By Kimberly Jenkins Robinson. Full text here. Abstract: “Many celebrated the 2015 passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act, the most recent reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as a much-needed reduction in the federal footprint in the nation’s public schools. It repealed the prescriptive interventions into failing schools in the No Child…

By Darryl K. Brown. Full text here. Abstract: “Despite mass incarceration and overcriminalization, underenforcement of criminal law is an endemic problem. It is the target of prominent reform movements, notably with regard to inadequate prosecution of police violence and sexual assaults; biased nonenforcement parallels biased overenforcement. Justice systems recognize this problem and adopt a variety of…

By Jennifer Bennett Shinall. Full text here. Abstract: “Just forty years ago, employers legally could—and often would—discriminate against pregnant women in the workplace. Employment discrimination protections for pregnant women have vastly expanded since that time with the passage of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) in 1978 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. The…

By David L. Noll. Full text here. Abstract: “Among the most important recent developments in U.S. civil procedure is the rise of arbitration as a substitute for litigation in public courts. Seeking to lower legal costs and protect themselves from entrepreneurial litigation, firms from Amazon to Wells Fargo have added arbitration clauses to their standard form…

By Yesha Yadav. Full text here. Abstract: “To build resilience within the financial system, post-2008 Financial Crisis regulation relies heavily on banks to fund themselves more fully by issuing equity. This reserve of value should buttress failing banks by providing a mechanism to pay off creditors and depositors and preserve the health of financial markets. In…

By Mark Bartholomew. Full text here. Abstract: “This Article predicts trademark law’s impending neural turn. A growing legal literature debates the proper role of neuroscientific evidence. Yet outside of criminal law, analysis of neuroscientific evidence in the courtroom has been lacking. This is a mistake given that most of the applied research into brain function focuses…

By Megan Stevenson. Full text here. Abstract: “Recent years have seen a rush toward evidence-based tools in criminal justice. As part of this movement, many jurisdictions have adopted actuarial risk assessment to supplement or replace the ad-hoc decisions of judges. Proponents of risk assessment tools claim that they can dramatically reduce incarceration without harming public safety.…

By Elizabeth C. Tippett. Full text here. Abstract: “This Article examines the implications of the MeToo movement for employment law and employment practices. Employers are likely to face increased liability for harassment, as courts eventually update their standards for what qualifies as “severe or pervasive” harassment, and demand more of employers seeking to establish the Faragher/Ellerth…

By Jodi L. Short. Full text here. Abstract: “With the issuance of Executive Order 13,771, which requires agencies to repeal two regulations for every one they propose, regulation counting has become a cornerstone of deregulatory policy in the Trump Administration. This Article situates the 2- for-1 Order in a larger intellectual project that has long sought to…

Foreward: Introduction to Decentralization and Development By Shitong Qiao & Richard A. Epstein Available here.