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Documents from 2017
Two Paths to Policy: Data, Discretion, and Local-Level Problems in Illinois’ Sentencing Reform Process, Don Stemen and David Olson
Finding the Jury: State Legislative Responses to Blakely v. Washington, Don Stemen and Daniel F. Wilhelm
Catalan Independence Referendum and the Kosovo “Precedent”, Milena Sterio
Do Kurds Have the Right to Self-Determination and/or Secession?, Milena Sterio
Individual Criminal Responsibility for the Destruction of Religious and Historic Buildings: The Al Mahdi Case, Milena Sterio
Individual Criminal Responsibility for the Destruction of Religious and Historic Buildings: The Al Mahdi Case, Milena Sterio
Intlawgrrls 10th Birthday Conference: A Transformative Experience, Milena Sterio
Prosecuting Juvenile Piracy Suspects: The International Legal Framework, Milena Sterio
Somali Pirates Are Back?, Milena Sterio
Syria: The (Il)legality of the United States’ Use of Force Against Assad, Milena Sterio
The Karadžić Genocide Conviction: Inferences, Intent, and the Necessity to Redefine Genocide, Milena Sterio
The Karadžić Genocide Conviction: Inferences, Knowledge, and Intent, Milena Sterio
The Karadžić Genocide Conviction: Knowledge, Inferences and Intent, Milena Sterio
Amplifying Silence: Uncertainty and Control Parables in Contemporary China, Rachel E. Stern and Jonathan Hassid
The Outpost Office: How International Law Firms Approach the China Market, Rachel E. Stern and Su Li
No Title, Dan E. Stigall
No Title, Dan E. Stigall
No Title, Dan E. Stigall
No Title, Dan E. Stigall
Forces of Federalism, Safety Nets, and Waivers, Edward H. Stiglitz
Abortion as Betrayal, Richard Stith
A Critique of Abortion Rights, Richard Stith
A Secular Community May Not Execute Its Members, Richard Stith
Can Practice Do Without Theory? Differing Answers in Western Legal Education, Richard Stith
El Derecho a Abortar Implica la Explotación y el Abandono de las Mujeres, Richard Stith
Generosity: A Duty Without a Right, Richard Stith
Imperio del Derecho versus Imperio de los Jueces, Richard Stith
La Construcción Contra El Desarrollo: Dos Maneras Distintas de Entender la Gestación Humana, Richard Stith
La Personalidad del Embrión: La Filosofía ante los Límites de la Imaginación, Richard Stith
On the Strength of Its Human Dignity: The Pro-Life 1993 Decision of the German Constitutional Court, Richard Stith
Rechazos Fundamentales de la Doctina de Roe v. Wade, Richard Stith
Securing the Rule of Law through Interpretive Pluralism: An Argument from Comparative Law, Richard Stith
When Choice Itself Hurts the Quality of Life, Richard Stith
Why the Taint to Religion?: The Interplay of Chance and Reason, Richard Stith
Why the Taint to Religion?: The Interplay of Chance and Reason, Richard Stith
57. Spatial Language, Question Type, and Young Children’s Ability to Describe Clothing: Legal and Developmental Implications., Stacia N. Stolzenberg, Kelly McWilliams, and Thomas D. Lyon
59. Ask versus tell: Potential confusion when child witnesses are questioned about conversations, Stacia N. Stolzenberg, Kelly McWilliams, and Thomas D. Lyon
Faith, Law and Dianne Feinstein, Geoffrey R. Stone and Eric Segall
Arbitral Lawmaking and State Power: An Empirical Analysis of Investor Arbitration, Alec Stone Sweet
Arbitral Lawmaking and State Power: An Empirical Analysis of Investor-State Arbitration, Alec Stone Sweet
Book (OUP), Conclusion: The Evolution of International Arbitration: Judicialization, Governance, Legitimacy, Alec Stone Sweet
Proportionality and Rights Protection in Asia: HK, Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan - Whither Singapore?, Alec Stone Sweet
Dead Reckoning: War, Crime and Justice from World War II to the War on Terror, Eric Stover, Jonathan Silvers, Allan Ryan, and Philip Gourevitch
Human Trafficking and Refugee Law, Vladislava Stoyanova
No Title, Vladislava Stoyanova
No Title, Vladislava Stoyanova
No Title, Vladislava Stoyanova
United Nations against Slavery: Unravelling Concepts, Instiutions and Obligations, Vladislava Stoyanova
Brazilian Constitutional Moment, Carlos Luiz Strapazzon
DANCE OF NUMBERS: social Insurance and Social Security after Federal Court of Accounts’ Auditing Report (2017), Carlos Luiz Strapazzon
RESTRICTIONS, DEPRIVATIONS AND VIOLATIONS TO CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, Carlos Luiz Strapazzon and Adriana Inomata
Social rights without philosophy of social security: Brazil, Carlos Luiz Strapazzon and Robison Tramontina
