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Documents from 2018
Effigy Vessel Documentation, Caddo Collections at the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory at The University of Texas at Austin, Timothy K. Perttula and Robert Z. Selden Jr.
A Catalog of Selected Caddo Ceramic Vessels in the Buddy Jones Collection at the Gregg County Historical Museum, Timothy K. Perttula, Robert Z. Selden Jr., and Bo Nelson
Documentation of Unassociated Ceramic Vessel Funerary Objects in the Gregg County Historical Museum Collections from Sites in Gregg, Harrison, and Panola Counties in East Texas, Timothy K. Perttula, Robert Z. Selden Jr., and Bo Nelson
41BW2 Burial J-2, Timothy K. Perttula and Rober Z. Selden Jr.
41BW2 Burial J-4, Timothy K. Perttula and Rober Z. Selden Jr.
41BW2 Burial J-8, Timothy K. Perttula and Rober Z. Selden Jr.
The Limits of Copyright Office Expertise, Aaron Perzanowski
Partisanship, Social Identity, and American Government: Reality and Reflections, Todd E. Pettys
A Framework for Understanding Subfederal Enforcement of Immigration Laws, Huyen Pham
A Framework for Understanding Subfederal Enforcement of Immigration Laws, Huyen Pham
Problems Facing the First Generation of Local Immigration Laws, Huyen Pham
When Immigration Borders Move, Huyen Pham
Measuring State-Created Immigration Climate, Huyen Pham and Pham Hoang Van
Measuring the Climate for Immigrants: A State-by-State Analysis, Huyen Pham and Pham Hoang Van
State-Created Immigration Climates and Domestic Migration, Huyen Pham and Pham Hoang Van
Dueling Grants: Reimagining CAFA's Jurisdictional Provisions, Tanya Pierce
The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, Tanya Pierce
Civil Asset Forfeiture Abuse: Can State Legislation Solve the Problem?, David Pimentel
Cycling, Safety, and Vicitim Blaming: Toward a Coherent Public Policy for Bicycling in the 21st Century, David Pimentel
Cycling, Safety, and Victim-Blaming: Toward a Coherent Public Policy for Bicycling in 21st Century America, David Pimentel
Semantic Hygiene for the Law of Regulatory Takings, Due Process, and Unconstitutional Conditions—Making Use of a Muddy Supreme Court Exactions Case, Zygmunt J.B. Plater and Michael O'Loughlin
Facing the Facts: An Empirical Study of the Fairness and Efficiency of Foreclosures and a Proposal for Reform, Debra Pogrund Stark
International Law and the Rise of China, Eric A. Posner and John Yoo
Judicial Independence in International Tribunals, Eric A. Posner and John C. Yoo
Dismantling Democracy: Common Sense and the Contract Jurisprudence of Frank Easterbrook, Deborah Post
Preface to the Gateway Thread, Deborah Post
Cardozo, the Canon and Some Critical Thoughts About Pedagogy, Deborah W. Post
The Rhetorical Allure of Post-Racial Process Discourse and the Democratic Myth, Cedric Merlin Powell
As Justice Requires/Permits: The Delimitation of Harmful Speech in a Democratic Society, john a. powell
Disrupting Individualism and Distributive Remedies with Intersubjectivity and Empowerment: An Approach to Justice and Discourse, John A. Powell
Does Living a Spiritually Engaged Life Mandate Us to Be Actively Engaged in Issues of Social Justice, John A. Powell
Introduction, John A. Powell
Structural Racism: Building upon the Insights of John Calmore, John A. Powell
The Needs of Members in a Legitimate Democratic State, John A. Powell
The Racing of American Society: Race Functioning as a Verb before Signifying as a Noun, john a. powell
Welfare Reform for Real People: Engaging the Moral and Economic Debate, john a. powell
Fisher v Texas: The Limits of Exhaustion and the Future of Race-Conscious University Admissions, john a. powell and Stephen Menendian
The Race and Class Nexus: An Intersectional Perspective, ohn a. powell
Closing Remarks, Professor john a. powell
Derechos sociales y políticas públicas. El principio de progresividad, Rodrigo A. Poyanco Bugueño
Anatomy of an informal institution: The ‘Gentlemen’s Pact’ and judicial selection in Mexico, 1917–1994, Andrea Pozas-Loyo and Julio Antonio Rios-Figueroa
Aspectos problemáticos en los inmuebles sujetos a dominio fiduciario: tratamiento del impuesto de alcabala y medidas cautelares, Julio Eduardo Pozo Sánchez and Carolina Ormeño Flores
The Puzzling Persistence of Process-Based Federalism Theories, Saikrishna B. Prakash and John C. Yoo
Against Interpretive Supremacy, Saikrishna Prakash and John Yoo
