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Documents from 2020

SCOTUS Blog Opinion analysis: Justices unanimously side with retirement-plan participant in plain reading of “actual knowledge”, Natalya Shnitser

The Tragedy and Promise of Self-Determination, Brian Slattery

Protected Concerted Activity and Non-Unionized Employee Strikes: Worker Rights in Canada in the Time of COVID-19, Sara Slinn

Boys, Rape and Masculinity: Reclaiming Boys’ Narratives of Sexual Violence in Custody, Brenda Smith

Promise Amid Peril: PREA's Efforts to Regulate an End to Prison Rape, Brenda Smith

Introduction to the Symposium: Homophobia in the Halls of Justice: Sexual Orientation Bias and its Implications within the Legal System, Brenda Smith and Pamela Bridgewater

After Dothard: Female Correctional Workers and the Challenge to Employment Law, Brenda Smith and Melissa C. Loomis

2020 Presidential Election Outcome, Mark Caleb Smith

Here's How President Donald Trump Won Ohio by Almost Exactly the Same Margin as in 2016, Mark Caleb Smith

"Ohio Has Taken a Different Turn": Ohio No Longer Appears to Be a Swing State, Mark Caleb Smith

On a Mail-In Ballot and a Prayer, Biden Wins White House, Mark Caleb Smith

Political Climate During the Pandemic, Mark Caleb Smith

Presidential Election 2020: Will the Supreme Court Become Involved?, Mark Caleb Smith

President Trump's Campaign Following Conflict Overseas, Mark Caleb Smith

Recounts & Lawsuits: President Trump's Last Stand, Mark Caleb Smith

Shift in Power in the House or Senate in November, Mark Caleb Smith

The U.S./Iran Quagmire, Mark Caleb Smith

Uncertain Election Results: The Roadmap to Victory, Mark Caleb Smith

Reforming Criminal Justice, Stephen F. Smith

Een fylogenetische analyse van de prijsbetalingsregel, Jan M. Smits

Five Uneasy Pieces: Essays on Law and Evolution, Jan M. Smits

Breach in Contracts: Cases and Doctrine, David Snyder

Conditions in Contracts: Cases and Doctrine, David Snyder

International Transactions in Goods: Global Sales in Comparative Context, David Snyder and Martin Davies

google80873c9399690671.html, Ashley H. Song Ms.

It’s a Jungle Out There: Public Policy Considerations Arising from a Liability-Free Amazon.com, Robert Sprague

Using the ABC Test to Classify Workers: End of the Platform-Based Business Model or Status Quo Ante?, Robert Sprague

The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics and the Law (edited by Peter Newman), Jeffrey E. Stake and Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt

Income and Career Satisfaction in the Legal Profession: Survey Data from Indiana Law School Graduates, Jeffrey E. Stake, Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt, and Kaushik Mukhopadhaya

The Emperor Still Has Clothes: Fraudulent Conveyance Challenges after the BFP Decision, Debra P. Stark

Foreclosing on the American Dream: An Evaluation of State and Federal Foreclosure Laws, Debra Pogrund Stark

Beyond the War: The Evolving Nature of the U.S. Approach to Drugs, Don Stemen

The Prison Paradox: More Incarceration Will Not Make Us Safer, Don Stemen

A Grotian Moment: Changes in the Legal Theory of Statehood, Milena Sterio

Introductory Note: Georgia v. Russia (European Court of Human Rights), Milena Sterio

The “Frozen” Conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, Milena Sterio

The International Criminal Court: Current Challenges and Prospect of Future Success, Milena Sterio

The Legality of the United States’ Strike on Soleimani, Milena Sterio

Year in Review Lecture, Milena Sterio

Did U.S. Attacks on ISIS Open a Pandora’s Box?, Milena Sterio and Michael P. Scharf

The Syrian Conflict's Impact on International Law, Milena Sterio, Michael P. Scharf, and Paul R. Williams

Amicus Curiae Observations by Public International Law & Policy Group, Situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Milena Sterio, Michael P. Scharf, and Paul R. Williams

Talking Foreign Policy: Untangling the Yemen Crisis, Milena Sterio, Michael P. Scharf, Paul R. Williams, James Johnson, and Laura Graham

Research Handbook on Post-Conflict State Building, Milena Sterio and Paul R. Williams

Land Use Regulation (3d ed.), Stewart E. Sterk, Eduardo M. Penalver, and Sara C. Bronin

Trust Landlords, Richard Stith

Kant, cosmopolitanism, and systems of constitutional justice in Europe and beyond.pdf, Alec Stone Sweet

The Necessity of Balancing: Hong Kong's Flawed Approach to Proportionality - And Why it Mattters.pdf, Alec Stone Sweet

Saúde e liberdade religiosa: o caso da Igreja Pentecostal South Bay United, julgado pela Suprema Corte dos Estados Unidos, no contexto da COVID-19, Carlos Luiz Strapazzon

Direitos fundamentais e políticas públicas no Brasil: conexões entre segurança social, trabalho decente e desenvolvimento, Carlos Luiz Strapazzon and Regina Stela Correa Vieira

Verbal Guidance for Sit-to-Stand Support System, Mizuki Takeda, Yasuhisa Hirata, Yueh-Hsuan Weng, Takahiro Katayama, Yasuhide Mizuta, and Atsushi Koujina

