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The Mistaken Turn To Church Autonomy, Peter J. Smith, Robert W. Tuttle

GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works

With increasing frequency and intensity, courts and commentators have advanced a doctrine of church autonomy that shields matters of internal church affairs from judicial scrutiny. Judges and scholars have invoked the doctrine in cases that involve disputes over property, employment, and governance of religious institutions. When applied, the doctrine ordinarily requires the dismissal of suits by aggrieved employees, congregants, or affiliated religious entities, thereby leaving employment and property disputes to unreviewable resolution by church authorities.

The turn to church autonomy is a regrettable mistake that contributes to the unjustifiable expansion of free exercise protections for religion at the expense of …

Connecting Mens Rea And Actus Reus: Toward A New Theory Of Correspondence, Elise Sugarman

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

The justifiable imposition of criminal liability requires more than possession of mens rea and performance of an actus reus. A defendant’s mens rea and actus reus must also connect in a particular way. While this is a well-recognized principle in Anglo-American criminal law, the nature of the required connection—“correspondence”—is poorly understood.

This Article identifies three conflicting existent theories of correspondence from the criminal legal literature and from judicial reasoning: contemporaneity theory, actuation theory, and normative theory. According to contemporaneity theory, correspondence requires that mens rea overlap in time with the actus reus. According to actuation theory, correspondence requires that mens …

Leveraging Intellectual Property For Development: Insights From South Korea For Developing Countries, Gracie Alinafe Chimvula

Cybaris®

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Physician-Assisted Suicide: A Catholic Legal Tradition Perspective, David Mina Ibrahim

Student Works

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Kingsley And The Deliberate Indifference Circuit Split, Kevin Scanlon

Student Works

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J Am Coll Dent 2026 92 2b

Journal of the American College of Dentists

This special issue of the Journal of the American College of Dentists responds to a growing but long-underrecognized demand for humanities and ethics in dental education, practice, and scholarship. It emerges from the work of the National Collaborative on Humanities and Ethics in Dentistry (NCHED), a multi-institutional partnership formed in 2023 to address the persistent exclusion of dentistry from broader health humanities conversations. Through national webinars and scholarly collaboration, NCHED has demonstrated substantial interest in ethical reflection, historical analysis, narrative inquiry, and the arts as essential to understanding oral health and dental care.

The unexpectedly strong response to the call …

The Patroon System Of New Netherland And Its Lasting Influence On Landlord-Tenant Law, Liam Edward Cronan

Mitchell Hamline Law Review

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Justice For The Accomplice: Minnesota's 2023 Accomplice Liability Amendment And Its Shortcomings, John M. Thompson

Mitchell Hamline Law Review

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Export Controls As Intellectual Property Regulation, Doni Bloomfield

Faculty Scholarship

Export-control laws have long regulated information created outside of the U.S. government. Legal scholars have paid little attention to these national-security laws, and have not recognized that the government uses them specifically to assert a right to suppress information held in patent applications and trade secrets. In this Article, I present a new history of the relationship between export controls and intellectual property to show how the government regulates IP transfers, and how the state uses IP laws to national-security ends. Export-control laws regulate IP by controlling how people in the United States and beyond can share or use inventive …

Normative Jurisprudence & Good Government, Zachary A. Chin

Student Works

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The Court Of Arbitration For Sport: An Investigation Into Its Issues And Solutions Which Can Restore Its Legitimacy As “The Supreme Court Of Sports.”, Alex Kingsley

Student Works

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Beyond Hiring And Firing: The Ministerial Exception And Hostile Work Environment Claims, Emma M. Rittenhouse

Student Works

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Immigration Detention, Punishment Without Conviction: Civil In Name Only, Christopher Mongelli

Student Works

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Are We In Oz? The Constitutionality Of Inhumane Treatment In Noncitizen Detainment Centers, Grace Callahan

Student Works

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Lewis V. Casey, Or Lexis Versus Westlaw? Benefits Of Updating Prison Law Libraries With The Latest Ai-Powered Research Tools, Joseph Holland

Student Works

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Gambling Away The Integrity Of Sports, Michael P. Cesa

Student Works

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Age, Ambiguity, And Administrative Overreach: How U.S. Import Law Keeps American Motorsport In The Slow Lane, Conor Abbamonte

Student Works

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A Defense Of The Usage Of Natural Law In The American Common Law Tradition, Vincent P. Manning Iii

Student Works

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Ice Is In Your Children's Schools: How Trump's Immigration Raids Could Revive The Case For A Constitutional Right To Education, Alyssa A. Ettore

Student Works

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Banning Books, Silencing Voices, And Endangering Democracy: How Contemporary Book Bans Hinder Public Education, Melissa Mcgloin

Student Works

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From Doctrine To The Courtroom: Catholic Legal Theory And Natural Law Meet Originalist Arguments For Equal Protection Of The Unborn, Katherine Butler

Student Works

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Judicial Limits On Ncii Takedowns: Prior-Restraint Constraints On §6851 Injunctions And Narrowing Constructions For The Take It Down 48-Hour Duty, Jiayi Ren

Student Works

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Navigating Change Amidst Ambiguity: A Survey Of Collegiate Athlete Legal Status And Compensation, Andrew C. Marino

Student Works

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Who Can Be Disarmed? The Critical Need For The Return To Means-End Scrutiny In Rejection Of Bruen’S History And Tradition Test, Candacie Hilliman

Student Works

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It’S Not A Trap!: How Employers Can Adjust To Noncompete Agreement Bans & Restrictions With Fair Alternatives, Sophia D’Agostino

Student Works

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Extraordinary And Compelling: Considering Actual Innocence In Compassionate Release, Peter Arleo

Student Works

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Censoring History: Florida’S “Stop Woke” Legislation, The Fight Over Critical Race Theory, And The Case For Inclusive Curricula., Chloe Schafer

Student Works

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Disclose Tenant Rights: A Call For Congress To Pass A Conditional Spending Grant For State-Mandated Tenant Disclosure Forms, Salvatore Imbornone Iii

Student Works

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Autonomous Ai And Ownership Rules, Frank Fagan

Dickinson Law Review (2017-Present)

As artificial intelligence (AI) systems become increasingly autonomous, traditional notions of ownership will adapt. Historically, property rights have been grounded in traceability, enabling legal and economic systems to allocate ownership efficiently through doctrines such as accession (ownership by connection), and first possession (ownership by labor). Property law also recognizes that abandoned property, when considered untraceable to its original owner, can be efficiently reassigned through accession, ensuring that resources do not remain ownerless. However, autonomous AI systems capable of self-replication, self-governance, and independent economic activity complicate these established principles, raising new questions about how ownership should be determined when AI is …

Envisioning Antiracist Legal Education In Aotearoa New Zealand: The Role Of Leadership, Mele T. Vaitohi

Dickinson Law Review (2017-Present)

This Essay presents a comprehensive examination of antiracism within Aotearoa New Zealand’s legal education, underscoring the critical need to embed antiracist principles across both the curriculum and the legal profession. It highlights the imperative for systemic change to dismantle structural inequities and advocates for an educational framework that prepares future lawyers to address and challenge racial injustice. Additionally, the Essay demonstrates how visionary leadership can spearhead transformative initiatives that amplify Pacific voices, cultivating a legal landscape that is both inclusive and equitable. Through these insights, this Essay aims to contribute to ongoing dialogues on creating a justice system reflective of …