By John H. Matheson & R. Kevin Maler. Full text here. Disputes involving closely held businesses come in primarily two varieties. When, as is often the case, the business fails, creditors regularly seek to pierce the corporate veil in an attempt to reach the assets of the business owners. When the business succeeds, on the other…

By Daniel J. Sharfstein. Full text here. Scholars describe the one-drop rule—the idea that any African ancestry makes a person black—as the American regime of race. While accounts of when the rule emerged vary widely, ranging from the 1660s to the 1920s, most legal scholars have assumed that once established, the rule created a bright line…

By Michael J. Gerhardt. Full text here.

By Orin S. Kerr. Full text here.

By Ilya Somin. Full text here. The Supreme Court’s 2005 decision in Kelo v. City of New London, which upheld the power of government to condemn private property for purposes of economic development, generated a massive political backlash from across the political spectrum. Over forty states, as well as the federal government, have enacted post-Kelo reform…

By Nathan B. Oman. Full text here. Black-letter law declares that a contract to perform personal services cannot be specifically enforced. Many courts, scholars, and commentators have claimed that such enforcement would constitute “involuntary servitude” under the Thirteenth Amendment. This Article, however, rejects that conventional wisdom. A careful reading of the history leading to the ratification…

By Charles Cameron & Jee-Kwang Park, with Deborah Beim. Full text here.

By William G. Howell. Full text here.

By Steven G. Calabresi & Nicholas Terrell. Full text here.

By Terry Smith. Full text here.