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Harvard Law Review‘s May 2018 Issue: Music as a Matter of Law?

The contents of the May 2018 issue (Number 7) of the Harvard Law Review include:

• Article, “Music as a Matter of Law,” by Joseph P. Fishman

• Article, “The Morality of Administrative Law,” by Cass R. Sunstein & Adrian Vermeule

• Book Review, “The Black Police: Policing Our Own,” by Devon W. Carbado & L. Song Richardson

• Note, “Section 230 as First Amendment Rule”

In addition, the issue features extensive student commentary on Recent Cases, including such subjects as: a recent ruling that bystanders have a First Amendment right to record police but granting qualified immunity to police officers involved; whether a local (Massachusetts) drone ordinance is preempted by an FAA regulation; whether there is irreparable injury from a state’s (Alabama’s) lack of notice to people with felony convictions upon their re-enfranchisement; whether a state law (from South Dakota) is unconstitutional in requiring internet retailers without a physical presence in the state to remit sales tax (an issue currently before the U.S. Supreme Court); estate planning and digital inheritance, and whether personal representatives may provide lawful consent for the release of a decedent’s emails; and finally whether a district court may use the policy of public understanding of the opioid epidemic to deny a plea bargain.

The Harvard Law Review is offered in a quality digital edition, featuring active Contents, linked footnotes, active URLs, legible tables, and proper ebook and Bluebook formatting. The Review is a student-run organization whose primary purpose is to publish a journal of legal scholarship. It comes out monthly from November through June and has roughly 2500 pages per volume. Student editors make all editorial and organizational decisions. This is the 7th issue of academic year 2017-2018.

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Cataloging Volume 131, Number 7:

ISBN:  9781610277600 (ePUB)
ASIN:  B07CLC6HTD (Kindle)
Page count: 241 pp.; list price: US $3.99
Released and available: May 9, 2018