During the last four decades the United States has witnessed first the emergence and then the disappearance of civil litigation as a topic of partisan debate in national politics. Following two centuries in which neither party thought the topic...
The Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 was intended to significantly expand the sentencing powers of tribal courts, raising the maximum sentence for a given offense from one year to three. But the Act requires courts that would take advantage of these...
The killing of Trayvon Martin in 2012 and recent verdict in the trial of George Zimmerman has generated intense national debate. Mr. Zimmerman's verdict has not ended the discussion, but instead caused of a firestorm of conversation in the national...
The rhetoric of universal healthcare and healthcare for all that pervaded the healthcare debate culminated in the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) passage. The ACA, however offers reduced to no healthcare services for certain noncitizen groups...
Finance is undergoing a fundamental and technological shift. In the years ahead, there will inevitably be new financial characters and new financial cliffhangers. In this reply to the response of Professor Stephen Bainbridge to my article, The New...
Adam Chodorow’s recent essay, Death and Taxes and Zombies, has alerted the legal world to the dangers posed by the looming zombie apocalypse. Chodorow successfully demonstrates that existing tax laws are woefully inadequate in a world where the...