28Jan

Harry Potter, Ethereum, and the Blockchain: Revised Implications and Current Shortcomings of Smart Contracts

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8 Wake Forest L. Rev. Online 1 Ari Herbert* Imagine a deal that can’t be broken. Harry Potter fans will remember the “unbreakable vow”: two wizards clasp arms, declare their promises, and whisper an incantation.[1] A silvery thread of light twists around the enclasped arms and then disappears. The spell is done. The deal can’t […]

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7Dec

Make Immigration Great Again: How Morales-Santana Could Signal the End of Sexist Immigration Law and Provide A Way to Fight the Travel Ban

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by: Marcia Zug Men and women are not equal in immigration law, and the Supreme Court has long upheld these distinctions. In fact, since 1977, the Court has heard four immigration-based sex discrimination cases and sustained the challenged provision every time.[1] The Court even upheld one provision twice, just so it could more fully articulate […]

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5Apr

On The Meaning of “Considered as Natural Born”

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John Vlahoplus* Introduction [I]t shall be understood that the two Countries shall allways be mutually naturalized, that every person born in either Country shall be considered as a natural born Subject throughout Great Britain and America as before the troubles. — Proposed Anglo-American peace terms, 1777[1] Scholars have long debated what to make of the […]

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8Feb

Fake News, Free Speech, & the Third-Person Effect: I’m No Fool, But Others Are

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Clay Calvert* The presidential election season of 2016 brought with it massive news media hand-wringing, if not outright panic in some quarters, about so-called fake news.[1] As described by the New York Times, fake news is “widely understood to refer to fabricated news accounts that are meant to spread virally online.”[2] According to that newspaper, […]

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9Jan

Wisdom, Not Noise: The Law Professor as Policy Influencer

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David S. Levine* Introduction Donald Trump’s election as President of the United States has caused many academics from across the political spectrum to reconsider their research agendas, including whether and how they can play a larger and more direct role in policy debates.[1] For example, a Facebook[2] group titled the “11/9 Coalition” focused on the […]

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31Oct

Justice Kennedy’s Surprising Vote and Opinion in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin

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Ronald Turner* Introduction Abigail Fisher graduated from Stephen F. Austin High School in Sugar Land, Texas and applied for admission to the fall 2008 entering class at the University of Texas at Austin. As she did not graduate in the top ten percent of her high school class, Fisher was not guaranteed admission to UT […]

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30Sep

Systems Science and the Supreme Court

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Alan Calnan* Introduction Few people would dispute that appointing and confirming a Supreme Court Justice is a delicate and complex process. President Obama’s nomination of federal judge, Merrick Garland, certainly proves the point.[1] Yet Obama’s challenges do not stem solely from his predicament as a lame-duck leader facing a recalcitrant Congress. The complexities here are […]

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20Apr

High-Frequency Traders: A Plan to Eliminate the Abuses Without Losing the Benefits

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John Sanders* On the afternoon of May 6, 2010, the Dow Jones Industrial Index (“Dow”), perhaps the most widely followed stock index in the world, fell 1,000 points in a matter of minutes.[1] As the fall quickened, “the sell-off seemed to overwhelm computer and human systems alike.”[2] Shares of Procter & Gamble fell nearly 40 […]

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30Mar

Killer Robots; An Apologia

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Thomas E. Simmons∗ The more decisive a weapon is The more surely it will be used, And no agreements will help. JOHN ADAMS, DOCTOR ATOMIC Act I (2005) (libretto by Peter Sellars) Introduction In Forrest Gump, Gary Sinise played the character of Lieutenant Dan Taylor, a physically and psychologically wounded Vietnam War veteran.[1] In the […]

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29Feb

Is Domain Name Classification a Property Right or a Contractual Right? The Circuit Split and a Clear Path Forward

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Nicholas Foss Barbantonis* Introduction There is an ongoing controversy as to whether re-registration of domain names constitutes registration within the meaning of the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA).[1] The Eleventh Circuit recently held in Jysk Bed’N Linen v. Dutta-Roy that re-registration of domain names constitutes a registration.[2] In doing so, it rejected the Ninth Circuit’s […]

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31Jan

What’s Coming for Class Actions

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Zoe Niesel* A trio of cases before the Supreme Court in its current term has the potential to dramatically impact the ability of plaintiffs to bring class actions. By taking up Tyson Foods v. Bouaphakeo, Spokeo v. Robins, and Campbell-Ewald v. Gomez, the Court could be signaling that a shift against class actions is underway […]

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19Oct

Has the Increased Cost of Law School Improved Legal Education?

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Paul Campos* Over the past several decades, the cost of legal education has increased at a dizzying rate, far outpacing even the rapid rise in the cost of higher education in general.[1] Average resident tuition at public ABA law schools grew from $716 per year in 1974 to $24,946 per year in 2014.[2] For private […]

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Harry Potter, Ethereum, and the Blockchain: Revised Implications and Current Shortcomings of Smart Contracts

Make Immigration Great Again: How Morales-Santana Could Signal the End of Sexist Immigration Law and Provide A Way to Fight the Travel Ban

On The Meaning of “Considered as Natural Born”

Fake News, Free Speech, & the Third-Person Effect: I’m No Fool, But Others Are

Wisdom, Not Noise: The Law Professor as Policy Influencer

Justice Kennedy’s Surprising Vote and Opinion in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin

Systems Science and the Supreme Court

High-Frequency Traders: A Plan to Eliminate the Abuses Without Losing the Benefits

Killer Robots; An Apologia

Is Domain Name Classification a Property Right or a Contractual Right? The Circuit Split and a Clear Path Forward

What’s Coming for Class Actions

Has the Increased Cost of Law School Improved Legal Education?

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