Yale Law Journal

The Yale Law Journal, starting in October 2011, is available in quality ebook formats.

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    Yale Law Journal, Apr. 2015, on constitutional duty to supervise, discrimination by architectural design, and AG nondefense of laws

    The contents of the April 2015 issue (Volume 124, Number 6) are: • Article, “The Constitutional Duty To Supervise,” by Gillian E. Metzger • Article, “Architectural Exclusion: Discrimination and Segregation Through Physical Design of the Built Environment,” by Sarah Schindler • Feature, “Fifty Attorneys General, and Fifty Approaches to the Duty To Defend,” by Neal Devins & Saikrishna Bangalore Prakash • Note, “Executive Orders in Court,” by Erica Newland • Comment, “Stare Decisis and Secret Law: On Precedent and Publication in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court,” by Jack Boeglin & Julius Taranto The digital edition features active Contents, linked notes, and proper ebook and Bluebook formatting. Available in leading formats:…

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    Yale Law Journal, March 2015, on non-contentious jurisdiction, 401(k)’s, and mass atrocity crimes

    The contents of the March 2015 issue (Volume 124, Number 5) include: Articles: • “Article III Judicial Power, the Adverse-Party Requirement, and Non-Contentious Jurisdiction” James E. Pfander & Daniel D. Birk • “Beyond Diversification: The Pervasive Problem of Excessive Fees and ‘Dominated Funds’ in 401(k) Plans”  Ian Ayres & Quinn Curtis • “The Uneasy Case for Favoring Long-Term Shareholders” Jesse M. Fried • “Deviance, Aspiration, and the Stories We Tell: Reconciling Mass Atrocity and the Criminal Law” Saira Mohamed Notes: • “Mitigating Jurors’ Racial Biases: The Effects of Content and Timing of Jury Instructions” Elizabeth Ingriselli • “How To Eat an Elephant: Corporate Group Structure of Systemically Important Financial Institutions,…

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    Yale Law Journal, Jan.-Feb. ’15, on jurisprudence’s end, cost-benefit analysis, Indian ‘commerce,’ & the Wonder Woman origins of the Frye test

    The contents of Yale Law Journal‘s January-February 2015 issue (Volume 124, Number 4) are: Articles: * “Cost-Benefit Analysis of Financial Regulation: Case Studies and Implications,”  John C. Coates IV * “Beyond the Indian Commerce Clause,”  Gregory Ablavsky Essays: * “On Evidence: Proving Frye as a Matter of Law, Science, and History,”  Jill Lepore * “The End of Jurisprudence,”  Scott Hershovitz Notes: * “Against the Tide: Connecticut Oystering, Hybrid Property, and the Survival of the Commons,”  Zachary C.M. Arnold * “Perceptions of Taxing and Spending: A Survey Experiment,”  Conor Clarke & Edward Fox Comments: * “The Psychology of Punishment and the Puzzle of Why Tortfeasor Death Defeats Liability for Punitive Damages,”…

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    Yale Law Journal, Dec. 2014: Rules about Rules, Constitutional Enumeration, and Too Much Democracy?

    The December 2014 issue of The Yale Law Journal (the third of academic year 2014-2015) features new articles on law and legal theory by internationally recognized scholars. Contents include: • Article, “The Limits of Enumeration,” by Richard Primus • Article, “Rules Against Rulification,” by Michael Coenen • Feature, “Romanticizing Democracy, Political Fragmentation, and the Decline of American Government,” by Richard H. Pildes • Note, “A ‘Full and Fair’ Discussion of Environmental Impacts in NEPA EISs: The Case for Addressing the Impact of Substantive Regulatory Regimes,” by Sarah Langberg • Note, “Civil Servant Suits,” by Alex Hemmer • Comment, “Jagged Edges,” by Matthew Sipe • Comment, “Essential Data,” by Zachary Abrahamson…

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    Yale Law Journal, Nov. 2014, on funding cut-offs, bounded discretion, Citizens United, Using Dictionaries, and Discrimination Law

    The November 2014 issue of The Yale Law Journal (the second of academic year 2014-2015) features new articles on law and legal theory by internationally recognized scholars. Contents include: • Article, “Agency Enforcement of Spending Clause Statutes: A Defense of the Funding Cut-Off,” Eloise Pasachoff • Essay, “Bounded Institutions,” Yair Listokin • Book Review, “Constitutions of Hope and Fear,” Frederick Schauer • Note, “Price‘s Progress: Sex Stereotyping and Its Potential for Antidiscrimination Law,” Zachary Herz • Note, “Dual Sovereignty, Due Process, and Duplicative Punishment: A New Solution to an Old Problem,” Adam Adler • Note, “Measuring the Fortress: Explaining Trends in Supreme Court and Circuit Court Dictionary Use,” John Calhoun…

