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The Demise Of Capital Clemency, Paul J. Larkin Jr. Jun 2016

The Demise Of Capital Clemency, Paul J. Larkin Jr.

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Matters Of Strata: Race, Gender, And Class Structures In Capital Cases, Phyllis Goldfarb Jun 2016

Matters Of Strata: Race, Gender, And Class Structures In Capital Cases, Phyllis Goldfarb

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Post-Trial Plea Bargaining In Capital Cases: Using Conditional Clemency To Remove Weak Cases From Death Row, Adam M. Gershowitz Jun 2016

Post-Trial Plea Bargaining In Capital Cases: Using Conditional Clemency To Remove Weak Cases From Death Row, Adam M. Gershowitz

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Plea bargaining accounts for over ninety percent of criminal convictions and it dominates the American criminal justice system. Yet, once a defendant is convicted, bargaining almost completely disappears from the system. Even though years of litigation are on the horizon, there is nearly no bargaining in the appellate and habeas corpus process. There are two reasons for this. First, prosecutors and courts typically lack the power to alter a sentence that has already been imposed. Second, even if prosecutors had the authority to negotiate following a conviction, they would have little incentive to do so. Affirmance rates in ordinary criminal …


“Merchants And Thieves, Hungry For Power”: Prosecutorial Misconduct And Passive Judicial Complicity In Death Penalty Trials Of Defendants With Mental Disabilities, Michael L. Perlin Jun 2016

“Merchants And Thieves, Hungry For Power”: Prosecutorial Misconduct And Passive Judicial Complicity In Death Penalty Trials Of Defendants With Mental Disabilities, Michael L. Perlin

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Keeping Cases From Black Juries: An Empirical Analysis Of How Race, Income Inequality, And Regional History Affect Tort Law, Donald G. Gifford, Brian Jones Apr 2016

Keeping Cases From Black Juries: An Empirical Analysis Of How Race, Income Inequality, And Regional History Affect Tort Law, Donald G. Gifford, Brian Jones

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Taking Patents, Gregory Dolin, Irena D. Manta Apr 2016

Taking Patents, Gregory Dolin, Irena D. Manta

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The America Invents Act (AIA) was widely hailed as a remedy to the excessive number of patents that the Patent & Trademark Office issued, and especially ones that would later turn out to be invalid. In its efforts to eradicate “patent trolls” and fend off other ills, however, the AIA introduced serious constitutional problems that this Article brings to the fore. We argue that the AIA’s new “second-look” mechanisms in the form of Inter Partes Review (IPR) and Covered Business Method Review (CBMR) have greatly altered the scope of vested patent rights by modifying the boundaries of existing patents. The …


Foreign Governments As Plaintiffs In U.S. Courts And The Case Against “Judicial Imperialism”, Hannah L. Buxbaum Apr 2016

Foreign Governments As Plaintiffs In U.S. Courts And The Case Against “Judicial Imperialism”, Hannah L. Buxbaum

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One consequence of the increasingly transnational nature of civil litigation is that U.S. courts must frequently address the interests of foreign sovereigns. These interactions arise primarily in three contexts: when a foreign government is the defendant in a U.S. court; when a claim requires a U.S. court to scrutinize actions taken by a foreign government; and when a U.S. court seeks to apply U.S. law to persons or conduct within a foreign government’s borders. Each of these contexts invokes a narrative in which the engagement of U.S. courts interferes or conflicts with the prerogatives of a foreign sovereign. As a …


The Freedom To Pursue A Common Calling: Applying Intermediate Scrutiny To Occupational Licensing Statutes, Alexandra L. Klein Jan 2016

The Freedom To Pursue A Common Calling: Applying Intermediate Scrutiny To Occupational Licensing Statutes, Alexandra L. Klein

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In Need Of Direction: An Evaluation Of The "Direct Effect" Requirement Under Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act, Claire L. Leonard Jan 2016

In Need Of Direction: An Evaluation Of The "Direct Effect" Requirement Under Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act, Claire L. Leonard

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A Tale Of Two Cases, Paul J. Larkin Jr. Jan 2016

A Tale Of Two Cases, Paul J. Larkin Jr.

