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The Art Of International Law, Hilary Charlesworth Jan 2023

The Art Of International Law, Hilary Charlesworth

American University Law Review

International lawyers study international law primarily through its written texts—treaties, official documents, judgments, and scholarly works. Critical to being an international lawyer, it seems, is access to the written word, whether in hard copy or online. Indeed, as Jesse Hohmann observes, “the production of text can come to feel like the very purpose of international law.”


#Livingwhileblack: Blackness As Nuisance, Taja-Nia Y. Henderson, Jamila Jefferson-Jones Jan 2020

#Livingwhileblack: Blackness As Nuisance, Taja-Nia Y. Henderson, Jamila Jefferson-Jones

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Fiduciary Theory Of Prosecution, Bruce A. Green, Rebecca Roiphe Jan 2020

A Fiduciary Theory Of Prosecution, Bruce A. Green, Rebecca Roiphe

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Race, Rights, And The Representation Of Children, Barry Feld, Perry Moriearty Jan 2020

Race, Rights, And The Representation Of Children, Barry Feld, Perry Moriearty

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


An Error And An Evil: The Strange History Of Implied Commerce Powers, David S. Schwartz Jan 2019

An Error And An Evil: The Strange History Of Implied Commerce Powers, David S. Schwartz

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Originalism And The Common Law Infancy Defense, Craig S. Lerner Jan 2018

Originalism And The Common Law Infancy Defense, Craig S. Lerner

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Fallacy Of Choice: The Destructive Effect Of School Vouchers On Children With Disabilities, Ian P. Farrell, Chelsea Marx Jan 2018

The Fallacy Of Choice: The Destructive Effect Of School Vouchers On Children With Disabilities, Ian P. Farrell, Chelsea Marx

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Beyond Balancing: Rethinking The Law Of Embryo Disposition, Mary Ziegler Jan 2018

Beyond Balancing: Rethinking The Law Of Embryo Disposition, Mary Ziegler

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Indian Country And The Territory Clause: Washington's Promise At The Framing, John Hayden Dossett Jan 2018

Indian Country And The Territory Clause: Washington's Promise At The Framing, John Hayden Dossett

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Griswold And Its Surroundings: The 1963, '64, And '65 Terms, L.A. Powe Jan 2015

Griswold And Its Surroundings: The 1963, '64, And '65 Terms, L.A. Powe

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


The History Of Prosecutorial Discretion In Immigration Law, Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia Jan 2015

The History Of Prosecutorial Discretion In Immigration Law, Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Theorizing Agency, Susan Carle Dec 2005

Theorizing Agency, Susan Carle

American University Law Review

Progressive legal scholars today exhibit contrasting views on the scope of legal actors' agency in making "choices" about how to lead their lives. Feminist legal scholar Joan C. Williams, for example, challenges claims that women who leave the paid workforce to stay home with children have made a voluntary choice to take this path. Critical race scholar Ian Haney López, on the other hand, argues that the social construction of racial identity occurs precisely through the many voluntary choices members of both subordinated and dominant racial groups make about matters that implicate racial meanings. Williams contests the idea of voluntary …


The Historical Amendability Of The American Constitution: Speculations On An Empirical Problematic, Darren R. Latham Oct 2005

The Historical Amendability Of The American Constitution: Speculations On An Empirical Problematic, Darren R. Latham

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Human Agency, Negated Subjectivity, And White Structural Oppression: An Analysis Of Critical Race Practive/Praxis, Reginald Leamon Robinson Jun 2004

Human Agency, Negated Subjectivity, And White Structural Oppression: An Analysis Of Critical Race Practive/Praxis, Reginald Leamon Robinson

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Toward A Unifying Theory Of The Separation Of Powers, Bruce G. Peabody, John D. Nugent Oct 2003

Toward A Unifying Theory Of The Separation Of Powers, Bruce G. Peabody, John D. Nugent

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Cabining The Doctrine Of Equivalents In Festo: A Historical Perspective On The Relationship Between The Doctrines Of Equivalents And Prosecution History Estoppel , Jay I. Alexander Apr 2002

Cabining The Doctrine Of Equivalents In Festo: A Historical Perspective On The Relationship Between The Doctrines Of Equivalents And Prosecution History Estoppel , Jay I. Alexander

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Appendix: Biographies Of Participants , American University Law Review Apr 1999

Appendix: Biographies Of Participants , American University Law Review

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Regulating Paid Household Work: Class, Gender, Race, And Agendas Of Reform , Peggie R. Smith Apr 1999

Regulating Paid Household Work: Class, Gender, Race, And Agendas Of Reform , Peggie R. Smith

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Transcript: Responses To The Debate On Whether Congress Must End The Disenfranchisement Of The District Of Columbia , American University Law Review Mar 1999

Transcript: Responses To The Debate On Whether Congress Must End The Disenfranchisement Of The District Of Columbia , American University Law Review

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Transcript: What Makes The District An Anomaly? , American University Law Review Feb 1999

Transcript: What Makes The District An Anomaly? , American University Law Review

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Transcript: Must Congress End The Disenfranchisement Of The District Of Columbia? A Constitutional Debate , American University Law Review Feb 1999

Transcript: Must Congress End The Disenfranchisement Of The District Of Columbia? A Constitutional Debate , American University Law Review

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Transcript: The Nature Of The American Constitution: Is There A Constitutional Right To Vote And Be Represented? , American University Law Review Feb 1999

Transcript: The Nature Of The American Constitution: Is There A Constitutional Right To Vote And Be Represented? , American University Law Review

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Transcript: Keynote Address , American University Law Review Feb 1999

Transcript: Keynote Address , American University Law Review

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Transcript: Welcome Address, American University Law Review Feb 1999

Transcript: Welcome Address, American University Law Review

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Systems Of Belief In Modern American Law: A View From Century's End, Gerald B. Wetlaufer Jan 1999

Systems Of Belief In Modern American Law: A View From Century's End, Gerald B. Wetlaufer

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Regulatory Takings And Original Intent: The Direct, Physical Takings Thesis "Goes Too Far", Andrew S. Gold Jan 1999

Regulatory Takings And Original Intent: The Direct, Physical Takings Thesis "Goes Too Far", Andrew S. Gold

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Internal Displacement: Is Prevention Through Accountability Possible? A Kosovo Case Study, Carlyn M. Carey Jan 1999

Internal Displacement: Is Prevention Through Accountability Possible? A Kosovo Case Study, Carlyn M. Carey

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Pretrial Publicity In Criminal Cases Of National Notoriety: Constructing A Remedy For The Remediless Wrong , Robert Hardaway, Douglas B. Tumminello Oct 1996

Pretrial Publicity In Criminal Cases Of National Notoriety: Constructing A Remedy For The Remediless Wrong , Robert Hardaway, Douglas B. Tumminello

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Madisonian Multiculturalism, Alexandra Natapoff Feb 1996

Madisonian Multiculturalism, Alexandra Natapoff

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.