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HARVARD LAW REVIEW‘s Feb. ’18 issue asks, “Are we running out of trademarks?”
The contents for the February 2018 issue (Number 4) include: • Article, “Are We Running out of Trademarks? An Empirical Study of Trademark Depletion and Congestion,” by Barton Beebe & Jeanne C. Fromer • Article, “Agency Fees and the First Amendment,” by Benjamin I. Sachs • Book Review, “Unsettling History,” by Jennifer M. Chacón • Note, “Bail Reform and Risk Assessment: The Cautionary Tale of Federal Sentencing” In addition, the issue includes several commentaries on Recent Cases, analyzing such subjects as: political rights and nonapportionment in Puerto Rico; asserting conspiracy-of-silence claim when prevented from witnessing a search; constitutionality of routine shackling in pretrial proceedings; sovereign immunity as applied to Ethiopia…
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The Story of the River Front at New Orleans captures development in the city circa 1955
The classic story of the development of the New Orleans waterfront, circa 1955, is now available in a convenient eBook format, including linked contents and index, and featuring all of the many illustrations and photographs found in the original print edition. Raymond J. Martinez was a prolific storyteller and historiographer of all things New Orleans, and in this work he accounts for many developments and people that continue to make a difference today in the lives of millions. New digital reproduction from Quid Pro Books. A long-time chronicler of New Orleans’ unique history, legends, and people, Raymond J. Martinez authored more than ten books that are still read today —…
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Lawrence Friedman’s Frank May Mystery has will-seekers coming out of the woodwork
Frank May’s law practice is mostly estate planning. Nothing is further from his mind than murder … but mysterious deaths somehow seem to pursue him. This time, it’s the body of a woman, murdered and hidden on the grounds of the home in Los Altos Hills, California, owned by a new, young client, Freddy Lucas. Freddy was adopted by a couple who disappeared in the Amazon jungle; he was raised by his immensely rich great-aunt, Clara Fisk, who left him most of her money — but who also left a sizable gift to Freddy’s mother, if she turned out to be alive. Many women come out of the woodwork to…
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HARVARD LAW REVIEW‘s Jan. ’18 Issue: The End Game of Admin Law is the Judicial Contempt Power
The contents for this January 2018 issue (Number 3) include: • Article, “The Endgame of Administrative Law: Governmental Disobedience and the Judicial Contempt Power,” byNicholas R. Parrillo • Book Review, “Rethinking Autocracy at Work,” by Cynthia Estlund • Note, “Congressional Intent to Preclude Equitable Relief — Ex Parte Young After Armstrong” • Note, “Sixth Amendment Challenge to Courthouse Dress Codes” • Note, “The Virtues of Heterogeneity, in Court Decisions and the Constitution” In addition, the issue features student commentary on Recent Cases and other legal actions, including such subjects as: standing in class actions for credit reporting; right of access of press re Guantanamo Bay detainees; parolees and disability rights…
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HARVARD LAW REVIEW, Dec. ’17, on national injunctions, power of Governors, and norms of precedent
The contents for this issue (December 2017, Number 2) include: • Article, “Multiple Chancellors: Reforming the National Injunction,” by Samuel L. Bray • Article, “Gubernatorial Administration,” by Miriam Seifter • Book Review, “Crafting Precedent,” by Paul J. Watford, Richard C. Chen & Marco Basile • Note, “Proving Breach of Former-Client Confidentiality” • Note, “The Harvard Plan That Failed Asian Americans” In addition, the issue features student commentary on Recent Cases, including such subjects as the Establishment Clause and prayer led by County Commissioners; due process for student disciplinary hearings on sexual misconduct in universities under Title IX; armed career criminals and intent for burglary; genocide victims and suit against their…
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HARVARD LAW REVIEW‘s Nov. ’17 Issue: Supreme Court Review and Essays on the Constitution
