death Row, Michael J. Johnson
Michael P. Johnson
Fifteen Years and Death is a Note that considers a completely novel application of the Double Jeopardy Clause to excessive time on death row. Traditionally, death penalty opponents have attacked the now fifteen-year average wait time on death row as a violation of the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishments, but this argument has fallen flat time and time again as courts have been reluctant to find merely living in prison to be “cruel” or “unusual.” Most courts do admit, however, that such time on death row does constitute some sort of punishment. As originally imagined, the Double …
Janus Capital Group, Inc. V. First Derivative Traders: The Culmination Of The Supreme Court’S Evolution From Liberal To Reactionary In Rule 10b-5 Actions, Charles W. Murdock
Janus Capital Group, Inc. V. First Derivative Traders: The Culmination Of The Supreme Court’S Evolution From Liberal To Reactionary In Rule 10b-5 Actions, Charles W. Murdock
Charles W. Murdock
“Political” decisions such as Citizens United and National Federation of Independent Business (“Obamacare”) reflect the reactionary bent of several Supreme Court justices. But this reactionary trend is discernible in other areas as well. With regard to Rule 10b-5, the Court has handed down a series of decisions that could be grouped into four trilogies. The article examines the trend over the past 40 years which has become increasingly conservative and finally reactionary.
The first trilogy was a liberal one, arguably overextending the scope of Rule 10b-5. This was followed by a conservative trilogy which put a brake on such extension, …
Progressive Possibilities For Corporate Law, Kent Greenfield
Progressive Possibilities For Corporate Law, Kent Greenfield
Kent Greenfield
No abstract provided.
Panelist, Mini-Symposium On Tamar Frankel's Book The Ponzi Scheme Puzzle, Kent Greenfield
Panelist, Mini-Symposium On Tamar Frankel's Book The Ponzi Scheme Puzzle, Kent Greenfield
Kent Greenfield
No abstract provided.
Featured Speaker, Demos Monthly Meeting, Kent Greenfield
Featured Speaker, Demos Monthly Meeting, Kent Greenfield
Kent Greenfield
No abstract provided.
American Constitutionalism: Volume Ii: Rights & Liberties, Howard Gillman, Mark Graber, Keith Whittington
American Constitutionalism: Volume Ii: Rights & Liberties, Howard Gillman, Mark Graber, Keith Whittington
Mark Graber
Constitutionalism in the United States is not determined solely by decisions made by the Supreme Court. Moving beyond traditional casebooks, renowned scholars Howard Gillman, Mark A. Graber, and Keith E. Whittington take a refreshingly innovative approach in American Constitutionalism. Organized according to the standard two-semester sequence--in which Volume I covers Structures of Government and Volume II covers Rights and Liberties--this text is unique in that it presents the material in a historical organization within each volume, as opposed to the typical issues-based organization.
Panelist, Apocalypse Now Or Much Ado About Nothing? An Election Post-Mortem On The Effects Of Citizens United, Kent Greenfield
Panelist, Apocalypse Now Or Much Ado About Nothing? An Election Post-Mortem On The Effects Of Citizens United, Kent Greenfield
Kent Greenfield
No abstract provided.
Moderator, Corporation Speech After Citizens United, Kent Greenfield
Moderator, Corporation Speech After Citizens United, Kent Greenfield
Kent Greenfield
No abstract provided.
Panelist, The Affordable Care Act’S Prospects In The Supreme Court, Kent Greenfield
Panelist, The Affordable Care Act’S Prospects In The Supreme Court, Kent Greenfield
Kent Greenfield
No abstract provided.
Panelist, To Amend Or Not To Amend: The Impact Of Citizens United, Kent Greenfield
Panelist, To Amend Or Not To Amend: The Impact Of Citizens United, Kent Greenfield
Kent Greenfield
No abstract provided.
Moderator, Panel On Defense Of Marriage Act, Kent Greenfield
Moderator, Panel On Defense Of Marriage Act, Kent Greenfield
Kent Greenfield
No abstract provided.
Presentations On The Myth Of Choice, Kent Greenfield
Presentations On The Myth Of Choice, Kent Greenfield
Kent Greenfield
Kent Greenfield has delivered over 30 public lectures and presentations to a wide variety of audiences in support of his book, The Myth of Choice, including presentations at the Center for the Study of Law & Society at UC Berkeley, the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, TN.
Moderator, Secularism, Islam, And Democracy, Kent Greenfield
Moderator, Secularism, Islam, And Democracy, Kent Greenfield
Kent Greenfield
No abstract provided.
Panelist, Beyond The Quarterly Report: Managing Risk And Creating Long-Term Value Through Corporate Responsibility, Kent Greenfield
Panelist, Beyond The Quarterly Report: Managing Risk And Creating Long-Term Value Through Corporate Responsibility, Kent Greenfield
Kent Greenfield
No abstract provided.
