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Documents from 2020

Is solar geoengineering ungovernable? A critical assessment of governance challenges identified by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Jesse Reynolds

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Nonstate Governance of Solar Geoengineering Research, Jesse Reynolds and Edward A. Parson

Born Filipina, Somewhere in Between, Kim D. Ricardo

Ensuring Quality Instruction, Kim D. Ricardo and Olympia Duhart

Information about the research project being conducted on incorporation of social purpose organizations, Carolee M. Rigsbee, Carol Jessup, Celeste M. Hammond, Stephanie Black, and Julia Wasik

A Right to Repair for Australia — Forum, Matthew Rimmer

Free the Flag: Copyright Law and Indigenous Intellectual Property, A Submission to the Senate Select Committee on the Aboriginal Flag, Matthew Rimmer

Get Me PPE: 3D Printing, the Maker Movement, and the COVID-19 Public Health Crisis: Creative Commons Summit 2020, Matthew Rimmer

Lady Ada: Limor Fried, Adafruit Industries, Intellectual Property and Open Source Hardware, Matthew Rimmer

Lady Ada: Limor Fried, Adafruit Industries, Intellectual Property and Open Source Hardware, Matthew Rimmer

Make and Share: Intellectual Property, Higher Education, Technology Transfer, and 3D Printing in a Global Context, Matthew Rimmer

Open GLAM: Copyright Law, 3D Printing, and Cultural Heritage, Matthew Rimmer

The Internet Archive and the National Emergency Library: Copyright Law and the Coronavirus COVID-19, Matthew Rimmer

The Internet Archive and The National Emergency Library: Copyright Law and the Coronavirus COVID-19: Creative Commons Summit 2020, Matthew Rimmer

The People’s Vaccine: Intellectual Property, Access to Medicines, and the Coronavirus COVID-19, Matthew Rimmer

The People’s Vaccine: Intellectual Property and Access to Medicines in the Age of COVID-19: Creative Commons Summit 2020, Matthew Rimmer

The Right to Repair in Australia: Patent Law and 3D Printing in a Circular Economy, Matthew Rimmer

The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Intellectual Property and Trade in the Pacific Rim, Matthew Rimmer

What is the "Free the Flag" Movement All About?, Matthew Rimmer

A Path to International Tax Reform and Improved Wealth Distribution Across the Globe, Diane M. Ring

Taxation of Permanent Establishments: United States, Diane M. Ring

Falling Short in the Digital Age, Diane M. Ring and Shu-Yi Oei

Tax Law's Workplace Shift, Diane M. Ring and Shu-Yi Oei

The Importance of Qualitative Research Approaches to Gig Economy Taxation, Diane M. Ring and Shu-Yi Oei

Alcance y límites del principio de jerarquía. Criterios para jerarquizar derechos, valores, bienes y otros elementos, Juan Carlos Riofrío Martínez-Villalba

El amor y sus efectos en la música pop y en la filosofía clásica, Juan Carlos Riofrío Martínez-Villalba

Estado de extremísima excepción reconocido tácitamente en la constitución y su aplicación al sector privado, Juan Carlos Riofrío Martínez-Villalba

Límites y posibilidades del Anarquismo. Propuesta de un anarquismo focalizado, Juan Carlos Riofrío Martínez-Villalba and Ricardo Iván López

Are general inflexible rules stable? An examination of David Hume's jurisprudence, Mario J. Rizzo

Escaping Paternalism: Rationality, Behavioral Economics, and Public Policy, Mario J. Rizzo and Glen Whitman

Cities and Citizens Seethe: A Case Study of Local Efforts to Influence Natural Gas Pipeline Routing Decisions, Heidi Gorovitz Robertson

This Year's Law School Grads Can Be Verified As Ready to Practice Law, Without In-Person July Bar Exams, Heidi Gorovitz Robertson

Toledo's Doomed Lake Erie Bill of Rights and the Future of Environmental Protection, Heidi Gorovitz Robertson and Isaac M. Bleich

Florida Wills, Trusts, and Estates Cases and Materials, 4th ed., Eloisa C. Rodriguez-Dod and Elena Maria Marty-Nelson

INSIGHT: President Trump’s Misunderstanding of Federalism, Ediberto Roman

INSIGHT: Trump Bemoans a DACA Decision He Should Celebrate, Ediberto Roman

Professor Roman was quoted in article: 'No Chance' Seattle's CHAZ Demand for Retrials for People of Color Happens, Ediberto Roman and Jenni Fink

Build the Wall and Wreck the System: Immigration Policy in the Trump Administration, Ediberto Roman and Ernesto Sagas

Professor Roman was quoted in article: Trump Has Key Ally for His Immigration Halt: The Supreme Court, Ediberto Roman and Greg Stohr

