Recent Developments
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Recent Articles
NOTE: Putting the “Convenience” Back in Forum Non Conveniens: {{Gonzalez v. Advanced Medical Optics, Inc.}}
By Lindsay Cronin | 61 Am. U. L. Rev. 205 (2011)Click here to read this Note.
COMMENT: Out of the Strike Zone: Why {{Graham v. Florida}} Makes It Unconstitutional to Use Juvenile-Age Convictions as Strikes to Mandate Life Without Parole Under § 841(b)(1)(A)
By Christopher J. Walsh | 61 Am. U. L. Rev. 165 (2011) Life without parole is an…
Heads I Win, Tails You Lose: Reconciling {{Brown v. Gardner}}’s Presumption That Interpretive Doubt Be Resolved in Veterans’ Favor with {{Chevron}}
By Linda Jellum | 61 Am. U. L. Rev. 59 (2011) In Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural…
Federal Circuit Issue
The American University Law Review is the only law review in the country to publish an issue…
{{Padilla v. Kentucky}}: A New Chapter in Supreme Court Jurisprudence on Whether Deportation Constitutes Punishment for Lawful Permanent Residents?
By Anita Maddali | 61 Am. U. L. Rev. 1 (2011) In this Article, I argue that the…
Joining the Law Review
Membership on the American University Law Review is highly selective. The Law Review typically extends invitations to…
COMMENT: Disrobing Judicial Campaign Contributions: A Case for Using the {{Buckley}} Framework to Analyze the Constitutionality of Judicial Solicitation Bans
By Aimee Priya Ghosh | 61 Am. U. L. Rev. 125 (2011) In the past twenty years,…