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A Curious Call For More Judicial Activism: Comment On Alexandra Klein's "The Freedom To Pursue A Common Calling", Mark Rush Jan 2016

A Curious Call For More Judicial Activism: Comment On Alexandra Klein's "The Freedom To Pursue A Common Calling", Mark Rush

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Administrative Federalism As Separation Of Powers, David S. Rubenstein Jan 2015

Administrative Federalism As Separation Of Powers, David S. Rubenstein

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Federal agencies are key players in our federalist system: they make front-line decisions about the scope of federal policy and whether such policy should preempt state law. How agencies perform these functions, and how they might fulfill them better, are questions at the heart of “administrative federalism.” Some academic proposals for administrative federalism work to enhance states’ ability to participate in federal agency decisionmaking. Other proposals work to protect state autonomy through adjustments to the Supreme Court’s administrative preemption doctrine. As jurists and scholars debate what these proposals entail for federalism, this Article doubles-down with a twist: it examines what …


Polymorphous Public Law Litigation:The Forgotten History Of Nineteenth Century Public Law Litigation, David Sloss Jun 2014

Polymorphous Public Law Litigation:The Forgotten History Of Nineteenth Century Public Law Litigation, David Sloss

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Recent debates about popular constitutionalism and judicial supremacy have focused on the question of who interprets the Constitution. This Article reframes the debate by asking what legal sources courts apply to protect individual rights from government infringement. Throughout the nineteenth century, federal courts applied a mix of international law, statutory, and common law to protect fundamental rights and restrain government action. This Article uncovers the forgotten history of nineteenth century public law litigation. Professors Post and Siegel have advocated “policentric constitutional interpretation,” wherein the Supreme Court shares authority for constitutional interpretation with other actors. By analogy, this Article introduces the …


The Medical Assumption At The Foundation Of Roe V. Wade And Its Implications For Women's Health, Clarke Forsythe Mar 2014

The Medical Assumption At The Foundation Of Roe V. Wade And Its Implications For Women's Health, Clarke Forsythe

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How Roe V. Wade Was Written, David J. Garrow Mar 2014

How Roe V. Wade Was Written, David J. Garrow

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Beyond Backlash: Legal History, Polarization, And Roe V. Wade, Mary Ziegler Mar 2014

Beyond Backlash: Legal History, Polarization, And Roe V. Wade, Mary Ziegler

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Re-Reading Roe V. Wade, Richard S. Myers Mar 2014

Re-Reading Roe V. Wade, Richard S. Myers

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Abortion Exceptionalism And Undue Burden Preemption, Caitlin E. Borgmann Mar 2014

Abortion Exceptionalism And Undue Burden Preemption, Caitlin E. Borgmann

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Roe, Casey, And Sex-Selection Abortion Bans, Thomas J. Molony Mar 2014

Roe, Casey, And Sex-Selection Abortion Bans, Thomas J. Molony

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If The Purpose Fits: The Two Functions Of Casey'S Purpose Inquiry, Priscilla J. Smith Mar 2014

If The Purpose Fits: The Two Functions Of Casey'S Purpose Inquiry, Priscilla J. Smith

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Previability Abortion And The Pain Of The Unborn, Teresa S. Collett Mar 2014

Previability Abortion And The Pain Of The Unborn, Teresa S. Collett

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Virginia's Targeted Regulations Of Abortion Providers: The Attempt To Regulation Abortion Out Of Existence, Katharine Greenier, Rebecca Glenberg Mar 2014

Virginia's Targeted Regulations Of Abortion Providers: The Attempt To Regulation Abortion Out Of Existence, Katharine Greenier, Rebecca Glenberg

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Overcoming Barriers To The Protection Of Viable Fetuses, Randy Beck Mar 2014

Overcoming Barriers To The Protection Of Viable Fetuses, Randy Beck

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Keynote Address: Untying The Moral Knot Of Abortion, Caitlin E. Borgmann Mar 2014

Keynote Address: Untying The Moral Knot Of Abortion, Caitlin E. Borgmann

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Roe'S Effects On Family Law, Lynne Marie Kohm Mar 2014

Roe'S Effects On Family Law, Lynne Marie Kohm

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Innocent Burdens, James Edwin Mahon Mar 2014

Innocent Burdens, James Edwin Mahon

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Why Strive For Balance In A Roe Symposium?, Samuel W. Calhoun Mar 2014

Why Strive For Balance In A Roe Symposium?, Samuel W. Calhoun

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Justice Lewis F. Powell's Baffling Vote In Roe V. Wade, Samuel W. Calhoun Mar 2014

Justice Lewis F. Powell's Baffling Vote In Roe V. Wade, Samuel W. Calhoun

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Abortion Distortions, Caroline Mala Corbin Mar 2014

Abortion Distortions, Caroline Mala Corbin

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The Consequences Of Abortion Restrictions For Women's Healthcare, Maya Manian Mar 2014

The Consequences Of Abortion Restrictions For Women's Healthcare, Maya Manian

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