Recently added articles from Northwestern University Law Review:
LABOR, LUCK, AND LOVE: RECONSIDERING THE SANCTITY OF SEPARATE PROPERTY
Oct 01, 2008; ... "Marriage is a proclamation that one need not battle alone the vicissitudes that life can bring, but can rely on a partner to share the burdens of living in what sometimes seems a capricious and indifferent universe."[dagger] I. INTRODUCTION ... ... ... ... ... ..... 1623 II ....
"TO ENCOURAGE SETTLEMENT": RULE 68, OFFERS OF JUDGMENT, AND THE HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
Oct 01, 2008; ... Introduction ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..... 1561 I. Rule 68 Today ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .... 1564 II. Rule 68 in 1938 ...
REPUTATION NATION: LAW IN AN ERA OF UBIQUITOUS PERSONAL INFORMATION
Oct 01, 2008; ... INTRODUCTION ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..... 1668 I. THE REPUTATION REVOLUTION AND THE LAW ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1670 A . Existing Scholarship on Consumer Information and ...
THE IMPACT OF COMPUTERS ON THE LEGAL PROFESSION: EVOLUTION OR REVOLUTION?
Oct 01, 2008; ... "When the first personal computer appeared in a law office, the practice of law underwent a profound change. "* "The professional lives of lawyers (not to mention their personal lives) have been fundamentally and forever altered by the introduction of a new medium - the Internet ....
NAVIGATING THE NEW POLITICS OF JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS
Oct 01, 2008; ... NAVIGATING THE NEW POLITICS OF JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS THE NEXT JUSTICE: REPAIRING THE SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS PROCESS by Christopher L. Eisgruber (Princeton University Press, Princeton 2007). Introduction The 2008 presidential campaign is in full swing, and the future ...
THE ORIGINAL MEANING OF "UNUSUAL": THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT AS A BAR TO CRUEL INNOVATION
Oct 01, 2008; ... "Were your health in danger, would you take new medicine? I need not make use of these exclamations: for every member in this committee must be alarmed at making new and unusual experiments in government. "[dagger] "It is the genius of the common law to resist innovation."[double ...
IN SEARCH OF "REFINEMENT WITHOUT EXCLUSIVENESS": INCLUSIONARY ZONING IN HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS[dagger]
Oct 01, 2008; ... I. INTRODUCTION ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1919 II. INCLUSIONARY ZONING MAKES ITS WAY TO HIGHLAND PARK ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1922 A. Introduction to Inclusionary Zoning ... ... ... ...
ANTITRUST ISSUES RAISED BY THE EMERGING GLOBAL INTERNET ECONOMY[dagger]
Oct 01, 2008; ... INTRODUCTION Web-based businesses are increasingly the subject of antitrust concerns. Plaintiffs in the United States have sued eBay for tying its online payments service to its transaction service.1 Multiple jurisdictions in the European Community have claimed that Apple has violated ...
"TOO PLAIN FOR ARGUMENT?" THE UNCERTAIN CONGRESSIONAL POWER TO REQUIRE PARTIES TO CHOOSE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEES THROUGH DIRECT AND EQUAL PRIMARIES[dagger]
Oct 01, 2008; ... Introduction After the 2008 presidential election season concludes, no doubt there will be calls to change the presidential nomination system, especially on the Democratic Party side. Already before the current season began, Congress explored legislation to prevent the "frontloading" of ...
AN UNREDEEMED PROMISE: HOW COURTS CAN PREVENT OFFENSIVE COLLATERAL ESTOPPEL FROM UNDERCUTTING THE POLICY GOALS OF AMENDED FEDERAL RULE OF EVIDENCE 408
Oct 01, 2008; ... INTRODUCTION ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..... 1953 I. FEDERAL RULE OF EVIDENCE 408: COMPROMISE AND OFFERS TO COMPROMISE . 1 955 A. The Circuit Split over Rule 408 ... ... ... ... ... ....