El impacto de la crisis sanitaria del Covid 19 en los contratos de arrendamiento.pdf, Jimmy J. Ronquillo Pascual

El Octavo Pleno Casatorio Civil. Sus enigmas, problemas y posibles soluciones.pdf, Jimmy J. Ronquillo Pascual and Jimmy J. Ronquillo Pascual

College students should proclaim solidarity with Hong Kong protesters, Gary L. Rose

Self-Determination, the Trust Doctrine, and Congressional Appropriations: Promise and Pitfalls of Federal Disentanglement from Indian Healthcare, Ezra Rosser

The Poverty Law Canon: Exploring the Major Cases, Ezra Rosser and Marie Failinger

La finance à l’ère de TikTok.pdf, Sébastien Ruche

Oh, What a Truism the Tenth Amendment Is: State Sovereignty, Sovereign Immunity, and Individual Liberties, Sharon E. Rush

A Short History of the Public Trust Doctrine and its Intersection with Private Water Law, Erin Ryan

The Twin Environmental Law Problems of Preemption and Political Scale, Erin Ryan

Jailing Immigrant Detainees: A National Study of County Participation in Immigration Detention, 1983–2013, Emily Ryo and Ian Peacock

Collective Criminality and Sexual Violence: Fixing a Failed Approach, Susana L. SaCouto

The Utter Failure of the Trump Administration’s Antitrust Chief, Chris Sagers

Zoning and Planning Law Handbook, Patricia E. Salkin

Groundwater Management in the Borderlands of Mexico and Texas: The Beauty of the Unknown, the Negligence of the Present, and the Way Forward, Rosario Sanchez and Gabriel Eckstein

Microsoft’s New ‘Productivity Score’ Lets Your Boss Monitor How Often You Use Email And Attend Video Meetings, Rachel Sandler

Applying the STAMP Safety Model to Prevent False Convictions Based on Eyewitness Misidentifications, Boaz Sangero

Safe Convictions, Boaz Sangero

Comentario a la ponencia Exp. 00006-2020-PI/TC (suspensión peajes), Jose Luis Sardon

Fundamento de voto Exp. 00002-2020-CC (vacancia presidencial por incapacidad moral), Jose Luis Sardon

Peru's political crisis, Jose Luis Sardon

Sentencia Exp. 00016-2018-AI (Puerto Manoa), Jose Luis Sardon

Sentencia Exp. 01833-2019-HC (Defilippi Rodríguez: internamiento por salud mental), Jose Luis Sardon

Vacancia de Martín Vizcarra no fue un golpe de Estado | Entrevista Diario Expreso, Jose Luis Sardon

Voto conjunto c/Ramos Exp. 00014-2018-AI (motos en vías expresas), Jose Luis Sardon

Voto conjunto en mayoría c/Ferrero y Blume Exp. 03206-2015-HC (Francisco Morales Bermúdez: aplicación en el tiempo de calificación de crímenes de lesa humanidad), Jose Luis Sardon

Voto Exp. 00022-2018-PI/TC (corridas de toros, y peleas de gallos y toros), Jose Luis Sardon

Voto singular conjunto c/ Blume Exp. 00016-2019-AI (reparación civil a favor del Estado), Jose Luis Sardon

Voto singular conjunto c/ Ferrero Exp. 00002-2020-CC (medida cautelar sobre vacancia presidencial por incapacidad moral), Jose Luis Sardon

Voto singular conjunto c/ Ferrero Exp. 04038-2016-HC (Máxima Acuña: habeas corpus no tutela posesión), Jose Luis Sardon

Voto singular conjunto con Blume y Ferrero: Exp. 00014-2015-AI (imprescriptibilidad predios estatales de uso privado), Jose Luis Sardon

Voto singular conjunto Ferrero - Sardón. Exp. 00021-2014-AI/TC (régimen laboral MYPE), Jose Luis Sardon

Voto singular Exp. 00006-2014-PI/TC (comunicación de actividades sospechosas), Jose Luis Sardon

Voto singular Exp. 00006-2016-AI (Decreto Legislativo del Notariado II: extralimitación de facultades legislativas), Jose Luis Sardon

Voto singular Exp. 00006-2019-CC/TC (disolución del Congreso), Jose Luis Sardon

Voto singular Exp. 00011-2015-AI (importación directa de plaguicidas), Jose Luis Sardon

Voto singular Exp. 01739-2018-AA (Óscar Ugarteche: matrimonio "igualitario"), Jose Luis Sardon

Voto singular Exp. 02064-2018-AA (Marino Costa: plazo razonable de investigación fiscal), Jose Luis Sardon