A Defence of Lucretian Presentism, Jonathan Tallant and David Ingram

Presentism and the Spans of Time, Jonathan Tallant and David Ingram

¿Debemos seguir pagando nuestras deudas? Las dificultades para el cumplimiento de los arrendamientos y préstamos bancarios debido a la pandemia de COVID-19, Carlos Tamani

El desequilibrio contractual sobreviniente debido a la emergencia sanitaria global y los arrendamientos de vivienda, Carlos Tamani

Los problemas en el otorgamiento de testamento ológrafo y la emergencia por COVID-19, Carlos Tamani

Copyright, Interrupted: Building Trust in Blockchain-Based Content Platforms, Corinne Tan Dr

Importance of documentation and Legal Consequences, vishnu tandi

Showdown in Second Circuit Over Reg BI, Barry R. Temkin

How to Get Paid Promptly. . . And Not Get Sued, Barry R. Temkin and Kate E. DiGeronimo

When Should Law Firms Notify Clients About Data Breaches, Barry R. Temkin, Jennifer Goldsmith, and David Standish

Preventing Coronavirus claims: Strategies for Architects and Engineers, Barry R. Temkin, Kenneth Greenwald, and Kate E. DiGeronimo

SEC Regulation Best Interest: A Practical Guide to Broker Dealers (00897094x9C8CB).pdf, Barry R. Temkin, Cynthia L. King, and Mitchell S. Markarian

Is Senator Burr Guilty of Insider Trading Under the STOCK Act?, Barry R. Temkin and Mitchell S. Markarian

The Presumption of Suitability Under the Uniform Limited Offering Exemption, Barry R. Temkin and Robert J. Usinger

Lawyer Regulation Stakeholder Networks and the Global Diffusion of Ideas, Laurel S. Terry

Graying of U.S. Bankruptcy: Fallout from Life in a Risk Society, Deborah Thorne, Pamela Foohey, Robert M. Lawless, and Katherine Porter

Extract from Rosin's Elector Discretion, Seth Barrett Tillman

New Developments in Competition Law and Economics, Avishalom Tor

Massachusetts Bar Discipline: History, Practice, and Procedure, Paul R. Tremblay, Jeffrey D. Woolf, Paul Rezendes, Nancy E. Kaufman, and Constance V. Vecchione

Dispatches from the Trenches of America's Great Gun Trust Wars, Lee-ford Tritt

Liberating Estates Law from the Constraints of Copyright, Lee-ford Tritt

Moving Forward by Looking Back: The Retroactive Application of Obergefell, Lee-ford Tritt

The Stranger-to-the-Marriage Doctrine: Judicial Construction Issues Post-Obergefell, Lee-ford Tritt

Dynasty, Christian Turner, Joe Miller, and Eric Kades

The Cost of Workplace Surveillance, Villanova University

Workplace Surveillance, At What Cost?, Villanova University

Furtive Encryption: Power, Trusts, and the Constitutional Cost of Collective Surveillance, Jeffrey L. Vagle

A Gentle Introduction to Elliptic Curve Cryptography, Jeffrey L. Vagle

A Kind of Hydraulic Pressure: Extraordinary Rendition, State Secrets, and the Limits of Executive Power, Jeffrey L. Vagle

Being Watched: Legal Challenges to Government Surveillance, Jeffrey L. Vagle

Content is Content, No Matter How Small, Jeffrey L. Vagle

Cybersecurity and Moral Hazard, Jeffrey L. Vagle

Has Katz Become Quaint? Use of Big Data to Outflank the Fourth Amendment, Jeffrey L. Vagle

Laird v. Tatum and Article III Standing in Surveillance Cases, Jeffrey L. Vagle

Opinion: Why We All Have a Stake in Encryption Policy, Jeffrey L. Vagle

Surveillance is Still About Power, Jeffrey L. Vagle

The Difficulty with Metaphors and the Fourth Amendment, Jeffrey L. Vagle

The History, Means, and Effects of Structural Surveillance, Jeffrey L. Vagle

Tightening the OODA Loop: Police Militarization, Race, and Algorithmic Surveillance, Jeffrey L. Vagle

Racial Surveillance Has a Long History, Jeffrey L. Vagle and Dorothy E. Roberts

The State of Surveillance Law, Jeffrey L. Vagle and Marcy Wheeler

The Trial of Breaker Morant, Jonathan K. Van Patten

The Trial of Jesus, Jonathan K. Van Patten

Complementos alimenticios: El TJUE precisa las modalidades de presentación y tenor de las referencias en el etiquetado a los beneficios generales y no específicos de un nutriente o un alimento para la salud, Luis González Vaqué

Complementos alimenticios: El TJUE precisa las modalidades de presentación y tenor de las referencias en el etiquetado a los beneficios generales y no específicos de un nutriente o un alimento para la salud, Luis González Vaqué

decker.pdf, Luis González Vaqué

Do Food Influencer activities require specific regulation?, Luis González Vaqué

El «otro» caso Messi: Lionel logra un hat-trick en el Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea, Luis González Vaqué

La sentencia “Oriol Junqueras Vies” del TJUE: Inmunidades reconocidas a los miembros (electos) del Parlamento Europeo, Luis González Vaqué