Moderator, Globalization, Corporate Accountability, And The Courts, Kent Greenfield
Moderator, Globalization, Corporate Accountability, And The Courts, Kent Greenfield
Kent Greenfield
Moderated panel of scholars and practitioners on the corporate exposure to tort liability for involvement in human rights violations.
Moderator, The Sustainable Corporation, Kent Greenfield
Moderator, The Sustainable Corporation, Kent Greenfield
Kent Greenfield
Co-organized (and moderated a panel during) an international conference on corporate law and sustainability, held at Wake Forest Law School.
Panelist, Corporate Political Speech And Dueling Conceptions Of The Corporation In Supreme Court Jurisprudence, Kent Greenfield
Panelist, Corporate Political Speech And Dueling Conceptions Of The Corporation In Supreme Court Jurisprudence, Kent Greenfield
Kent Greenfield
As chair of the Section on Business Organizations for AALS, I organized and moderated the 2011 Program of AALS Section on Business Associations, January 7, 2011, San Francisco, CA. Program was entitled “Corporate Political Speech and Dueling Conceptions of the Corporation in Supreme Court Jurisprudence,” and was co-sponsored by the Section on Constitutional Law. This was the first time in memory that the Business Associations Section and the Constitutional Law Section had co-sponsored a program.
America's First Wiretapping Controversy In Context And As Context, Wesley Oliver
America's First Wiretapping Controversy In Context And As Context, Wesley Oliver
Wesley M Oliver
No abstract provided.
Competing Sources Of Law And The Adjudicative Power. Advantages Of Nordic Law In A European Context And The Need Of Comparative And Historical Research And Teaching, Martin Sunnqvist
Martin Sunnqvist
No abstract provided.
Panelist, Unexplored Terrain: Companies, Trade Associations And Risk, Kent Greenfield
Panelist, Unexplored Terrain: Companies, Trade Associations And Risk, Kent Greenfield
Kent Greenfield
No abstract provided.
How Law Constructs Wealth Patterns [Panel Remarks], Kent Greenfield
How Law Constructs Wealth Patterns [Panel Remarks], Kent Greenfield
Kent Greenfield
No abstract provided.
Defending Stakeholder Governance, Kent Greenfield
Defending Stakeholder Governance, Kent Greenfield
Kent Greenfield
Corporations are collective enterprises, drawing on investments from various stakeholders who contribute to the firm's success. For a business to succeed over time, it must induce people and institutions to invest money, whether in the form of equity or loans. It must induce people to invest their labor, intelligence, skill, and attention by joining the firm as employees or managers. It must induce local communities to invest infrastructure of various kinds. None of these investors-for investors they all are-contributes its input out of altruism or obligation. They all do so because they believe that the corporation provides the mechanism for …
Fighting For Equality, And Losing, Kent Greenfield
Fighting For Equality, And Losing, Kent Greenfield
Kent Greenfield
No abstract provided.
The Unconstitutionality Of Class-Based Statutory Limitations On Presidential Nominations: Can A Man Head The Women's Bureau At The Department Of Labor?, Donald J. Kochan
The Unconstitutionality Of Class-Based Statutory Limitations On Presidential Nominations: Can A Man Head The Women's Bureau At The Department Of Labor?, Donald J. Kochan
Donald J. Kochan
Can a man be the Director of the Women’s Bureau at the Department of Labor? According to Congress, the answer is no. Congress has stated by statute that a woman must be the nominee to head the Women’s Bureau at the Department of Labor. The key questions are: (1) even if it makes sense on policy grounds, is it constitutional? and (2) if we accept such a statutory limitation power what are the potential precedential consequences for other appointment matters? This Article’s case study is particularly relevant today, examining just how far Congress can go to limit the discretion of …
It's Time To Federalize Corporate Charters, Kent Greenfield
It's Time To Federalize Corporate Charters, Kent Greenfield
Kent Greenfield
No abstract provided.
September 11 And The End Of History For Corporate Law, Kent Greenfield
September 11 And The End Of History For Corporate Law, Kent Greenfield
Kent Greenfield
Using the tragic events of September 11th as case study; this Essay critiques a prominent, recent article that suggests the ideology of shareholder primacy has become so dominant that the "end of history" is at hand for corporate law. The author suggests that a dedication to shareholder primacy helped create the context in which the events of September 11th could occur, by making the airlines less attentive to security concerns that did not affect the airline companies' stock prices. Shareholder primacy makes corporations more likely to externalize the costs of the firms' decisions onto constituencies other than shareholders, and such …
Original Penumbras: Constitutional Interpretation In The First Year Of Congress, Kent Greenfield
Original Penumbras: Constitutional Interpretation In The First Year Of Congress, Kent Greenfield
Kent Greenfield
No abstract provided.