Recent Developments

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Recent Articles

Reviving Criminal Code Reform

74 Am. U. L. Rev. 179 (2024).

By Richard S. Schmechel*
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Taking a Step Back: Have We Already Seen Judicial Takings?

74 Am. U. L. Rev. 267 (2024).

By Anna Sargent*
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A Common Law Corporate Crisis: The Status of Common Law Criminal Immunities for Foreign State-Owned Enterprises in a Post-Halkbank Era

73 Am. U. L. Rev. F. 303 (2024).

By Sydney E. Robson*
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Bad for Adults, Worse for K-12 Students: A Response to Josephine Ross’s Abolishing Police Consent Searches Through Legislation

73 Am. U. L. Rev. F. 277 (2024).

By Barbara Fedders*
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Silence as Consumer Consent: Global Regulation of Negative Option Contracts

73 Am. U. L. Rev. 1611 (2024).

By Kaitlin Caruso & Prentiss Cox*
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Christian Domination

73 Am. U. L. Rev. 1717 (2024).

By Ruth Colker*
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“Background Principles” in the Law of Takings

73 Am. U. L. Rev. 1789 (2024).

By David A. Dana*
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Litigating Original Meaning From Heller to Rahimi: The Role of Lawyering in the Confused Path of Second Amendment Jurisprudence

73 Am. U. L. Rev. 1857 (2024).

By Lawrence Rosenthal*
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Innovation Misunderstood

73 Am. U. L. Rev. 1941 (2024).

By Maurice E. Stucke* & Ariel Ezrachi**
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The Downstream Consequences of Transunion LLC v. Ramirez: Why 5 U.S.C. § 2954 Plaintiffs Have Article III Standing Consistent With Lower Courts’ Interpretation of Transunion

73 Am. U. L. Rev. 1997 (2024).

By Erin McCoy*
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