Yale Law Journal

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

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    Yale Law Journal‘s Jan. 2014 No. 4: Bankruptcy, Shareholder Governance, Prosecutorial Vindictiveness, and Crowding Out Effects

    The January 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 4, include: • “Ice Cube Bonds: Allocating the Price of Process in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy,” by Melissa B. Jacoby & Edward J. Janger • “The Evolution of Shareholder Voting Rights: Separation of Ownership and Consumption,” by Henry Hansmann & Mariana Pargendler • Note, “Vindicating Vindictiveness: Prosecutorial Discretion and Plea Bargaining, Past and Future,” by Doug Lieb • Note, “Why Motives Matter: Reframing the Crowding Out Effect of Legal Incentives,” by Emad H. Atiq As with previous digital editions of The Yale…

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    Yale Law Journal, Dec. 2013, Analyzes Patent “Construction,” Agencies vs. Litigation, Sexual “Tops,” and Religious Value

    The third issue of The Yale Law Journal‘s Volume 123 (Dec. 2013) features articles on law and legal theory by internationally recognized scholars. Contents include: •  Article, “The Interpretation-Construction Distinction in Patent Law,” by Tun-Jen Chiang & Lawrence B. Solum •  Article, “Agencies as Litigation Gatekeepers,” by David Freeman Engstrom •  Essay,”Tops, Bottoms, and Versatiles: What Straight Views of Penetrative Preferences Could Mean for Sexuality Claims Under Price Waterhouse,” by Ian Ayres & Richard Luedeman •  Review, “Why Protect Religious Freedom?,” by Michael W. McConnell •  Note, “The Case for Tax: A Comparative Approach to Innovation Policy,” by Shaun P. Mahaffy As with previous digital editions of The Yale Law…

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    Yale Law Journal Nov. ’13: Rise of Legislative History, Citizens United as a Press Case, and Mens Rea for Accomplices

    The second issue of The Yale Law Journal‘s Volume 123 features articles on law and legal theory by internationally recognized scholars. Contents include: • Article, “Leviathan and Interpretive Revolution: The Administrative State, the Judiciary, and the Rise of Legislative History, 1890-1950,” by Nicholas R. Parrillo • Essay, “Reconsidering Citizens United as a Press Clause Case,” Michael W. McConnell • Note, “The Mens Rea of Accomplice Liability: Supporting Intentions” • Comment, “A First Amendment Approach to Generic Drug Manufacturer Tort Liability” • Comment, “The EU General Data Protection Regulation: Toward a Property Regime for Protecting Data Privacy” As with previous digital editions of The Yale Law Journal available from Quid Pro…

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    Yale Law Journal‘s first issue of Vol. 123 explores racial disparity in sentencing, gun control, unions, and special juries

    This issue of The Yale Law Journal (Volume 123, No. 1, Oct. 2013) features new articles and essays on law and legal theory by internationally recognized scholars. Contents include: • Article, “Mandatory Sentencing and Racial Disparity: Assessing the Role of Prosecutors and the Effects of Booker,” by Sonja B. Starr & M. Marit Rehavi • Article, “Firearm Localism,” by Joseph Blocher • Essay, “The Unbundled Union: Politics Without Collective Bargaining,” by Benjamin I. Sachs • Note, “Special Juries in the Supreme Court” • Comment, “There’s No Such Thing as a Political Question of Statutory Interpretation: The Implications of Zivotofsky v. Clinton” Quality eBook formatting includes fully linked footnotes and an…

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    Yale Law Journal‘s Special Symposium: The Gideon Effect, 50 Years Later (Issue 8, June 2013)

    This final issue of The Yale Law Journal‘s Volume 122 features “Symposium: The Gideon Effect: Rights, Justice, and Lawyers Fifty Years After Gideon v. Wainwright.“ The year 2013 marks the golden anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Gideon v. Wainwright (1963), which established a constitutional right to counsel for criminal defendants. A half century later, there remains a compelling need to reexamine its legacy, extensions, shortfalls, and long shadow over other areas of law such as immigration and custody disputes. This special Symposium issue is, in effect, a new and extensive book on this important subject, featuring contributions by internationally recognized legal and political scholars. It is…

