Pro bono has undergone a profound transformation. Whereas for most of American legal history, pro bono was ad hoc and individualized, dispensed informally as professional charity, within the last twenty-five years it has become centralized and...
Twenty-five years have passed since courts first adopted “market share liability,” a theory under which a plaintiff unable to identify the manufacturer of the product that caused his injury can recover on a proportional basis from each manufacturer...
A debate continues to rage in the academy and on the U.S. Supreme Court about the propriety of originalism as a methodology of constitutional interpretation. In federalism cases both the majority and the dissent on the current Court appear to have...
In this Comment, the author considers the popular critique of the Great Case of Johnson v. M’Intosh as racist myth-making. After unpacking Johnson’s uncomfortable marriage of conquest and discovery, Seifert juxtaposes the opinion with Virgil’s...
Courts have regularly relied on the “special characteristics” of radio and television broadcasts to justify government regulation of the content in those media that has never been allowed for the print media. However, the convergence of media...
Since the tragedy of September 11, the federal government's actions have resulted in a serious erosion of liberties. In expanding authority for electronic eavesdropping and in claiming unprecedented authority to detain individuals without due...