HUMAN RIGHTS AND GLOBALIZATION: PUTTING THE RACE TO THE TOP IN PERSPECTIVE[dagger]
Oct 01, 2008; ... INTRODUCTION David Law paints a heartening picture in his engaging article Globalization and the Future of Constitutional Rights.1 Globalization, he argues, promotes the protection of human rights: "[A]s capital and skilled labor become increasingly mobile, countries will face a growing ...
HELLER'S FUTURE IN THE LOWER COURTS[dagger]
Oct 01, 2008; ... INTRODUCTION The Supreme Court has released its long-awaited opinion in District of Columbia v. Heller? and the buzz has been considerable. Though much has been made of the majority's historic ruling and of the narrowness of that majority, many commentators have missed an important ...
IS DICK CHENEY UNCONSTITUTIONAL?[dagger]
Jul 01, 2008; ... The Vice Presidency "isn't worth a pitcher of warm spit." -Vice President John Nance Garner1 Twenty years ago I wouldn't have advised my worst enemy to take the Vice-Presidency. It was God's way of punishing bad campaigners, a sort of political purgatory for the also-rans. Now ...
IN DEFENSE OF THE "HAZARDOUS FREEDOM" OF CONTROVERSIAL STUDENT SPEECH
Jul 01, 2008; ... "It is the State which educates its citizens in civic virtue, gives them a consciousness of their mission and welds them into unity. " -Benito Mussolini, The Political and Social Doctrine of Fascism* "A general State education is a mere contrivance for moulding people to be ...
GLOBALIZATION AND THE FUTURE OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
Jul 01, 2008; ... I. INTRODUCTION ... ... ... ... ... ..... 1278 II. THE RELEVANCE OF GLOBALIZATION TO CONSTITUTIONAL LAW ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1284 III. THE IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION ON DOMESTIC LAW: FIVE COMPETING HYPOTHESES ... ... ... ... ... ..... 1289 IV. EMPIRICAL TRENDSIN GLOBALIZATION AND THE ...
INVASIVE, INCONCLUSIVE, AND UNNECESSARY: PRECLUDING THE USE OF COURT-ORDERED PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS IN CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE CASES
Jul 01, 2008; ... I. INTRODUCTION ... ... ... ... ... ..... 1441 II. NOBREGA v. COMMONWEALTH AND ABBOTT v. STATE: VIEWING CHILD SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES IN DIFFERENT LIGHTS ... ... ... ... ... ..... 1445 A. Nobrega v. Commonwealth ... ... ... ... ... ..... 1445 B. Abbott v. State ... ... ... ... ... ... .....
SAVING FAIR HOUSING ON THE INTERNET: THE CASE FOR AMENDING THE COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT
Jul 01, 2008; ... I. INTRODUCTON ... ... ... ... ... .....1471 II. THE FAIR HOUSING ACT AND THE COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT ... ... ... ... ..... 1474 A. The Fair Housing Act: § 3604(C) ... ... ... ... ... ..... 1474 B. The Communications Decency Act ... ... ... ... ... ..... 1479 III. THE DOMINANCE OF ...
IF JUDGES WERE ANGELS: RELIGIOUS EQUALITY, FREE EXERCISE, AND THE (UNDERAPPRECIATED) MERITS OF SMITH
Jul 01, 2008; ... If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary* I. INTRODUCTION ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1190 II ....
DISABLING PREJUDICE
Jul 01, 2008; ... DISABLING PREJUDICE INTRODUCTION ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..... 1351 I. DISABILITY HARASSMENT ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .... 1353 II ....
WHEN OBSCENITY DISCRIMINATES
Jul 01, 2008; ... I. INTRODUCTION ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1380 II. THE LANGUAGE OF OBSCENITY ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1386 A. The Obscenity Doctrine ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1387 B. The Tension Between "Sex " and "Sexual Orientation " ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1399 III. THE MANY MEANINGS OF ...