Recent Developments

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Recent Articles

Civil Justice Reform

By Dan Quayle

By Vice President Dan Quayle
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COMMENT: Give Us Sovereignty or Give Us Debt: Debtor Countries’ Perspective on Debt-for-Nature Swaps

By Priya Aligiri

By Priya Aligiri
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COMMENT: Terminating the Passive Paradox: A Proposal for Federal Regulation of Environmental Tobacco Smoke

By Alan B. Horowitz

By Alan B. Horowitz
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Two Models of Constitutional Adjudication

By R. George Wright

By R. George Wright
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NOTE: Beyond Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Quigg: The Controversy over Transgenic Animal Patents Continues

By Elizabeth Joy Hecht

By Elizabeth Joy Hecht
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NOTE: Board of Education of Westside Community Schools v. Mergens: Three R’s + Religion = Mergens

By Leah Gallant Morgenstein

By Leah Gallant Morgenstein
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Teaching Evidence: Storytelling in the Classroom

By Beryl Blaustone

By Beryl Blaustone
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The Significant Federal Circuit Cases Interpreting Section 112

By Thomas L. Irving, Michael D. Kaminski, Walter Y. Boyd Jr. & Mary Helmberger-Jones

By Thomas L. Irving, Michael D. Kaminski, Walter Y. Boyd Jr. & Mary Helmberger-Jones
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COMMENT: The Model Surface Use and Mineral Development Accommodation Act: Easy Easements for Mining Interests

By Michelle Wenzel

By Michelle Wenzel
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Address by the Honorable Stanley Sporkin at the American University Law Review Annual Dinner

By Stanley Sporkin

By Stanley Sporkin
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