Arguments and Opinions
Redrawing the Outlines
Richard Pildes, Sudler Family Professor of Constitutional Law, has thought deeply about the constitutionally appropriate role of race in redistricting for more than 20 years. His analytically...
The Truth in the Transcript
On June 26, 2013, the Supreme Court decided United States v. Windsor, striking down a provision of the Defense of Marriage Act that barred the federal government...
Focusing on the Fine Print
The vast majority of contracts these days are standard-form contracts, drafted by one party and offered to the other “as is.” Consumers encounter them every day when...
Listening Closely
The genius of the First Amendment, says Burt Neuborne, Norman Dorsen Professor of Civil Liberties, is that the order of its 45 words is like an expertly...
What Fledgling Democracies Need
The past 25 years have witnessed the attempted flowering of democracy in Russia, South Africa, Egypt, and numerous other countries. In some, it has flourished, with...
Punishment That Doesn’t Fit the Crime?
At the red-hot intersection of immigration and crime, the Secure Communities program, launched by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in 2008, permits federal authorities to...
Rules of Disclosure
Professor Adam Samaha recently asked some visiting family members: “Did you take my keys?” His inquiry was an experiment in something he has been thinking about...
Used Bytes for Sale
One of the most important principles in the Copyright Act of 1976 is the first-sale doctrine, also known as the exhaustion doctrine, which limits the control...
A Virtual Life Sentence
The 1993 Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act mandated creation of an instant criminal background check system. To make that system a reality, Congress allocated hundreds of...
What Makes Us Equal?
University Professor Jeremy Waldron, who has delivered virtually all of the highest-wattage philosophy lectures across the globe, added another to his list when he delivered the...
A Voice for the Poor
Do people have a right to a minimum level of economic welfare? Philip Alston, John Norton Pomeroy Professor of Law, certainly thinks so. He is making...
How Best to Tell a Story
As policymakers, news media, and research communities increasingly rely on big data, the ability to create good visual representations has become key to conveying complicated ideas...
Eyewitness Testimony
“Violence is all around us, not only in the horrors of war and terrorism but in the basic social structures of police, courts, and security guards;...
Good Reads
A sampling of recent and forthcoming faculty books Philip Alston and Sara Knuckey, ed. The Transformation of Human Rights Fact-Finding (Oxford University Press, 2015) Barton Beebe, Haochen...
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