The Law of Corporate Investigations and the Global Expansion of Corporate Criminal Liability
This article demonstrates the central role that the law controlling corporate investigations plays in determining the effects of corporate criminal liability and enforcement policies.
Conceptualizing Legal Childhood in the Twenty-First Century
The law governing children is complex, sometimes appearing almost incoherent. The relatively simple framework established in the Progressive era, in which parents had primary authority over children, subject to limited state oversight, has broken down over the past few decades.
Dispossessing Detroit: How the Law Takes Property
The University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform is hosting a symposium, “Dispossessing Detroit: How the Law Takes Property” on November 9 and 10.
Governor Whitmer Signs Executive Directive to Strengthen Tribal-State Relations
On Oct. 31, the Office of Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued a press release announcing that during a summit of Michigan’s tribal leaders, Governor Whitmer signed Executive Directive 2019-17 in order to strengthen tribal-sate relations.
DOJ Announces Pilot Program for Use of Body-Worn Cameras by Federally Deputized Task Force Officers
On Oct. 28, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a press release announcing a pilot program that will allow federally deputized task force officers to use body-worn cameras while serving arrest warrants, or other planned arrest operations, and during the execution of search warrants.
The New Restatement of Liability Insurance Law: Straightening Out Some Mischaracterizations
The Restatements of the Law have played a vital role in the rationalization of American jurisprudence for nearly a century. As Justice Anthony M. Kennedy recently remarked at the ALI annual Meeting, the Restatements and the ALI “did for the American, Anglo-American judicial process and for the law in the 1920s what Blackstone had done 150 years earlier.”
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