http://uclalawreview.org UCLA Law Review Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:37:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Authority: A legal writing taken as definitive or decisive; esp., a judicial or administrative decision cited as a precedent.[1] “Respect Ma Authoritah!”[2] Introduction The case of Bush v. Gore[3] stands out as the seminal decision that decided the disputed presidential election of 2000.  For legal researchers, it was a herald of a different ... http://uclalawreview.org/?p=1366 Introduction This Article offers a picture of women’s lifetime exercise of their procrea­tive power in the United States. The importance of the portrait is this: Rather than focusing on one or another procreative choice or event (such as abstinence, birth, sterili­zation, abor­tion, or the use of condoms, hormones, IUDs, or natural family ... http://uclalawreview.org/?p=1320 On December 9, 2009, the Knesset[1] voted to advance legislation requiring that the handover of any land under the administrative and judicial authority of the State of Israel pass a national referendum.[2] The legislation—termed the Golan Heights and Jerusalem Referendum Bill—passed its first reading by a margin of sixty-eight to ... http://uclalawreview.org/?p=1194 An irony of American free speech law is that it provides more protec­tion for ranting on a street corner than speaking out at a public meeting. This is partly a quirk of the United States Supreme Court’s complicated First Amendment jurisprudence and partly a recognition that such meetings are ... http://uclalawreview.org/?p=1151 Introduction As the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression persists, institutions such as American International Group (AIG), Citigroup, and the now-defunct Lehman Brothers deserve blame for the crisis. To boost short-term gains, these firms engaged in overleveraging, irresponsible lending, poor hedging, and risky securitization, all without accounting for the ... http://uclalawreview.org/?p=1056 A response to The World of the Framers – A Christian Nation? Introduction Professor Geoffrey Stone’s Essay, The World of the Framers: A Christian Nation?,[1] seeks to state “the truth about . . . what [the Framers] believed, and about what they aspired to when they created this nation.”[2] Doing so will ... http://uclalawreview.org/?p=506 A response to Getting the Framers Wrong: A Response to Professor Geoffrey Stone Professor Samuel Calhoun insists that my thesis is “wrong,” that I “over­state” the evidence, present “a misleading view,” “distort” the authori­ties, argue by “assertion,” offer “no convincing corroborating evidence,” “mislead my read­ers,” and defend a “historically indefensible” position. ... http://uclalawreview.org/?p=500 In Priceless?: The Economic Costs of Credit Card Merchant Restraints,[1] Adam Levitin identifies a serious anticompetitive problem in credit card markets—card systems overcharge merchants. He proposes a bold solution—eliminating the credit card system rules that prohibit merchants from (1) selectively refusing to accept certain cards (the “honor-all-cards rule”) and ... http://uclalawreview.org/?p=32 Introduction As I stand before you today, I have very nearly finished my twentieth year in legal education. With any luck, I am roughly at the midpoint of my career, or maybe the five-eighths mark. So I would like to take advantage of your good nature to look back ... http://uclalawreview.org/?p=29 A response to Interpreting Communities: Lawyering Across Language Difference Introduction Muneer Ahmad’s Interpreting Communities: Lawyering Across Language Difference[1] succeeds admirably on two levels. First, Ahmad presents a careful analy­sis of a much neglected topic, the role of interpreters in mediating the relationship between a lawyer and a client who must overcome ... http://uclalawreview.org/?p=27