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Documents from 2017

The Role of History and Culture in Developing Bankruptcy and Insolvency Systems: The Perils of Legal Transplantation, Nathalie Martin

The Role of History and Culture in Developing Bankruptcy and Insolvency Systems: The Perils of Legal Transplantation, Nathalie Martin

Think Like a (Mindful) Lawyer: Incorporating Mindfulness, Professional Identity, and Emotional Intelligence into the First Year Law Curriculum, Nathalie Martin

Grand Theft Auto Loans: Repossession and Demographic Realities in Title Lending, Nathalie Martin and Ozymandias Adams

A Glance at the New Article 9 Secured Transaction, Nathalie Martin and Frederick M. Hart

Modifications of Phosphocaseinate Solutions Treated by Selective Adsorption, Nathalie Martin, Rafael Jiménez-Flores, Phillip S. Tong, Yves Pouliot, and Michel Britten

The Alliance Between Payday Lenders and Tribes: Are Both Tribal Sovereignty and Consumer Protection at Risk?, Nathalie Martin and Joshua Schwartz

Mind Games: Rethinking BAPCPA's Debtor Education Provisions, Nathalie Martin and Ocean Tama y Sweet

Double Down-and-Out: The Connection Between Payday Loans and Bankruptcy, Nathalie Martin and Koo Im Tong

¿Cómo enseñar (y aprender) derecho constitucional con una Constitución de más de 60 mil palabras?, Javier Martín Reyes

Delitos electorales locales (Comentario al artículo 116, fracción IV, inciso o, de la Constitución), Javier Martín Reyes

Diez acciones para una nueva justicia penal, Javier Martín Reyes

Ni si, ni no, sino todo lo contrario: El Tribunal Electoral, la Iglesia católica y la imposible nulidad de la elección de Gobernador en Aguascalientes, Javier Martín Reyes

Patologías de la Constitución de 1917, Javier Martín Reyes

La democracia en subasta, Javier Martín Reyes and Sergio López Ayllón

Una reforma contra el formalismo, Javier Martín Reyes and Sergio López Ayllón

Informe General de la Consulta Nacional sobre el Modelo de Procuración de Justicia, Javier Martín Reyes, Sergio López Ayllón, Pedro Salazar Ugarte, Gabriela Ortiz Quintero, Bertha María Alcalde Luján, José Antonio Caballero, and María del Carmen Novoa Cancela

Informe Ejecutivo de la Consulta Nacional sobre el Modelo de Procuración de Justicia, Javier Martín Reyes, Sergio Lopez Ayllón, Pedro Salazar Ugarte, Gabriela Ortiz Quintero, Bertha María Alcalde Luján, José Antonio Caballero Juárez, and María del Carmen Novoa Cancela

Neil Gorsuch: la carta de Trump para la Corte Suprema, Javier Martín Reyes and Saúl López Noriega

¿Podrán los jueces detener a Trump?, Javier Martín Reyes and Saúl López Noriega

¿Qué tan viable es el impeachment en contra del presidente Trump?, Javier Martín Reyes and Saúl López Noriega

Trump y el desastre legal de su política de deportación e inmigración, Javier Martín Reyes and Saúl López Noriega

Trump y el TLC, ¿realmente lo puede destruir?, Javier Martín Reyes and Saúl López Noriega

Book Review: Legal Asylum: A Comedy by Paul Goldstein, Jennifer R. Mart-Rice

An Inspired Classroom or Meeting: Re-Inventing Yourself & Your Approach, Jennifer R. Mart-Rice, Caroline L. Osborne, Alyson Drake, Alexis Fetzer, and Franklin L. Runge

Florida Wills, Trusts, and Estates: Cases and Materials, 1st ed., Elena Marty-Nelson and Eloisa C. Rodriguez-Dod

Florida Wills, Trusts, and Estates: Cases and Materials, 2nd ed., Elena Marty-Nelson, Eloisa C. Rodriguez-Dod, Gail Levin Richmond, and Donna Carol Litman

