While the first edition of the Harvard Law Review published “Notes” that were just that — literally notes taken during classroom lectures — today, these student-written pieces have evolved to offer in-depth analysis on a particular legal topic, usually by third-year students.
Vol. 137 No. 5 The majority of private sector, nonunion workers and e-commerce transactions are subject to arbitration agreements, which require litigating disputes in private, often confidential, proceedings,...
Vol. 137 No. 5 A teenager in East Boston walks to school wearing a blue windbreaker — a gift from his mother — and a Chicago Bulls hat. Along the way, he...
Vol. 137 No. 5 In Violence and the Word, Professor Robert Cover describes law as “tak[ing] place in a field of pain and death.” International law and human...
Vol. 137 No. 5 Disputes over procedure have long forced the federal courts to face the limits of their power. In 1825, Chief Justice Marshall wrote that federal...
Vol. 137 No. 5 Introduction Addressing the nation in 1963, President Kennedy declared that “the right to be served in facilities which are open to the public . . . [is] an...
Vol. 137 No. 5 Introduction When this Note speaks of drag, it will speak of joy. It will speak of brunch servers, preschool teachers, construction workers, opera singers,...
Vol. 137 No. 4 Voter turnout was higher in the 2020 U.S. presidential election than it had been in 120 years. Nearly sixty-seven percent of citizens over eighteen...
Vol. 137 No. 4 “A loose vocabulary,” John Chipman Gray once wrote, “is a fruitful mother of evils.” One of the loosest words in legal vocabulary is also...
Vol. 137 No. 4 Today, voting rights plaintiffs largely seek injunctive relief. This wasn’t always the case. For most of the nation’s history, the standard remedy for a...
Vol. 137 No. 4 Renunciation of U.S. citizenship is no trivial act. For most, it requires leaving the country, appearing before a consular or diplomatic officer, signing an...