Fixing Statutory Interpretation
Vol. 129 No. 8
Statutory interpretation has improved dramatically over the last generation, thanks to the extraordinary influence of Justice Scalia. Statutory text matters much more than it...
Book Reviews
Knowledge and Politics in International Law
Vol. 129 No. 8
What does it mean to say knowledge is power? Francis Bacon is alleged to have said it first. In that version, the remark is...
How to Explain Things with Force
Vol. 129 No. 7
Frederick Schauer’s provocative new book The Force of Law champions the study of coercion in legal theory. Schauer holds that, though it is theoretically...
Coming into the Anthropocene
Vol. 129 No. 6
Law is the boring side of many interesting topics. Entertainment law is not famously amusing, nor is the law of war notably heroic or...
Keeping Track: Surveillance, Control and the Expansion of the Carceral State
Vol. 129 No. 5
After decades as a divisive political touchstone, American criminal justice is now characterized by widespread, bipartisan agreement that the system is “broken” in significant...
How Much Does Speech Matter?
Vol. 129 No. 4
No Immunity: Race, Class, and Civil Liberties in Times of Health Crisis
Vol. 129 No. 4
Nearly a century ago, the United States found itself in the midst of a health crisis related to individuals it found to be socially...
The Struggle for Administrative Legitimacy
Vol. 129 No. 3
Nearly forty years ago, Professor James O. Freedman described the American administrative state as haunted by a “recurrent sense of crisis.” “Each generation has...
Body Banking from the Bench to the Bedside
Vol. 129 No. 2
How much is a kidney worth? An ounce of breast milk? Genetic material from an individual facing a Parkinson’s diagnosis? In today’s America, it...
Crown and Constitution
Vol. 128 No. 8
In his first cabinet meeting of 2014, President Obama announced a strategy to bypass the Republican-controlled House of Representatives and advance his social and...