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. 8 One key responsibility of the executive branch is to “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.” Traditionally, that means that Congress passes the...
Vol. 137 No. 8 Throughout legal history, each successive extension of rights to some new entity has been, theretofore, a bit unthinkable. Christopher D. Stone Ads and logos...
Vol. 137 No. 8 In July 2019, at approximately four months pregnant, Lauren Kent sent a message to her jail’s private medical contractor that read: “PLEASE IM BEGGING...
Vol. 137 No. 8 Introduction After Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, states and cities passed an array of laws, constitutional amendments, and ordinances regulating abortion. Recent scholarship...
Vol. 137 No. 8 Introduction In 1987, Danny Burton was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Then, after thirty-two...
Vol. 137 No. 8 Money in politics. It’s an old problem, seemingly overwritten and unsolvable. Campaigns grow more expensive. Politicians genuflect to large corporate donors. And after Citizens...
Vol. 137 No. 7 Emergency relief at the Supreme Court takes two major forms: injunctions pending appeal and stays pending appeal. An injunction pending appeal “directs the conduct...
Vol. 137 No. 7 Introduction The debate over workers’ rights rages on. This is not a partisan issue. Scholars have argued that, echoing the “moment of contract supremacy”...
Vol. 137 No. 7 When the Maui wildfires in August 2023 forced Tereari‘i Chandler-‘Īao to flee Lahaina, she could take only the necessities: food, clothes, and a box...
