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Documents from 2022

Analyzing Prison Sex: Reconciling Self-Expression with Safety, Brenda V. Smith

Battering, Forgiveness and Redemption, Brenda V. Smith

Battering, Forgiveness, and Redemption, Brenda V. Smith

Boys, Rape and Masculinity: Reclaiming Boys' Narratives of Sexual Violence in Custody, Brenda V. Smith

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

The Prison Rape Elimination Act: Implementation and Unresolved Issues, Brenda V. Smith

Watching You, Watching Me, Brenda V. Smith

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

Lawyering Skills 2.0: Specific Pedagogical Approaches for Emergent, Non-Litigation Lawyering Practices, Brenda V. Smith, Jasmine E. Harris, Jayesh Rathod, and Andrea M. Seielstad

Start Where You Are. Use What You Have. Do What You Can, Brenda V. Smith, Katie Kronick, Jayesh Rathod, Nancy Abramowitz, and Zuberi Williams

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

Discussion Group: Educating Social Justice Lawyers, Brenda V. Smith, Jayesh Rathod, Marisa Cianciarulo, Rachel Camp, Christine Zuni Cruz, Margaret Drew, Luz Herrera, Chaumtoli Huq, Gowri Krishna, Jaime Lee, Anjana Malhotra, Mae Quinn, Sarah Rogerson, and Dan Smulian

Prosecuting Sexual Violence in Correctional Settings: Examining Prosecutors’ Perceptions, Brenda V. Smith and Jaime Yarussi

2022 Ohio Primary Election, Mark Caleb Smith

A Biden Opportunity, Mark Caleb Smith

Abortion Trigger Laws, Mark Caleb Smith

Analyzing Biden's Presidency, Mark Caleb Smith

Biden's Approval Rating, Mark Caleb Smith

Biden's State of the Union, Mark Caleb Smith

Election 2022, Mark Caleb Smith

FBI at Mar-a-Lago, Mark Caleb Smith

FBI Raids Former President Trump's House, Mark Caleb Smith

FBI Search at Mar-a-Lago, Mark Caleb Smith

Finding a New Agent of Unity and Understanding for Our Country: Why We’re Stronger Than Our Circumstances, Mark Caleb Smith

Gun Control, Mark Caleb Smith

Inflation Reduction Act, Mark Caleb Smith

Is Midterm Election Important?, Mark Caleb Smith

January 6 Hearing, Mark Caleb Smith

January 6 Hearing Starts, Mark Caleb Smith

Mark Caleb Smith on Moody Radio, Mark Caleb Smith

Mid-term Elections, Mark Caleb Smith

Mid-term Elections, Mark Caleb Smith

Mid-term Elections, Mark Caleb Smith

Mornings with Carmen LaBerge, Mark Caleb Smith

Ohio Governor's Race, Mark Caleb Smith

Ohio Senate Debate, Mark Caleb Smith

Ohio Senate Election, Mark Caleb Smith

Ohio Senate Primary to Test Trump Endorsement, Mark Caleb Smith

Ohio U.S. Senate Race, Mark Caleb Smith

Ohio U.S. Senate Race, Mark Caleb Smith

Political Potpourri, Mark Caleb Smith

Political Scientists Say Ohio U.S. Senate Election Is One of the Key Races in the Nation, Mark Caleb Smith

Potential End of Roe v. Wade, Mark Caleb Smith

President Biden Approval Ratings, Mark Caleb Smith

Race to the Finish, Mark Caleb Smith

Redistricting Chaos: What’s Happening, Why it Matters and What It Means, Mark Caleb Smith

Response Fatigue, Mark Caleb Smith

Retirement of Justice Stephen Breyer, Mark Caleb Smith

SCOTUS and Abortion Rights, Mark Caleb Smith

Season 2, Episode 17: Mark Caleb Smith, Mark Caleb Smith

Season 4, Episode 22: Mark Caleb Smith, Mark Caleb Smith

Season 7, Episode 17: Mark Caleb Smith, Mark Caleb Smith

Senate and Governor Race in Ohio, Mark Caleb Smith

Student Loan Debt, Mark Caleb Smith

Student Loan Forgiveness, Mark Caleb Smith

Supreme Court Abortion Decision, Mark Caleb Smith

Supreme Court Abortion Decision, Mark Caleb Smith

Supreme Court Justice Breyer to Retire, Mark Caleb Smith

Supreme Court Vaccine Mandate Decision, Mark Caleb Smith

The Future of Affirmative Action on College Campuses, Mark Caleb Smith

The World and Everything in It (January 26, 2022), Mark Caleb Smith

This Is and Isn’t the Moment Pro-Life Evangelicals Have Waited For, Mark Caleb Smith

