Recent Developments

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Recent Articles

Bringing Cases Back to Life: The Voluntary Cessation Doctrine and Public Prison Defendants

74 Am. U. L. Rev. F. 203 (2025).

By Caitlen Moser*
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The Warrant Exception That Isn’t: FISA Section 702, “Defensive” Searches, and the Fourth Amendment

74 Am. U. L. Rev. 563 (2025).

By Noah C. Chauvin*
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No-Hire Rulings Forget Competition

74 Am. U. L. Rev. 629 (2025).

By Val Ricks*
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Judging Judiciaries: How Sticky Defaults, Status Quo Bias, and the Sovereign Prerogative Influence the Perceived Legitimacy of the New International Commercial Courts

74 Am. U. L. Rev. 691 (2025).

By S.I. Strong*
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Erie and the Enforceability of Forum Selection Clauses

74 Am. U. L. Rev. 759 (2025).

By Patrick Woolley*
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The Last Line of a Weak Defense: The Waning Force of the NCAA’s Procompetitive Defense of Amateurism in § 1 Compensation Challenges

74 Am. U. L. Rev. 829 (2025).

By Morgan Small*
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The Exceptional Dead: Human Remains as Property, Non-Property, and Cultural Property in Armed Conflict

74 Am. U. L. Rev. 315 (2024).

By Ronald Alcala*
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Pro-Natalism in Probate Law

74 Am. U. L. Rev. 367 (2024).

By Diane Kemker*
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The Rule Against Perpetual Celebrity

74 Am. U. L. Rev. 419 (2024).

By Yvette Joy Liebesman*
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Network Capabilities in Land Use and Disability Law

74 Am. U. L. Rev. 461 (2024).

By Robin Paul Malloy*
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