Voto singular Exp. 02287-2013-HC (Pando Beltrán: terrorismo y fiscales sin rostro), Jose Luis Sardon

Voto singular Exp. 05436-2014-HC (hacinamiento de penales), Jose Luis Sardon

COVID-19 Highlights Need for Rights to Repair and Produce in Emergencies, Joshua D. Sarnoff

Rights, Dignity, and Public Accommodations, Christopher W. Schmidt

The Fourteenth Amendment and the Transformation of Civil Rights, Christopher W. Schmidt

Court's Decision on Reg BI Lawsuit Could Come Down Near Implementation Date, Mark Schoeff

Reflections on Moving Toward Integration and Modern Exclusionary-Zoning Cases Under the Fair Housing Act, Robert G. Schwemm

Source-of-Income Discrimination and the Fair Housing Act, Robert G. Schwemm

Can the Government Ban Automated Calls to Cell Phones, but Except Calls to Collect Government-Owned Debt, Consistent with the First Amendment (19-631), 47 Preview U.S. Sup. Ct. Cas. 18 (2020), Steven D. Schwinn

Did Committees of the House of Representatives Have Authority to Issue Subpoenas to Third-Party Custodians of the Personal Records of the President (19-715) (19-760) , 47 Preview U.S. Sup. Ct. Cas. 29 (2020), Steven D. Schwinn

Did Committees of the House of Representatives Have Authority to Issue Subpoenas to Third-Party Custodians of the Personal Records of the President (19-715) (19-760), 47 Preview U.S. Sup. Ct. Cas. 29 (2020), Steven D. Schwinn

Did Committees of the House of Representatives Have Authority to Issue Subpoenas to Third-Party Custodians of the Personal Records of the President (19-715) (19-760), 47 Preview U.S. Sup. Ct. Cas. 37 (2020), Steven D. Schwinn

Did Federal Agencies Have Authority to Grant a Categorical Exemption from the Affordable Care Act's Contraceptive Guarantee for Organizations That Have a Religious or Moral Objection to Contraception (19-431) (19-454), 47 Preview U.S. Sup. Ct. Cas. 13 (2020), Steven D. Schwinn

Did the Montana Supreme Court Violate the Constitution When It Struck a State Program That Offered Montanans Dollar-for-Dollar Tax Credits for Donations to Private Schools, including Religious Schools, for the Purpose of Paying Student Tuition (18-1195), 47 Preview U.S. Sup. Ct. Cas. 30 (2020), Steven D. Schwinn

Does the Federal Prohibition against Encouraging or Inducing Illegal Immigration for Commercial Advantage or Private Financial Gain Violate Free Speech (19-67), 47 Preview U.S. Sup. Ct. Cas. 11 (2020), Steven D. Schwinn

Does the First Amendment Bar Congress from Restricting Federal Funds to Fight HIV and AIDS Abroad to Foreign Affiliates of U.S. Nongovernmental Organizations That Have a Policy Explicitly Opposing Prostitution and Sex Trafficking (19-177), 47 Preview U.S. Sup. Ct. Cas. 10 (2020), Steven D. Schwinn

Does the First Amendment Bar Congress from Restricting Federal Funds to Fight HIV and AIDS Abroad to Foreign Affiliates of U.S. Nongovernmental Organizations That Have a Policy Explicitly Opposing Prostitution and Sex Trafficking (19-177), 47 Preview U.S. Sup. Ct. Cas. 27 (2020), Steven D. Schwinn

Does the First Amendment Permit a State to Specify and Define the Composition of State Courts by Reference to the Political Party of the Judges (19-309), 47 Preview U.S. Sup. Ct. Cas. 23 (2020), Steven D. Schwinn

Does the For-Cause Removal Provision for the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Impermissibly Encroach on the President's Constitutional Power to Direct and Control the Executive Branch - If So, is It Severable from the Rest of the Dodd-Frank Act (19-7), 47 Preview U.S. Sup. Ct. Cas. 22 (2020), Steven D. Schwinn

Does the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act Allow Plaintiffs to Recover Punitive Damages against Foreign States for Terrorist Activities That Occurred before Congress Authorized Punitive Damages under the Act (17-1268), 47 Preview U.S. Sup. Ct. Cas. 7 (2020), Steven D. Schwinn

In Light of the Court's 2016 Ruling in Whole Women's Health v. Hellerstedt, Does Louisiana's Law Requiring Doctors Who Perform Abortions to Obtain Admitting Privileges at a Local Hospital Violate the Right to an Abortion (18-1323) (18-1460), 47 Preview U.S. Sup. Ct. Cas. 30 (2020), Steven D. Schwinn

INSIGHT: Supreme Court Upturns Constitutional Federalism, Yet Again, Steven D. Schwinn