Trump Announces Candidacy, Mark Caleb Smith

Washington Wednesday - Trump tug-of-war, Mark Caleb Smith

Was the President Tough on Russia?, Mark Caleb Smith

Will Roe v. Wade Be Overturned, Mark Caleb Smith

Chaos at the Capitol, Mark Caleb Smith and Marc Allen Clauson

Law in the Netherlands: A Very Concise Overview, Jan M. Smits

Maatschappelijk ondernemen: l’État oblige, Jan M. Smits

KIDS ARE NOT CAKES: A CHILDREN’S RIGHTS PERSPECTIVE ON FULTON V. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, David M. Smolin

The Legal Mandate for Ending the Modern Era of Intercountry Adoption, David M. Smolin

Surrogacy, Intermediaries, and the Sale of Children, David M. Smolin and Maud de Boer-Buquicchio

Balancing Buyers and Supplier Responsibilities: Model Contract Clauses to Protect Workers in International Supply Chains, David Snyder, Susan Maslow, and Sarah Dadush

Criminal Justice Debt and the Return of Debtors' Prisons, Neil Sobol

The Effective Competition Standard: A New Standard for Antitrust, Marshall Steinbaum and Maurice E. Stucke

Law Expert: Past Ohio Lawmakers Would Turn in Graves about Proposed Constitution Changes, Steven H. Steinglass

Ohio’s Redistricting Fiasco Highlights Fragility of the Rule of Law Underpinning Our Democracy, Steven H. Steinglass

Acquiring Land Use Rights in Today's China: A Snapshot from on the Ground, Gregory M. Stein

Are Prices Just?, Gregory M. Stein

Chinese Real Estate Law and the Law and Development Theory: Comparing Law and Practice, Gregory M. Stein

Commercial Leasing in China: An Overview, Gregory M. Stein

Doomed to Re-Repeat History: The Triangle Fire, the World Trade Center Attack, and the Importance of Strong Building Codes, Gregory M. Stein

Do Progressive Property Scholars Really Want to Limit Nollan and Dolan to Administrative Exactions, Gregory M. Stein

Early Land Use Cases, Continued Uncertainty - The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, Gregory M. Stein

Is China's Housing Market Heading Toward a US-Style Crash?, Gregory M. Stein

Modern Chinese Real Estate Law: Property Development in an Evolving Legal System (Chapter 1), Gregory M. Stein

Mortgage Law in China: Comparing Theory and Practice, Gregory M. Stein

Negotiating the Mega-Rebuilding Deal at the World Trade Center: an Introduction, Gregory M. Stein

Nuance and Complexity in Regulatory Takings Law, Gregory M. Stein

Pinpointing the Beginning and Ending of a Temporary Regulatory Taking, Gregory M. Stein

Private and Public Construction in Modern China, Gregory M. Stein

Professors of Real Estate Law: Different Types, Different Needs, Gregory M. Stein

Regulatory Takings and Ripeness in the Federal Courts, Gregory M. Stein

Should Owner Motivation Limit the Exercise of Property Rights?, Gregory M. Stein

Takings in the 21st Century: Reasonable Investment-Backed Expectations after Palazzolo and Tahoe-Sierra, Gregory M. Stein

The Chinese Land Use Right Is It Property, Gregory M. Stein

The House That Ruth Built, Gregory M. Stein

The Modest Impact of Palazzolo v. Rhode Island, Gregory M. Stein

The Sticks in the Chinese Property Rights Bundle, Gregory M. Stein

The True Value of a Law Degree, or, Why Did Thurgood Marshall Go to Law School?, Gregory M. Stein