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A Sherbert Colored Lens: Apache Stronghold And The Uphill Battle For The Recognition Of A Substantial Burden For Indigenous Plaintiffs, Emma P. Collins

Kentucky Law Journal

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Enforcement Mechanisms For Supreme Court Ethics Codes: Applying State Models To Scotus, Katherine Nipper

Kentucky Law Journal

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Hope In The Holler: How Eminent Domain Can Bring Economic Justice To Central Appalachia, Matthew B. Chaney

Kentucky Law Journal

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History And Tradition Of Inequality, Advocacy, And Progress, Teri Dobbins Baxter

Kentucky Law Journal

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The Birth Of Creditor Qualified Immunity, Daniel M. Tavera

Kentucky Law Journal

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States Strip Local Governments Of Authority To Govern Causing Some Rural Communities To Suffer, Terence J. Centner

Kentucky Law Journal

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Much Ado About Nothing: The Effect Of The "Nullity Rule" On Purported Pro Se Litigants In Federal Court, John T. Lambert

Kentucky Law Journal

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Consumer Bankruptcy: A "Gem" Of The Legal Profession But A Diamond In The Rough, Tori Harris

Kentucky Law Journal

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Arbitration Clause Expansion, Hossein Fazilatfar

Kentucky Law Journal

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The New Parens Patriae, Meredith Johnson Harbach

Kentucky Law Journal

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Against First Amendment Traditionalism, Jacob M. Schriner-Briggs

Kentucky Law Journal

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Caging Songwriters In The Compulsory Licensing Framework: A Battle Of Fairness And Equity, Maria Kaganis

St. John's Law Review

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Imagine it is November 2023, and you log onto Spotify to stream your favorite music. As you do, you notice you now have access to up to fifteen hours of the most popular audiobooks. You really enjoy the addition of audiobooks to Spotify and have used the new feature for months. Come March of 2024, however, you get an email stating that Spotify will be introducing a . . . music-audiobook bundle as part of your current subscription? Is that not what you already had? Shrugging it off, you move on and continue enjoying your music, audiobooks, and podcasts …

Cross-Talk, The Honorable Raymond J. Lohier, John Q. Barrett, Noa Ben-Asher, Margaret E. Mcguinness, Mark L. Movsesian, Michael A. Perino

St. John's Law Review

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You know what is interesting? This has been on my mind for a long time as my law clerk, Colin, knows. What you have all described in different ways, maybe with the exception of the religious rights case, but I will get to that, is a Supreme Court that either is, or perceives itself to be, unchecked by Congress and at times unchecked by the President, largely for reasons that we can discuss.

Some Brief Thoughts On The Ten Commandments In The Schools, Mark L. Movsesian

St. John's Law Review

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Thank you, Judge, and I want to thank Eva for inviting me to participate and all of you for being here this afternoon.

My area of scholarly expertise is the Religion Clauses of the First Amendment. That is what I write about. So far, the Supreme Court has not taken any cases on the Religion Clauses this term, which is a little unusual. The Court has decided several important cases in this area in the last decade or so, and maybe the Court has decided to take a break this term. We will see.

But some important church-and-state issues …

Change And Continuity: Foreign Affairs And Procedure At The Supreme Court 2024–25, Margaret E. Mcguinness

St. John's Law Review

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The 100th anniversary of the founding of the Law School is a wonderful occasion to discuss how research and teaching form us as professors within the St. John’s community. I teach, research, and write about international law, international human rights, diplomacy, and the ways in which international law becomes law in the United States. I also teach civil procedure and international litigation. These two strands of my work allow me to think about the complex interplay between international law and domestic court procedure. I also have professional experience in each of these areas: First, as a career diplomat for …

Respecting Who Legislates: Congresses And Presidents, John Q. Barrett

St. John's Law Review

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Under the United States Constitution, who legislates? The Constitution says, in plain words, that “[a]ll legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.” So people who know the Constitution tend to say that “Congress” legislates.

There are two problems with that answer. The first is rhetorical: that summary answer is too disembodied. “Congress,” when it passes a bill, in fact, is many, typically highly respectable, elected Senators and Representatives. At minimum, 269 people—fifty-one Senators (or fifty Senators plus one Vice President of the …

On Being A Scholar And A Teacher In Polarized Times, Michael A. Simons

St. John's Law Review

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There’s an old expression, sometimes attributed to a Chinese curse, that says “May you live in interesting times.” That expression is very much in the air these days. One hundred years after the founding of our law school, it feels like we are in not just “interesting” but unprecedented times.

Perhaps every era feels unprecedented, but right now our country seems acutely polarized, our legal system seems to be under great stress, and fundamental assumptions we’ve held about the Rule of Law seem to be eroding. And then, to add to that, the assassination of Charlie Kirk and the …

Opening Symposium Remarks: Celebrating 100 Years Of Scholarly Impact At St. John’S Law, Jelani Jefferson Exum

St. John's Law Review

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Good morning, everyone. It is both an honor and a joy to open today’s symposium—Impact That Endures: Celebrating the Past, Present, and Future of St. John’s Law Faculty Scholarship.

As we gather in this centennial year of St. John’s Law, we have the opportunity to reflect not only on our history but also on our identity. So that means thinking about who we have been, who we are, and then also, who we aspire to be.

C.S.A. Assessment - Tamp Family Health Center Portal, Delante Clark

Graduate Scholarship and Creative Works

This C.A.S. assessment evaluates how the Tampa Family Health Centers website influences userattention, cognitive processing, information accessibility, navigation efficiency, and digital user experience.The assessment examines whether the platform supports intentional engagement and informed decision-making while minimizing cognitive overload, distraction, confusion, and unnecessary attentional demands.

