Yale Law Journal

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

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    Yale Law Journal Issue 2, Nov. 2012, features new articles by Karen Tani, Adrian Vermeule and Andrew Coan

    One of the world’s leading law journals is available in quality ebook formats for ereader devices and apps. This issue of The Yale Law Journal (the second issue of Volume 122, academic year 2012-2013) features new articles and essays on law and legal theory, and in particular examines: the language of rights discourse, even before the expansion of welfare in the 1960s (Karen Tani); impartiality of judges and legislators and its limits (Adrian Vermeule); and constitutional law and judicial capacity (Andrew Coan). The issue also features substantial student contributions on bankruptcy-proof financing, as well as recoupment from financial executives under Dodd-Frank. Ebook formatting includes linked notes and active Contents (including…

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    Yale Law Journal‘s 1st Issue of Academic Year 2012-2013 Examines Aggregation, Statutory Interpretation and Criminal Defense

    One of the world’s leading law journals is available in quality ebook formats for ereader devices and apps. This issue of The Yale Law Journal (the first issue of Volume 122, academic year 2012-2013) features new articles and essays on legal theory, tort law, criminal defense representation, statutory interpretation, “branding” of celebrities and artists, and other areas of interest. Contributors include such noted scholars as Ariel Porat & Eric Posner (on the concept of aggregation in decision-making over many fields of law), Victoria Nourse (on using legislative history in statutory interpretation), and James Anderson & Paul Heaton (on effective defense counsel in murder cases). The issue also features student contributions…

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    Yale Law Journal for June 2012 examines opt-out provisions, evaluating legal assistance, and the conflict between consumer protection and antitrust policy

    This June 2012 issue of Yale Law Journal features articles by Ian Ayers on opt-out provisions and rule-altering, by James Greiner and Cassandra Pattanayak on randomized evaluation in legal assistance, and by Joshua Wright on a conflict between antitrust policy and consumer protection. Student work explores pretrial dismissal, fair mandatory arbitration, fair notice provisions, and corporate purposes.

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    Yale Law Journal issue 7 (May 2012) examines voting, redistricting, and due process

    This issue of The Yale Law Journal (the 7th issue of Volume 121, academic year 2011-2012) features articles and essays by several notable scholars. Principal contributors include Richard Re and Christopher Re, Nathan Chapman and Michael McConnell, Bruce Cain, Christopher Elmendorf and David Schleicher, and Joseph Fishkin. The May issue’s complete Contents are: “Voting and Vice: Criminal Disenfranchisement and the Reconstruction Amendments,” by Richard M. Re and Christopher M. Re “Due Process as Separation of Powers,” by Nathan S. Chapman and Michael W. McConnell “Redistricting Commissions: A Better Political Buffer?,” by Bruce E. Cain “Districting for a Low-Information Electorate,” by Christopher S. Elmendorf and David Schleicher “Weightless Votes,” by Joseph…

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    Yale Law Journal‘s Issue 6 (April 2012) Studies WikiLeaks, Dissolving Cities, and the Interplay of Votes and Rights

    This issue of The Yale Law Journal (the 6th issue of Volume 121, academic year 2011-2012, Apr. 2012) features articles and essays by several notable scholars. Principal contributors include Daryl Levinson (on votes and rights), Michelle Wilde Anderson (on dissolving cities), and Patricia Bella (on WikiLeaks and national security). The issue also features student contributions on elected prosecutors throughout legal history and on execution of the mentally retarded as an issue under Section 1983 civil rights law. The editors of The Yale Law Journal are a group of Yale Law School students, who also contribute Notes and Comments to the Journal’s content. The lead articles and features are written by…

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    Yale Law Journal‘s March 2012 Issue Features Articles on Tax Discrimination and the 26th Amendment

    This issue of The Yale Law Journal (the 5th issue of Volume 121, academic year 2011-2012) features articles and essays by several notable scholars. Principal contributors include Ruth Mason and Michael Knoll (an article on tax discrimination), and Michael Graetz and Alvin Warren, Jr. (a featured essay also analyzing tax discrimination, and in response). Student contributions discuss such issues as the 26th Amendment’s enforcement power, the Attestation Clause in United States history, and software licensing agreements. Ebook editions include active Contents for the issue and for individual articles, linked footnotes, linked cross-references in notes and text, active URLs in notes, and proper digital presentation from the original print edition. The…

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    Yale Law Journal‘s December 2011 Issue (No. 3): Masur on Patent Inflation and Gluck on Federalism in Health Reform

    One of the world’s leading law journals is available in quality eBook formats for eReader devices and apps. This issue of The Yale Law Journal (the third issue of Volume 121, Dec. 2011, academic year 2011-2012) features articles on “patent inflation” and on implementing federal health care reform within a state under principles of federalism. Contributors include the noted scholars Jonathan Masur and Abbe Gluck. The issue also features student contributions on punitive damages in tort law, taxation under the “common control” doctrine, and the proper role of the Solicitor General of the U.S. Ebook formatting includes linked notes and an active Table of Contents (including linked Tables of Contents…

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    Yale Law Journal is available in quality ebook formats, starting with Oct. 2011 issue

    One of the world's leading law journals is now available in quality ebook formats for ereader devices and apps. This issue of The Yale Law Journal (the first issue of Volume 121, academic year 2011-2012) features new articles and essays on jurisprudence, tort law, and other areas of interest. Contributors include such noted scholars as Jules Coleman, Ariel Porat, and Mark Geistfeld. The issue also features student contributions on counter-terrorism and on felon disenfranchisement.

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    Yale Law Journal Nov. 2011 Issue on International Law and Downsizing Government

    This issue of The Yale Law Journal (the second issue of Volume 121, academic year 2011-2012) features articles on new ideas in enforcing international law, and on the role of incentives and disincentives under the idea of limited government. Contributors include the noted scholars Oona Hathaway, Scott J. Shapiro, Benjamin Ewing, and Douglas A. Kysar. The issue also features student contributions on sentencing guidelines and the historical argument for Presidential war powers.