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Documents from 2022

Homogenous Diversity (reviewing Benjamin Barton, The Credentialed Court: Inside the Cloistered Elite World of American Justice), Melissa D. Mortazavi

A Call to Resettle Refugees, Craig Mousin

Building a Welcoming City, Craig Mousin

Celebrate and advocate for refugees, Craig Mousin

Home, Craig Mousin

Honor World Children’s Day, Craig Mousin

Leave the Campsite Cleaner, Craig Mousin

Posterity, Craig Mousin

Rebuild Refugee Resettlement, Craig Mousin

Shared Values, Craig Mousin

To Do A Blessing, Craig Mousin

Standing with the Persecuted: Adjudicating Religious Asylum Claims After the Enactment of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, Craig B. Mousin

You Were Told to Love the Immigrant, But What if the Story Never Happened? Hospitality and United States Immigration Law, Craig B. Mousin

Frédéric Ozanam―Beneficent Deserter: Mediating the Chasm of Income Inequality through Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity, Reverend Craig B. Mousin

The Most Important Question, Reverend Craig B. Mousin

96. Foster youth's placement preferences: The roles of kin, siblings, and age., Shreya Mukhopadhyay, Kelli L. Dickerson, Thomas D. Lyon, and Jodi A. Quas

Compulsory Terms in Property, Timothy M. Mulvaney

Shanghai Lianfu Food Co. Ltd v CSM N. V.—Dispute Arising from a Sale of Goods Contract, Edgardo Muñoz

Global Sales and Contract Law, Edgardo Muñoz and Ingeborg Schwenzer

Otorgamiento y cuantificación de los daños punitivos en México – Una propuesta a la luz del derecho comparado, Edgardo Muñoz and Rodolfo Vazquez-Cabello

Arthrex and the Politics of Patents, Tejas N. Narechania

Certiorari in Important Cases, Tejas N. Narechania

Convergence and a Case for Broadband Rate Regulation, Tejas N. Narechania

Machine Learning as Natural Monopoly, Tejas N. Narechania

How to Avoid the 'Ethical Slide' That Leads Companies Astray, J.S. Nelson

Next Big Idea Club (curated by Malcolm Gladwell, Susan Cain, Daniel Pink, and Adam Grant), J.S. Nelson

The Future of Corporate Criminal Liability: Watching the ESG Space, J.S. Nelson

Securities Law: Overview and Contemporary Issues, Neal Newman and Lawrence J. Trautman

Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACS) and the SEC, Neal Newman and Lawrence J. Trautman

Cardiologist Says George Floyd's Death Was "Absolutely Preventable", CBS NEWS and Jenny Roberts

Key Takeaways of the Derek Chauvin Trial So Far, CBS NEWS and Jenny Roberts

What is Tattleware and Is Your Employer Using It to Keep Tabs on You?, NBC News

CAA Goes to France, CAA News Today and Peter Jaszi

Tech Industry Wants Congress to Cut Digital Trade Barriers, Warren Communications News and Jennifer C. Daskal

Immigration Detention as a Violation of Transgender Detainees’ Substantive Due Process Rights, Emily Torstveit Ngara

Checking Annotations in Both USCS and USCA: Necessary or Redundant?, Kristina Niedringhaus

Virtual Annual Meetings: A Path Toward Shareholder Democracy and Stakeholder Engagement, Yaron Nili and Megan Wischmeier Shaner

Police Are Seeking More Digital Evidence From Tech Companies, Naomi Nix and Jennifer C. Daskal

94. Nogalska, A.M., Henderson, H.M., Cho, S.J., & Lyon, T.D. (in press). Novel forms of reluctance among suspected child sexual abuse victims in adolescence., Agnieszka M. Nogalska, Hayden M. Henderson, Scarlet J. Cho, and Thomas D. Lyon

94. Novel forms of reluctance among suspected child sexual abuse victims in adolescence., Agnieszka M. Nogalska, Hayden M. Henderson, Scarlet J. Cho, and Thomas D. Lyon

Med AI som vapen? Att förståframtidens krigföringsmetoder, Gregor Noll

Viciously Circular. Will Ageing Lock the European Union into Immigrant Exclusion?, Gregor Noll

What Is Wrong with Solidarity in EU Asylum and Migration Law?, Gregor Noll and Eleni Karageorgiou

How to Build Community for Asynchronous Courses, Ann Nowak

The Struggle with Basic Writing Skills, Ann Nowak

Applying Mathematical Set Theory to Statutory Construction of Municipal Sign Laws, Ann L. Nowak

Discovering a Predictor of Reading Comprehension Difficulties, Ann L. Nowak

"Slack" in the Data Age, Shu-Yi Oei and Diane M. Ring

Corporate Governance Guidelines: How to Improve Disclosure and Promote Better Corporate Governance in Public Companies, Jennifer O'Hare

Don’t Forget the 'G' in ESG: The SEC and Corporate Governance Disclosure, Jennifer O'Hare