TFHC serves as a healthcare access portal providing appointment scheduling, patient resources, providerinformation, healthcare services, MyChart access, payment services, and community health resources.These functions make attention management and information clarity critical to successful user outcomes.

Zeus Network And The Commercialization Of Conflict: A Critical Analysis Of Exploitation, Representation, And Reality Television, Delante Clark

Graduate Scholarship and Creative Works

This study examines Zeus Network as a prominent example of the commercialization of conflict within contemporary digital media. Through reality based programming that frequently emphasizes confrontation, public humiliation, emotional volatility, and interpersonal disputes, the network has cultivated a profitable entertainment model built upon spectacle and controversy. Drawing upon conflict theory, critical race theory, and media sociology, this paper investigates whether Zeus functions as a platform for cultural representation and economic opportunity or as a system that monetizes dysfunction for audience consumption. Particular attention is given to the portrayal of Black women and Black communities, whose experiences often become central to …

Lessons Learned For The Independent Panel For Evidence For Action Against Amr From Previous International Science Panels: Stakeholder Views From The 2025 Lagos Workshop, Iruka N. Okeke, Anthony Mcdonnell, Ayodele A. Akinyele, Javier Guzman, Kevin Outterson

Faculty Scholarship

In September, 2024, the UN General Assembly assigned the Quadripartite Joint Secretariat on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) the task of establishing an Independent Panel for Evidence for Action against AMR (IPEA). To promote stakeholder views and input around the constitution and functioning of this Panel, which could feed into the Quadripartite Joint Secretariat’s consultation process, we independently commissioned seven papers to examine the lessons that could be learned from other high-level scientific panels. We then convened 85 stakeholders, primed with the background papers. The Workshop, held in Lagos, Nigeria in April, 2025, drew representation from around the world, particularly low-income or …

Contract Theory In The Saudi Civil Transactions Law “A Critical Comparative Study”, Mohamad Arfan Alkhatib

BAU Journal - Journal of Legal Studies - مجلة الدراسات القانونية

This comparative critical study provides an in-depth doctrinal and analytical examination of contract theory under the Saudi Civil Transactions Law, situating its analysis within the broader framework of the modern law of obligations. The inquiry is structured around two interdependent axes. The first considers the determinants of contracting, analysed through the dual categories of contractual autonomy and the binding normative force of contract (force obligatoire). The second addresses the requirements of contracting, focusing on the constituent essentialia negotii and the extent to which such elements may be subject to curative mechanisms within the applicable invalidity …

Implementation Of The Retirement And Social Protection Law In Lebanon, Manal H. Choker

BAU Journal - Journal of Legal Studies - مجلة الدراسات القانونية

The Law No. 319 dated December 22, 2023 constitutes a historic station in the process of developing social security legislation in Lebanon. This law - published in the Official Gazette No. 53 on 28/12/2023 - amended some provisions of the Social Security Law and established the retirement and social protection system in the National Social Security Fund. The adoption of this legislation was the result of efforts that lasted about twenty years of studies and consultations on the reform of the end-of-service system, where the adoption of a pension system was repeatedly postponed despite the urgent need for it. The …

The 2024 New European Pact On Migration And Asylum: Recasting The European Legal Framework For Asylum Between Protection Guarantees And The Effectiveness Of Migration Management, Ali Mourad

BAU Journal - Journal of Legal Studies - مجلة الدراسات القانونية

The New European Pact on Migration and Asylum, adopted on 14 May 2024, constitutes one of the most far-reaching reforms undertaken by the European Union in this field. Through a package of ten legislative instruments, it reorganizes screening at the external borders, procedures for international protection, the determination of the Member State responsible, solidarity mechanisms, crisis and force majeure situations, and the role of databases and European Union agencies. This reform emerged in a context in which the migration crises of 2015 and 2016 exposed the limits of the Dublin system, whose application, particularly the irregular-entry criterion—concentrated responsibility in practice …

From Global Principles To National Implementation: The 9th Un Conference And Its Product Safety Resolution, Suruchi ., Kumar Jyotish

International Journal on Consumer Law and Practice

The 9th United Nations Conference on Competition and Consumer Protection of 2025 advanced international consumer protection law by extending its scope. The Product Safety Resolution adopted at the Geneva-based conference is the first binding global resolution on product safety. Addressing the wide scope of problems associated with the emergence of more complex global and online markets, the Resolution presents a set of legal criteria to ensure the safety of goods, liability of defaulting manufacturers, rights of consumers, and the laying out of appropriate procedures. This paper presents a critical evaluation of the normative context of the Resolution and its variation …

The End Of The Line: How Kim V. Hanlon Vanquished The County Line Ballot And Whether The New Jersey Electoral System Learned Its Lesson, Matthew E. Ertle

Seton Hall Journal of Legislation and Public Policy

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Moral Rhetoric And Student Loan Discharge In Bankruptcy: A Socio-Legal Perspective, Tanya Panossian-Lesser

Seton Hall Journal of Legislation and Public Policy

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Strengthening Data Privacy For Post-Secondary Students: A Proposal For Revising Ferpa To Provide Meaningful Protections Against Third-Party Data Breaches, Emily Harris

Seton Hall Journal of Legislation and Public Policy

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Table Of Contents - Vol. 50, No. 2 2026

Seton Hall Journal of Legislation and Public Policy

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Betting On Gambling Diversion Courts To Handle The Risks Of Online Gambling For Problem Gamblers, Stephen Fajvan

Seton Hall Journal of Legislation and Public Policy

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