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    Yale Law Journal‘s 1st issue, Oct. 2014, explores Separation of Powers Self-Help and Criminal Attempts

    The October 2014 issue of The Yale Law Journal (the first for academic year 2014-2015) features new articles on law and legal theory by internationally recognized scholars. Contents include: * Article, “Self-Help and the Separation of Powers,” by David E. Pozen * Article, “Criminal Attempts,” by Gideon Yaffe * Note, “The Rise of Institutional Mortgage Lending in Early Nineteenth-Century New Haven,” by  Steven J. Kochevar   * Comment, “SEC ‘Monetary Penalties Speak Very Loudly,’ But What Do They Say? A Critical Analysis of the SEC’s New Enforcement Approach,” by Sonia A. Steinway * Comment, “Contract After Concepcion: Some Lessons from the State Courts,” by James Dawson This quality ebook edition…

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    Yale Law Journal Symposium on Modern Civil Rights Law & Theory Honors, or Challenges, Bruce Ackerman

    “Symposium: The Meaning of the Civil Rights Revolution” (Vol. 123, No. 8, June 2014) is, in effect, a new and extensive book of contemporary thought on civil rights, written by today’s leading voices on constitutional law. In February 2014, Yale Law Journal held a symposium marking the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the new publication of Bruce Ackerman’s We the People: The Civil Rights Revolution (2014). Contributors’ essays reflected on the origins or status of the American civil rights project, using Ackerman’s book as a focal point or a foil as they saw fit. Those essays are collected here as June 2014, the final issue…

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    Yale Law Journal‘s May 2014 Issue: Citizenship Via the Mother; Federal & Local Crime Enforcement; Bobbitt on Gilmore; and Appellate Injustice

    The May 2014 issue of The Yale Law Journal features new articles and essays on law and legal theory by internationally recognized scholars. Contents include: * Article, “Illegitimate Borders: Jus Sanguinis Citizenship and the Legal Construction of Family, Race, and Nation,” by Kristin Collins * Article, “Legitimacy and Federal Criminal Enforcement Power,” by Lauren M. Ouziel * Feature, “The Age of Consent,” by Philip C. Bobbitt  * Review, “Judging Justice on Appeal,” by Marin K. Levy * Note, “The Growth of Litigation Finance in DOJ Whistleblower Suits: Implications and Recommendations,” by Mathew Andrews * Note, “Reducing Inequality on the Cheap: When Legal Rule Design Should Incorporate Equity as Well as…

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    Yale Law Journal Symposium: “Federalism as the New Nationalism”; Apr. 2014 also has articles on threatening war and on counting judicial votes

    The April 2014 issue of The Yale Law Journal includes an extensive Feature that explores the idea of Federalism as the New Nationalism, with contributions by Jessica Bulman-Pozen (“From Sovereignty and Process to Administration and Politics: The Afterlife of American Federalism”), Heather Gerken (“An Overview,” “The Loyal Opposition”), Abbe Gluck (“Our [National] Federalism”), Alison LaCroix (“The Shadow Powers of Article I”), and Cristina Rodríguez (“Negotiating Conflict Through Federalism: Institutional and Popular Perspectives”). The issue serves, in effect, as a new and detailed book on new concepts and practices of U.S. federalism. In addition, the issue includes these contributions from scholars and students: • Article, “The Power to Threaten War,” by…

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    Yale Law Journal, March 2014, Studies Shrinking Cities, Fund Managers, Moral Impact, & Pretrial Monitoring

    The March 2014 issue of The Yale Law Journal features new articles and essays on law and legal theory by internationally recognized scholars. The contents for Volume 123, Number 5, include: Articles: The New Minimal Cities, by Michelle Wilde Anderson The Separation of Funds and Managers: A Theory of Investment Fund Structure and Regulation, by John Morley Essays: The Moral Impact Theory of Law, by Mark Greenberg Pretrial Detention and the Right to Be Monitored, by Samuel R. Wiseman Notes: Stop Ignoring Pork and Potholes: Election Law and Constituent Service, by Joshua Bone An Offense-Severity Model for Stop-and-Frisks, by David Keenan & Tina M. Thomas Open Carry for All: Heller…