The Role of Communication Style in Adaptation to Interorganizational Project Disruptions, Nuno Oliveira, Fabrice Lumineau, and Nick Argyres

The Concrete Second Amendment: Traditionalist Interpretation and the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, Michael P. O'Shea

Corporate Governance and International Law, Kish Parella

Contractual Stakeholderism, Kishanthi Parella

Improving Human Rights Compliance in Supply Chains, Kishanthi Parella

Public Relations Litigation, Kishanthi Parella

Government controls of information and scientific inquiry., Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker and Leslie Gielow Jacobs

Abortions of the Parental Prerogatives of Unwed Natural Fathers: Deterring Lost Paternity, Jeffrey A. Parness

Adoption Notices to Genetic Fathers: No to Scarlet Letters, Yes to Good Faith Cooperation, Jeffrey A. Parness

American General Jurisdiction Trial Courts: New Visions, New Guidelines, Jeffrey A. Parness

American State Constitutional Equalities, Jeffrey A. Parness

Arming the Pregnancy Police: More Outlandish Concoctions?, Jeffrey A. Parness

Beyond Red Light Enforcement Against the Guilty But Innocent: Local Regulations of Secondary Culprits, Jeffrey A. Parness

Challenges in Handling Imprecise Parentage Matters, Jeffrey A. Parness

Choices About Attorney Fee-Shifting Laws: Further Substance/Procedure Problems under Erie and Elsewhere, Jeffrey A. Parness

Choosing Among Imprecise American State Parentage Laws, Jeffrey A. Parness

Civil Claim Settlement Talks Involving Third Parties and Insurance Company Adjusters: When Should Lawyer Conduct Standards Apply?, Jeffrey A. Parness

Comparative American Judicial Systems, Jeffrey A. Parness

Constitutional Constraints on Second Parent Laws, Jeffrey A. Parness

Dangers in De Facto Parenthood, Jeffrey A. Parness

Deserting Mothers, Abandoned Babies, Lost Fathers: Dangers in Safe Havens, Jeffrey A. Parness

Designating Male Parents at Birth, Jeffrey A. Parness

Disciplinary Referrals Under New Federal Civil Rule 11, Jeffrey A. Parness

Enforcing Professional Norms for Federal Litigation Conduct: Achieving Reciprocal Cooperation, Jeffrey A. Parness

Evolving Views of Civil Litigation: Future Civil Procedure Courses, Jeffrey A. Parness

Expanded Stepparent and Grandparent Third-Party Childcare in Illinois, Jeffrey A. Parness

Failed or Uneven Discourse of State Constitutionalism?: Governmental Structure and State Constitutions, Jeffrey A. Parness

Federal Constitutional Childcare Interests and Superior Parental Rights in Illinois, Jeffrey A. Parness

Federal Constitutional Childcare Parents, Jeffrey A. Parness

Federalizing Birth Certificate Procedures, Jeffrey A. Parness

Fines Under New Federal Civil Rule 11: The New Monetary Sanctions for the "Stop-and Think-Again" Rule, Jeffrey A. Parness

Formal Declarations of Intended Childcare Parentage, Jeffrey A. Parness

Formalities for Informal Adoptions, Jeffrey A. Parness

Greater Employment Equalities in the New South Through New Constitutional Guarantees, Jeffrey A. Parness

ICWA's Pre-Existing Custody Requirement: A Flexible Approach to Better Protect the Interests of Indian Fathers, Tribes and Children, Jeffrey A. Parness

Illinois Lawyer Investigations of Current Client Concerns, Jeffrey A. Parness

Improving Judicial Settlement Conferences, Jeffrey A. Parness

International Child Relocations from U.S. States, Jeffrey A. Parness

Let Live and Let Die: Disabled Newborns and Contemporary Law, Jeffrey A. Parness

Lost ESI Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Jeffrey A. Parness

Lost Paternity in the Culture of Motherhood, Jeffrey A. Parness

Marriage Equality, Parentage (In)Equality, Jeffrey A. Parness

New Federal Paternity Laws: Securing More Fathers for Children of Unwed Mothers, Jeffrey A. Parness

New Private Privacy Intrusions During Prelitigation Civil Claim Investigations, Jeffrey A. Parness

No Genetic Ties, No More Fathers: Voluntary Acknowledgment Recissions and Other Paternity Disestablishments Under Illinois Law, Jeffrey A. Parness

Nonparty Insurers in Federal Civil Actions: The Need For New Written Civil Procedure Laws, Jeffrey A. Parness

Observations on Recent Efforts to Deter Frivolous Papers in the Illinois Circuit Courts, Jeffrey A. Parness

Old-Fashioned Pregnancy, Newly-Fashioned Paternity, Jeffrey A. Parness

Parentage Law (R)Evolution: The Key Questions, Jeffrey A. Parness

Parentage Prenups and Midnups, Jeffrey A. Parness