(2015) Reasonable or Offensive (see pp. 33-42).pdf, Sarah Marusek

Digesting the Public Sphere, Sarah Marusek

Digesting the Public Sphere.pdf, Sarah Marusek

Expiration Dates: Performative Illusions of Law and Regulation, Sarah Marusek

Conclusion: How Law Happens.pdf, Sarah Marusek and John Brigham

Street-Level Sovereignty: The Intersection of Space and Law, Sarah Marusek and John C. Brigham

Ears on the Street: Coqui Frog Patrols and the Guarding of Silence in One Hawaiian Village.pdf, Sarah Marusek and Marilyn Brown

Public Policy Considerations Concerning Forum Selection Clauses in Insurance Contracts, Chad G. Marzen

Capgras and Fregoli Syndromes in Criminal Justice: A Guide to Forensic Testimony, Naira R. Matevosyan

Capgras and Fregoli Syndromes in Criminal Justice: A Guide to Forensic Testimony, Naira R. Matevosyan

No Title, Naira R. Matevosyan

TERATOLOGY: An abridged medical-legal survey, Naira R. Matevosyan

Minimally Democratic Administrative Law, Jud Mathews

Presidential Administration in the Obama Era, Jud Mathews

Proportionality Review in Administrative Law, Jud Mathews

State Action Doctrine and the Logic of Constitutional Containment, Jud Mathews

IL POLIAMORE E I BENI COMUNI. PRIMISSIME RIFLESSIONI, Ugo Mattei

TheColdWar_and_ComparativeLaw.pdf, Ugo Mattei

Measuring the Costs and Benefits of Patent Pools, Michael Mattioli and Robert P. Merges

Collaborative Relationships between Law Librarians and Legal Writing Faculty, Ingrid Mattson and Susan Azyndar

Perspectives on solidarity in social security, healthcare and medical research, Titti Mattsson, Martina Axmin, and Emma Holm

Dysfunctional error-related processing in incarcerated youth with elevated psychopathic traits, J. Michael Maurer, Vaughn R. Steele, Lora M. Cope, Gina M. Vincent, Julia M. Stephen, Vince D. Calhoun, and Kent A. Kiehl

Race Politics, O'Hare Airport Expansion, and Promissory Estoppel: The More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same, Judith L. Maute

Foreword: Social Practices, Legal Narrative, and the Development of the Legal Tradition, Laurent Mayali

A Comparative Examination of Counter-Terrorism Law and Policy, Laurent Mayali and John Yoo

Professor Offers Options to Counter Escalating Crackdowns on NGOs, Lloyd H. Mayer

Limits on State Regulation of Religious Organizations: Where We Are and Where We Are Going, Lloyd Hitashi Mayer

Federalism Anew, Sara Mayeux and Karen Tani

Endangered Species Act Has Been Under Attack for Years, James R. May

Subnational Environmental Constitutionalism and Reform in New York State, James R. May

Sustainability and Global Environmental Constitutionalism, James R. May

Water Law and Rights in Delaware, James R. May

Judicial Handbook on Environmental Constitutionalism, James R. May and Erin Daly

Baby Snake Swallows Whale: Impacts and Insights from Winthrop’s Recent ILS Migration, Antje Mays

Deep Dive: Differentiated eBook Usage Between Collection Types Across Disciplines, Antje Mays

Supreme Court Review: Legalistic Argle-Bargle, Molly McBurney, Kristen Barnes, Bernadette Genetin, Wilson Huhn, William Jordan, Marge Koosed, Rich Lavoie, Brant Lee, Elizabeth Reilly, Bill Rich, Kalyani Robbins, Jeff Samuels, Tracy Thomas, and Katharine Van Tassel

Taxing Wealth Seriously, Edward J. McCaffery

Taxing Wealth Seriously, Edward J. McCaffery

The New Protestant Bargain: The Influence of Protestant Theology on Contract and Property Law, Brian M. McCall