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    Yale Law Journal, May 2013: Zoning, Eminent Domain, Nudges to Paternalism, and Patents

    The 7th issue of The Yale Law Journal features new articles and essays on law and legal theory by internationally recognized scholars. Contents include: • “City Unplanning,” by David Schleicher • “Rethinking the Federal Eminent Domain Power,” by William Baude • “Behavioral Economics and Paternalism,” by Cass R. Sunstein • “The Continuum of Excludability and the Limits of Patents,” by Amy Kapczynski & Talha Syed In addition, the issue includes substantial contributions from student editors: • Note, “Should the Ministerial Exception Apply to Functions, Not Persons?,” by Jed Glickstein • Note, “How Do You Measure a Constitutional Moment? Using Algorithmic Topic Modeling To Evaluate Bruce Ackerman’s Theory of Constitutional Change,”…

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    Yale Law Journal, Apr. 2013: Rape-by-deception, abuse of property rights, civil rights lawyering, bankuptcy ride-through, and age & organ donors

    The April 2013 issue of The Yale Law Journal (the 6th of Vol. 122, academic year 2012-2013) features new articles and essays on law, legal theory and policy by internationally recognized scholars. Contents include an article analyzing rape-by-deception and the mythical idea of sexual autonomy, by Jed Rubenfeld; an essay on extortion and the principle of abuse of property right, by Larissa Katz; and a book review essay on the next generation of civil rights lawyers and the construction of racial identity, by Anthony Alfieri and Angela Onwuachi-Willig. The issue also features extensive student research, in the form of Notes and Comments, on such cutting-edge subjects as mandatory arbitration and…

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    Yale Law Journal‘s March 2013 Issue Features Antitrust, Federalism, and Burden of Proof

    This issue of The Yale Law Journal (the 5th of Vol. 122, academic year 2012-2013) features new articles and essays on law and legal history. Contents include: • Article: “Commandeering and Constitutional Change,” by Wesley Campbell • Article: “Parallel Exclusion,” by C. Scott Hemphill & Tim Wu • Essay: “Reconceptualizing the Burden of Proof,” by Edward Cheng In addition, the March 2013 issue contains substantial student research in the form of Notes: one on administrative law, using a federal common law framework to fill a void for state agencies in implementing federal law; and another on evaluating attorney misconduct habeas claims after the Maples case, by analogy to civil claims…

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    Yale Law Journal, 2013, No. 4 Explores Second Amendment Analysis, Presidential Power to Appoint, Filibusters & Burqas

    One of the world’s leading law journals is available as an eBook. This issue of the Yale Law Journal (the fourth of Vol. 122, academic year 2012-2013) features new articles and essays on law and legal theory by internationally recognized scholars. Contents include: • Article: Text, History, and Tradition: What the Seventh Amendment Can Teach Us About the Second, by Darrell A.H. Miller • Essay: Can the President Appoint Principal Executive Officers Without a Senate Confirmation Vote?, by Matthew C. Stephenson • Note: The Majoritarian Filibuster • Note: Lawsuits as Information: Prisons, Courts, and a Troika Model of Petition Harms • Comment: Unveiling Inequality: Burqa Bans and Nondiscrimination Jurisprudence at…

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    Yale Law Journal‘s Dec. 2012 issue covers the disappearing civil trial, grading restaurants’ cleanliness, paying witnesses, the Confrontation Clause in lower courts, and targeted killings

    One of the world’s leading law journals is available in quality ebook formats. This issue of The Yale Law Journal (the third of Volume 122, academic year 2012-2013) features new articles and essays on law and legal theory by internationally recognized scholars. Contents include: • John H. Langbein, “The Disappearance of Civil Trial in the United States” • Daniel E. Ho, “Fudging the Nudge: Information Disclosure and Restaurant Grading” • Saul Levmore & Ariel Porat, “Asymmetries and Incentives in Plea Bargaining and Evidence Production” The issue also includes extensive student research on targeted killings of international outlaws, Confrontation Clause jurisprudence as implemented in lower courts, and the implied license doctrine…