Recent Developments

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Recent Articles

A Hedgehog on the Witness Stand-What’s the Big Idea?: The Challenges of Using Daubert to Assess Social Science and Nonscientific Testimony

By Maxin D. Goodman

By Maxin D. Goodman
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The Tao of Pleading: Do {{Twombly}} and {{Iqbal}} Matter Empirically?

By Patricia W. Hatamyar

By Patricia W. Hatamyar
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The NLRA Defamation Defense: Doomed Dinosaur or Diamond in the Rough?

By Kati L. Griffith

By amunlawreview
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Judicial Erasure of Mixed-Race Discrimination

By Nancy Leong

By Nancy Leong
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The Limits of Executive Power

By Robert J. Reinstein

By Robert J. Reinstein
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Pulling the Trigger: Separation Violence as a Basis for Refugee Protection for Battered Women

By Marisa Silenzi Cianciarulo & Claudia David

By Marisa Silenzi Cianciarulo & Claudia David
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COMMENT: Turning the Faucet Back On: The Future of McCain-Feingold’s Soft Money Ban After {{Davis v. Federal Election Commission}}

By Kevin J. Madden

By Kevin J. Madden
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COMMENT: Product Placement or Purely Entertainment? Critiquing a Copyright Preemption Proposal

By Kristen E. Riccard

By Kristen E. Riccard
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COMMENT: Deed of Mistrust? The Use of Land Transfers to Evade the Establishment Clause

By David C. Peet

By David C. Peet
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Improper Joinder: Confronting Plaintiffs’ Attempts to Destroy Federal Subject Matter Jurisdiction

By Paul Rosenthal

By Paul Rosenthal
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