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University of Chicago Law Review‘s Spring 2012 Issue 2: environmental science, class actions, suing courts, and bankrupt states
The second issue of 2012 features articles and essays from recognized legal scholars. They include Eric Biber, on variations in scientific disciplines, experts, and environmental law; Frederic Bloom & Christopher Serkin, on suing courts and takings of property; Myriam Gilles & Gary Friedman, on aggregating consumer suits after the AT&T Mobility decision on class actions; and David Skeel, Jr., on the possibility of bankruptcy for several U.S. states. In addition, the issue includes book review essays by Aziz Huq, concerning the power and limits of the executive branch; and by Laura Nirider, Joshua Tepfer and Steven Drizin, on convicting the innocent and false confessions. Finally, an extensive student contribution explores…
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University of Chicago Law Review offers its Maroonbook style guide in eBook formats
For more than twenty years, the editors of The University of Chicago Law Review have offered a simple, clear, and efficient system of legal citation and referencing for use by lawyers, students, and judges. The Maroonbook, as it is commonly called, provides an alternative to cumbersome and detailed methods of legal citation and produces consistent, straightforward results in books, law journals, briefs, and judicial opinions. The Maroonbook is now presented in a convenient and quality eBook format for use as a handy, searchable reference book. The digital edition is properly formatted and features an extensive, active Table of Contents, as well as the full appendices of the print edition. Available…
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University of Chicago Law Review‘s 2012 Issue 1: A Symposium on Understanding Education and Law, and Articles on Municipal Bankruptcy and Copyright
A leading law review now offers a quality eBook edition. This first issue of 2012 of the University of Chicago Law Review features articles and essays from internationally recognized legal and education scholars, including an extensive Symposium on understanding education and law in the United States. Topics include economic structures in education, teaching patriotism, charter and Catholic schools, Amish one-room schools, minority students, empirical work on religious schools, federalism, equal opportunity, and higher-education accreditation. In addition, the issue includes articles by Clayton Gillette on municipal bankruptcy and federalism, and Steven Horowitz on copyright law’s asymmetry, as well as a student comment on wartime waivers and a book review. The issue…
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University of Chicago Law Review for fall 2011 examines regulatory empiricism, statutory interpretation, insurance policy variations, and jury nullification
A leading law review in an eBook edition. This final issue of 2011 features articles and essays from internationally recognized legal scholars and governmental leaders, including Cass Sunstein (on empirically informed regulation), Jonathan Bressler (on jury nullification and Reconstruction), Daniel Schwarcz (on standardized insurance policies), and Bertral Ross II (writing against constitutional mainstreaming in statutory interpretation). In addition, the issue includes a review essay on the book The Master Switch, as well as student Comments on such subjects as same-sex divorce, religious practices by prisoners, falsely claiming Medal of Honor status, and enhancement in federal sentencing. The issue is presented in modern eBook formatting and features active Tables of Contents;…