Disgorgement for Breach of Contract: A Comparative Perspective, John D. McCamus

Mechanisms for Restricting Recovery for Emotional Distress in Contracts, John D. McCamus

Rethinking Section 142 of the Restatement of Restitution: Fault, Bad Faith, and Change of Position, John D. McCamus

Big Government Against Social Responsibility: A Vulnerability Critique of Privatization's Public Priorities, Martha T. McCluskey

Changing, Not Balancing, the Market: Economic Politics and "Social" Programs, Martha T. McCluskey

Constitutional Economic Justice: Structural Power for "We the People", Martha T. McCluskey

Deconstructing the State–Market Divide: The Rhetoric of Regulation from Workers' Compensation to the World Trade Organization, Martha T. McCluskey

Defending and Developing Critical Feminist Theory as Law Leans Rightward, Martha T. McCluskey

Efficiency and Social Citizenship: Challenging the Neoliberal Attack on the Welfare State, Martha T. McCluskey

Facing the Ghost of Cruikshank in Constitutional Law, Martha T. McCluskey

Fear of Feminism: The Media Debate about Victims and Violence on College Campuses, Martha T. McCluskey

Framing Middle-Class Insecurity: Tax and the Ideology of Unequal Economic Growth, Martha T. McCluskey

From the Welfare State to the Militarized Market: Losing Choices, Controlling Losers, Martha T. McCluskey

How Equality Became Elitist: The Cultural Politics of Economics from the Court to the "Nanny Wars", Martha T. McCluskey

How Money for Legal Scholarship Disadvantages Feminism, Martha T. McCluskey

How Queer Theory Makes Neoliberalism Sexy, Martha T. McCluskey

How the Biological/Social Divide Limits Disability and Equality, Martha T. McCluskey

How the "Unintended Consequences" Story Promotes Unjust Intent and Impact., Martha T. McCluskey

Insurer Moral Hazard in the Workers' Compensation Crisis: Reforming Cost Inflation, Not Rate Suppression, Martha T. McCluskey

Personal Responsibility for Systemic Inequality, Martha T. McCluskey

Privileged Violence, Principled Fantasy, and Feminist Method: The Colby Fraternity Case, Martha T. McCluskey

Razing the Citizen: Economic Inequality, Gender, and Marriage Tax Reform, Martha T. McCluskey

Reforming Insurance to Support Workers’ Rights to Compensation, Martha T. McCluskey

Rethinking Equality and Difference: Disability Discrimination in Public Transportation, Martha T. McCluskey

Rhetoric of Risk and the Redistribution of Social Insurance, Martha T. McCluskey

Subsidized Lives and the Ideology of Efficiency , Martha T. McCluskey

Terry Thomason, Timothy P. Schmidle, and John F. Burton Jr.'s Workers’ Compensation: Benefits, Costs, and Safety under Alternative Insurance Arrangements (book review), Martha T. McCluskey

The Illusion of Efficiency in Workers' Compensation "Reform", Martha T. McCluskey

The Politics of Economics in Welfare Reform, Martha T. McCluskey

Thinking With Wolves: Left legal Theory After the Right's Rise (review essay), Martha T. McCluskey

Workers' Compensation, Martha T. McCluskey

Regulating Forced Arbitration in Consumer Financial Services: Re-Opening the Courthouse Doors to Victimized Consumers, Martha T. McCluskey, Thomas O. McGarity, Sidney Shapiro, James Goodwin, and Mollie Rosenzweig

OSHA's Discount on Danger: OSHA Should Revise Its Informal Settlement Policies to Maximize the Deterrent Value of Citations, Martha T. McCluskey, Thomas O. McGarity, Sidney Shapiro, Rena Steinzor, and Katherine Tracy

At the Company's Mercy: Protecting Contingent Workers from Unsafe Working Conditions, Martha T. McCluskey, Thomas McGarity, Sidney Shapiro, and Matthew Shudtz