Recent Developments

Volume 75, Issue 3 is out now! Check out the pieces to the print book here and the Forum here!

Recent Articles

NOTE: “Standing” in the Way of Equality? The Myth of Proponent Standing and the Jurisdictional Error in {{Perry v. Brown}}

By Andrew Kim | 61 Am. U. L. Rev. 1867 (2012) February 7, 2012 was a triumphant…

By Andrew Kim
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COMMENT: Until the Plenary Power Do Us Part: Judicial Scrutiny of the Defense of Marriage Act in Immigration After {{Flores-Villar}}

By Jessica Portmess | 61 Am. U. L. Rev. 1825 (2012) The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)…

By Jessica Portmess
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COMMENT: A Minor Conflict: Why the Objectives of Federal Sex Trafficking Legislation Preempt the Enforcement of State Prostitution Laws Against Minors

By Susan Crile | 61 Am. U. L. Rev. 1783 (2012) The doctrine of federal preemption provides…

By Susan Crile
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Rule 3.8, the Jencks Act, and How the ABA Created a Conflict Between Ethics and the Law on Prosecutorial Disclosure

By Kirsten M. Schimpff | 61 Am. U. L. Rev. 1729 (2012) A prosecutor’s duty to disclose…

By Kirsten M. Schimpff
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Don’t Just Do Something! E-Hearsay, the Present Sense Impression, and the Case for Caution in the Rulemaking Process

By Liesa L. Richter | 61 Am. U. L. Rev. 1657 (2012) This Article weighs in on…

By Liesa L. Richter
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Intent and Consent in the Tort of Battery: Confusion and Controversy

By Nancy J. Moore | 61 Am. U. L. Rev. 1585 (2012) Much of contemporary torts scholarship…

By Nancy J. Moore
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War, Terror, and the Federal Courts, Ten Years After 9/11

From the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Law Schools | 61 Am. U. L….

By From the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Law Schools
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NOTE: Shields of War: {{al-Shimari v. CACI International}} and {{al-Quraishi v. L-3 Services}} Present an Opportunity to Define the Defense Available to Military Contracts Accused of Torture

By Kathryn R. Johnson | 61 Am. U. L. Rev. 1417 (2012) The United States’ military actions…

By Kathryn R. Johnson
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COMMENT: A Vague Law in a Smartphone World: Limiting the Scope of Unauthorized Access under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

By Andrew Hernacki | 61 Am. U. L. Rev. 1543 (2012) The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act…

By Andrew Hernacki
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Brass Rings and Red-Headed Stepchildren: Protecting Active Criminal Informants

By Michael L. Rich | 61 Am. U. L. Rev. 1433 (2012) Informants are valued law enforcement…

By Michael L. Rich
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