The November issue is the special annual review of the U.S. Supreme Court’s previous Term. Each year, the Supreme Court issue is introduced by noteworthy and extensive contributions from recognized scholars. In this issue, for the 2016 Term, articles include: • Foreword: “1930s Redux: The Administrative State Under Siege,” by Gillian E. Metzger • Essay: “Unprecedented? Judicial Confirmation Battles and the Search for a Usable Past,” by Josh Chafetz • Comment: “Churches, Playgrounds, Government Dollars—and Schools?,” by Douglas Laycock • Comment: “Equality, Sovereignty, and the Family in Morales-Santana,” by Kristin A. Collins In addition, the first issue of each new volume provides an extensive summary of the important cases of…
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HARVARD LAW REVIEW‘s special fall 2017 issue commemorates HLS’s bicentennial
The special Bicentennial Issue, Number 9, features these Essays as its contents: • “Marking 200 Years of Legal Education: Traditions of Change, Reasoned Debate, and Finding Differences and Commonalities,” by Martha Minow • “Race Liberalism and the Deradicalization of Racial Reform,” by Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw • “The Socratic Method in the Age of Trauma,” by Jeannie Suk Gersen • “Thayer, Holmes, Brandeis: Conceptions of Judicial Review, Factfinding, and Proportionality,” by Vicki C. Jackson • “Without the Pretense of Legislative Intent,” by John F. Manning • “Law’s Boundaries,” by Frederick Schauer • “Bureaucracy and Distrust: Landis, Jaffe, and Kagan on the Administrative State,” by Adrian Vermeule The issue also includes a…
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HARVARD LAW REVIEW‘s June ’17 issue: Dworkin’s reply to Hart, police expertise, and foreign affairs federalism
The June 2017 issue, Number 8, features these extensive contents: • Article, “The Judicial Presumption of Police Expertise,” by Anna Lvovsky • Essay, “The Debate That Never Was,” by Nicos Stavropoulos • Essay, “Hart’s Posthumous Reply,” by Ronald Dworkin • Book Review, “Cooperative and Uncooperative Foreign Affairs Federalism,” by Jean Galbraith • Note, “Rethinking Actual Causation in Tort Law” • Note, “The Justiciability of Servicemember Suits” • Note, “The Substantive Waiver Doctrine in Employment Arbitration Law” Furthermore, student commentary analyzes Recent Cases on: requiring proof of administrative feasibility to satisfy class action Rule 23; whether prison gerrymandering violates the Equal Protection Clause; justiciability of suit against the government for military…
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HARVARD LAW REVIEW‘s May ’17 issue: Harmless Error, Vagrancy Laws, and Abolition of the Death Penalty
The May 2017 issue, Number 7, features these contents: • Article, “A Contextual Approach to Harmless Error Review,” by Justin Murray • Book Review, “Courting Abolition,” by Deborah W. Denno • Book Review, “This Land Is My Land?” by Tracey Meares • Note, “Clarifying Kiobel’s ‘Touch and Concern’ Test” • Note, “If These Walls Could Talk: The Smart Home and the Fourth Amendment Limits of the Third Party Doctrine” Furthermore, student commentary analyzes Recent Cases on: trademark law and applying the Lanham Act to wholly foreign sales; election law and the test for partisan gerrymandering; civil procedure and whether service of process may be accomplished internationally via Twitter; felon disenfranchisement…
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Crump pens new courtroom novel of suing the operator of a Gulf oil platform
The offshore oil platform known as the Emerald Rose is an explosion waiting to happen. And just as surely, it’s a blizzard of lawsuits waiting to happen. Robert Herrick is “the lawyer for the little guy.” Against his better judgment, he finds himself drawn into representing more than 100 plaintiffs suing the Emerald Petroleum Company. Careless managers have killed dozens of innocent victims by taking risks like replacing drilling fluids with sea water. But the other side is represented by a former street fighter named Jimmy Coleman. He’s the head of litigation at the mega-firm of Booker & Bayne, where he commands an army of associates who can find arguments…