In the state constitutional conventions of the Reconstruction South, biracial coalitions of delegates constitutionalized universal public-school systems and kept their constitutions free from ...

author. District Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York; Law Clerk for Justice David H. Souter, 2003-03. I had the distinct privilege of clerking for Associate ...

Militaries are increasingly targeting “dual-use objects”—objects that serve both civilian and military purposes. Drawing on an original dataset of the U.S. military’s airstrike reports and ground ...

113 Yale L.J. 1663 (2004)INTRODUCTION In recent years, the Supreme Court has frequently observed that most statutes involve compromise. In particular, when Congress enacts a clear and precise ...

In this series of Tributes to Justice David H. Souter, three of his law clerks—Judge Jesse M. Furman, President Heather K. Gerken, and Professor Jeannie Suk Gersen—reflect upon and honor their former ...

In this series of Tributes to Justice David H. Souter, three of his law clerks—Judge Jesse M. Furman, President Heather K. Gerken, and Professor Jeannie Suk Gersen—reflect upon and honor their former ...

Younger v. Harris is canonical in the field of federal courts, but its origins remain largely unknown. Examining diverse sources, this Article reconstructs that story. In doing so, this Article ...

Younger v. Harris is canonical in the field of federal courts, but its origins remain largely unknown. Examining diverse sources, this Article reconstructs that story. In doing so, this Article ...

abstract. Legal scholars have long recognized that the patent system is only one tool among many in law and policy for incentivizing innovation. The innovation-law toolkit includes a host of other ...

Antitrust analysis generally assumes that firms seek profit, but that assumption does not always hold. This Feature offers an antitrust framework for analyzing non-profit-maximizing conduct—like ...

122 Yale L.J. 2336 (2013).In Gideon v. Wainwright, twenty-three state attorneys general, led by Walter F. Mondale and Edward McCormack, joined an amicus brief on the side of the criminal accused, ...

Previous scholarship has analyzed a host of innovation institutions––including patents, prizes, and grants––but has overlooked government-conducted R&D. This Article offers the first comprehensive ...