A Global Paradigm Shattered: The Jurisdictional Nihilism of the Supreme Court’s Abduction Decision in Alvarez-Machain, Andrew L. Strauss
Beyond National Law: The Neglected Role of the International Law of Personal Jurisdiction in Domestic Courts, Andrew L. Strauss
Climate Change Litigation: Opening the Door to the International Court of Justice, Andrew L. Strauss
Considering Global Democracy: An Introduction to the Symposium 'Envisioning a More Democratic Global System', Andrew L. Strauss
Cutting the Gordian Knot: How and Why the United Nations Should Vest the International Court of Justice with Referral Jurisdiction, Andrew L. Strauss
Global Income Inequality and the Potential for Global Democracy: A Functionalist Analysis, Andrew L. Strauss
A Global Parliament: Essays and Articles, Andrew L. Strauss and Richard A. Falk
The Deeper Challenges of Global Terrorism: A Democratizing Response, Andrew L. Strauss and Richard A. Falk
"Sign-In Wrap" on Mobile Apps, Allyson Haynes Stuart
The Simple Meaning of Stop Signs: A Response to Professor William Nelson, Dan Subotnik
Encourage Vaping to Help Reduce Smoking, Stephen D. Sugarman
Is it Unconstitutional to Prohibit Faith-Based Schools from Becoming Charter Schools?, Stephen D. Sugarman
Restating the Tort of Battery, Stephen D. Sugarman
AOM AAT Law Symposium Proposal (Final).pdf, Adam J. Sulkowski, Constance E. Bagley, J.S. Nelson, Waddock S., Paul Shrivastava, and Inara K. Scott
After Secular Law, Winnifred Fallers Sullivan, Robert A. Yelle, and Mateo Taussig-Rubbo
Introduction, Winnifred Fallers Sullivan, Robert Yelle, and Mateo Taussig-Rubbo
Dikai Emporikai: A Response to Alberto Maffi, Mark J. Sundahl
Legal Status of Spacecraft, Mark J. Sundahl
Regulating Non-Traditional Space Activities in the United States in the Wake of the Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act, Mark J. Sundahl
The Outer Space Treaty and The Free Enterprise Act: Is International Space Law a Help or a Hindrance? (Op-Ed), Mark J. Sundahl
From Jailbird to Jailbait: Age of Consent Law and the Construction of Teenage Sexualities, Kate Sutherland
Precedent, Principle and Pragmatism: Justice Wilson and the Expansion of Canadian Tort Law, Kate Sutherland
The new phenomenon of cyber law, Dan Svantesson
Patents, Politics and Abortion, Kara Swanson
A Tribute to the Members of the Villanova Law Review, Walter Taggart
Breves comentarios a las recientes modificaciones al Código de Protección y Defensa del Consumidor, Carlos Tamani
La búsqueda de la felicidad y el Derecho, Carlos Tamani
La responsabilidad contractual y la protección al consumidor, Carlos Tamani
Choosing the Future for American Juvenile Justice, David S. Tanenhaus and Franklin E. Zimring
Juvenile Justice in Global Perspective, David S. Tanenhaus, Franklin E. Zimring, and Maximo Langer
Can States be Corporately Liable to Attack in War?, François Tanguay-Renaud
Can States be Corporately Liable to Attack in War?, François Tanguay-Renaud
Administrative Equal Protection: Federalism, the Fourteenth Amendment, and the Rights of the Poor, Karen M. Tani
An Administrative Right To Be Free from Sexual Violence? Title IX Enforcement in Historical and Institutional Perspective, Karen M. Tani
Portia's Deal, Karen M. Tani
Incentivizing Equality Through Administrative Law, Karen Tani, Eloise Pasachoff, and Neil S. Siegel
Appraising 9/11: 'Sacred' Value and Heritage in Neoliberal Times, Mateo Taussig-Rubbo
Austin Sarat and Christian Boulanger's The Cultural Lives of Capital Punishment: Comparative Perspectives (book review), Mateo Taussig-Rubbo
From the 'Stranger King' to the 'Stranger Constitution': Domesticating Sovereignty in Kenya, Mateo Taussig-Rubbo
Juicios piratas, CIJ, y justicia de turbas: formas postcoloniales de justicia en Kenia, Mateo Taussig-Rubbo
Outsourcing Sacrifice: The Labor of Private Military Contractors, Mateo Taussig-Rubbo
Pirate Trials, the International Criminal Court and Mob Justice: Reflections on Postcolonial Sovereignty in Kenya, Mateo Taussig-Rubbo
Propiedad sagrada: buscando valor en los escombros del 11-S, Mateo Taussig-Rubbo
Sacred Property : Searching for Value in the Rubble of 9/11, Mateo Taussig-Rubbo
Sacrifice and Sovereignty, Mateo Taussig-Rubbo
The Sovereign's Gift: Reciprocity and Invisibility Inside U.S. Immigration Camps, Mateo Taussig-Rubbo
The Unsacrificeable Subject?, Mateo Taussig-Rubbo
The Value of Valor: Money, Medals and Military Labor, Mateo Taussig-Rubbo