Florida State University College of Law Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and William & Catherine VanDercreek Professor Manuel A. Utset, Jr. recently presented “Financial Regulation: A Behavioral Law & Economics Perspective” at the latest installment of the Chapman Dialogue Lecture Series. Dean Utset’s lecture looked at the fragility of financial institutions and markets, and the
Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law Professor Henry Noyes’s article “Direct Democracy as a Legislative Act“ was recently published in Volume 19 of the Chapman Law Review. From the abstract: Direct democracy has been referred to as “The People’s Law” and “Citizen Lawmaking.” The actors who engage in acts of direct democracy have been referred
Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law Professor Rita Barnett-Rose’s article “Judicially Modified Democracy: Court and State Pre-Emption of Local GMO Regulation in Hawaii and Beyond” was recently published in Volume 26, Number 1 of the Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum. From the abstract: The federal framework for regulating genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law Professor Kenneth Stahl’s article “Local Home Rule in the Time of Globalization” was recently published in Volume 2016, Issue 1 of the BYU Law Review. From the abstract: Cities are increasingly taking the lead in tackling global issues like climate change, financial regulation, economic inequality, and others
Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law Professor John Eastman’s article “No Free Lunch, but Dinner and a Movie (And Contraceptives for Dessert)?” was recently published in Volume 10, Number 7 of the New York University Journal of Law & Liberty. From the abstract: The focus of the Supreme Court’s 2015 decision in Burwell
Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law Professors Ronald Rotunda and David Gibbs were recently named to the 2017 Los Angeles “Best Lawyers” list by Best Lawyers magazine. Professor Rotunda was recognized for Ethics and Professional Responsibility and Professor Gibbs for Arbitration and Mediation. The Best Lawyers rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation
Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law Professor Marisa Cianciarulo’s article “Refugees in Our Midst: Applying International Human Rights Law to the Bullying of LGBTQ Youth in the United States” was recently published in Volume 47, Number 2 of the Columbia Human Rights Law Review. From the abstract: This Article explores the severe bullying
Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law Professor Ronald Rotunda recently authored two new first edition textbooks, Rotunda’s American Constitutional Law: The Supreme Court in American History Volume 1 – Institutional Powers (West Academic Publishing 2016) and Rotunda’s American Constitutional Law: The Supreme Court in American History Volume 2 – Liberties (West Academic Publishing
Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law Professor Denis Binder’s article “Can We Secure the Hallowed Halls of Academe?” was recently published in Volume 26, Number 2 of the Regent University Law Review. From the abstract: Education is a different environ today. As Columbine, Virginia Tech and other tragedies highlight, we have to worry
Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law Professor Susanna Ripken’s article “Paternalism and Securities Regulation” was recently published in Volume 21 of the Stanford Journal of Law, Business & Finance. From the abstract: Federal securities regulation in the United States purports to take a distinctly non-paternalistic approach to the securities markets. The securities laws