Associate Dean Donald Kochan’s article “The ‘Reason-Giving’ Lawyer: An Ethical, Practical, and Pedagogical Perspective” was recently published in The Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics (Volume XXVI, Number 2, Spring 2013). Excerpt from the abstract: “Whether as a matter of duty, ethics, or utility, lawyers give reasons for their actions all the time. In the
Professor Nancy Schultz’s article “Law and Negotiation: Necessary Partners or Strange Bedfellows?” was recently published in the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution (Volume 15, Number 1, 2013). Excerpt from the abstract: “How important is legal authority to the negotiation process? Scholars have discussed this issue and law students argue about it in negotiations classes.
Professor Lawrence Rosenthal’s article “ Binary Searches and the Central Meaning of the Fourth Amendment ” was published in the William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal (Volume 22, No. 881, 2014). Excerpt from the abstract: “Fourth Amendment jurisprudence is frequently accused of doctrinal incoherence. A primary reason is the persistence of two competing
Professor Kenneth Stahl’s article “ Local Government, ‘One Person, One Vote’, and the Jewish Question ” was published in the Harvard Civil Rights – Civil Liberties Law Review (CR–CL) (Volume 49, Page 1-58, 2014). Excerpt from the abstract: “Enlightenment thinkers were transfixed by ‘the Jewish Question’ – how to incorporate the manifestly unassimilated Jewish
Professor Kenneth Stahl’s article “ Reliance in Land Use Law ” was published in the Brigham Young University Law Review (Volume 2013, Issue 4, Rev. 949, 2014). Excerpt from the abstract: “For generations, Americans have tapped their life savings and assumed huge amounts of debt in order to achieve the American dream of owning
Professor Rita Barnett-Rose’s article “ Informed Consent, Psychotropic Medications, and a Prescribing Physician’s Duty to Disclose Safer Alternative Treatments ” was published in the DePaul Journal of Health Care Law (Volume 16, Number 1, Page 67, 2014). Excerpt from the abstract: “The use of psychotropic medication to treat any presumed mental health disorder always
Professor Scott Howe’s article “ The Eighth Amendment as a Warrant against Undeserved Punishment ” was published in the William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal (Volume 22, Issue 1, Page 91, October 2013). Excerpt from the abstract: “Should the Eighth Amendment prohibit all undeserved criminal convictions and punishments? There are grounds to argue
Professor Kenneth Stahl’s article “ Neighborhood Empowerment and the Future of the City ” was published in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review (Volume 161, No. 4, March 2013). Excerpt from the abstract: “In any given metropolitan region, scores of municipalities are locked in a zero-sum struggle for mobile sources of jobs and tax
Professor Marisa S. Cianciarulo’s article “Unauthorized Americans and European Outcasts” was published in the Georgetown Immigration Law Journal (Volume 27, No. 3, Spring 2013). Abstract: “Unauthorized Americans and European Outcasts compares the relative ease of integration in the United States to the integration struggles faced by citizens of Britain, France, and Germany who are
Professor Donald Kochan’s article “ Corporate Social Responsibility in a Remedy-Seeking Society: A Public Choice Perspective ” was published in the Chapman Law Review (Volume 17, Spring 2014, No. 2). Abstract: “Written for the Chapman Law Review Symposium on ‘What Can Law & Economics Teach Us about the Corporate Social Responsibility Debate?,’ this Article