Roundup of 2017 Expungement and Restoration Laws
A new report from the Collateral Consequences Resource Center shows that states across the country are continuing to expand opportunities to avoid or mitigate the adverse effects of a criminal record.
Defining Consent
In a recent Associated Press interview, NYU School of Law professor Erin E. Murphy brings attention to the complexity of sex assault laws and the definition of consent.
A Theoretical Perspective of the Public Policy Doctrine in the Conflict of Laws
The public policy doctrine in the conflict of laws has been often characterised as uncertain and ambiguous. This article aims to examine the doctrine at common law from a theoretical perspective in order to: first, determine whether the substantive considerations which courts have invoked under the public policy doctrine are theoretically justifiable; second, discern principled boundaries around the courts’ exercise of the defence.
The Supreme Court’s Last 30 Years of Federal Indian Law: Looking for Equilibrium or Supremacy?
This Article examines what has been the role of the Supreme Court in integrating Indian nations as the third Sovereign within our federalist system.
Finality and the Capital/Non-Capital Punishment Divide
This piece examines the role that concerns about finality have played in both capital cases and juvenile life-without-parole sentencing cases.
Restatements and the Federal Common Law
I will focus on a different, less discussed front: federal common law. The ALI’s influence on this front is more recent.
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