Book Review - Transboundary Water Resources Management: A Multidisciplinary Approach, Kavitha Pramod and Gabriel Eckstein
Rural Access to Justice in the Golden State, Lisa R. Pruitt
Rural Justice: Improving Access to Justice in the Rural Reaches of Southern California, Lisa R. Pruitt
The Women Feminism Forgot: Rural and Working-Class White Women in the Era of Trump, Lisa R. Pruitt
Legal Deserts: A Multi-State Perspective on Rural Access to Justice, Lisa R. Pruitt , Amanda L. Kool, Lauren Sudeall Lucas, Michele Statz, Danielle M. Conway, and Hannah Haksgaard
Revisiting Unconscionability: Reciprocity and Justice, C. Scott Pryor
Investor Protection Clinic, Poonam Puri
Trends in Civil Justice Reform: A Canadian Perspective, Poonam Puri and Andrew Nichol
The Rules of Maternity, Dara Purvis
Comment to NIH Office of Science Policy on Draft Data Management and Sharing Policy, Laura Quilter
Corporate Governance and Corporate Legal Culture: Vietnam, Brian JM Quinn
Delaware Developments and Shareholder Activism, Brian JM Quinn
The Case for Specially Compensating the Victims of Terrorist Acts: An Assessment, Robert L. Rabin and Stephen D. Sugarman
A Return to Coercion: International Law and New Weapon Technologies, Jeremy Rabkin and John Yoo
Book Review of Learning from Practice: A Text for Experiential Legal Education by Leah Wortham, Alexander Scherr, Nancy Maurer, and Susan L. Brooks, eds., Lisa Radtke Bliss
Data Exclusivity: A Tool to Sustain Market Monopoly, Srividhya Ragavan
Diverse Harmonization: Indian Example, Srividhya Ragavan
Of Plant Variety Protection, Agricultural Subsidies, and the WTO, Srividhya Ragavan
Patent Amendments in India in the Wake of TRIPS, Srividhya Ragavan
Patent and Trade Disparities in Developing Countries, Srividhya Ragavan
Steel, Aluminum & IP: What does it say of the WTO’s Future?, Srividhya Ragavan
Submission in Response to Government of India, Ministry of Commerce, Circular No.CG/Circular/2018/114 on Working of Patents, Srividhya Ragavan
The Drug Debate: Data Exclusivity is the New Way to Delay Generics, Srividhya Ragavan
The Global South as the Key to Biodiversity and Biotechnology - A Reply to Prof. Chen, Srividhya Ragavan
The (Re)newed Barrier to Access to Medication: Data Exclusivity, Srividhya Ragavan
The (Re)newed Barrier to Access to Medication: Data Exclusivity, Srividhya Ragavan
To Sow or Not to Sow: Dilemmas in Creating New Rights in Food, Srividhya Ragavan
The Selection of Patents – The Choice Between Regulatory Reforms and Market Reliance to Weed Out Suspect Patents, Srividhya Ragavan and Feroz Ali Khader
Patents and protecting public health, Srividhya Ragavan and Prabha Sridevan
Strategic choice and broadband divergence in the transition to next generation networks: Evidence from Canada and the U.S., Reza Rajabiun and Catherine Middleton
Who Should Pay for Bad Genes, Eric Rakowski
Confidentiality (in Negotiations) Run Amok: The Good Idea Now Protects the Dishonest, Lynne H. Rambo
High Court Pretense, Lower Court Candor: Judicial Impartiality After Capterton v. Massey Coal Co., Lynne H. Rambo
When Should the First Amendment Protect Judges from Their Unethical Speech?, Lynne H. Rambo
Derecho de familia y procesos constitucionales: apuntes teóricos y análisis de la jurisprudencia del Tribunal Constitucional sobre la materia, Beatriz Ramirez
El Currículo Nacional de Educación Básica en debate: derechos de la infancia y límites de la responsabilidad parental, Beatriz Ramirez
Las familias desde los estándares de la jurisprudencia interamericana: una mirada comparada de la legislación argentina y peruana, Beatriz Ramirez
Le problème du crime contre soi, Sacha Raoult
La justice de classe, la nouvelle punitivité et le faux mystère de l'inflation carcérale, Sacha Raoult and Arnaud Derbey
U.S. Regulatory Regimes and Offshore Energy Production, Jeffery R. Ray
Are Publication and Citation Counts Reliable Indicators of Research Productivity or Impact?, Sean Rehaag
'I Simply do not Believe...': A Case Study of Credibility Determinations in Canadian Refugee Adjudication, Sean Rehaag
Academic Freedom and Electronic Communications, Henry Reichman, Ashley Dawson, Martin Garnar, Chris Hoofnagle, Rana Jaleel, Anne Klinefelter, Robert O'Neil, and Jennifer Nichols
Fundamentals of United States Intellectual Property Law, Amanda Reid, Sean Tu, and Kenneth L. Port
What's It Worth to Keep a Secret?, Gavin C. Reid, Nicola Searle, and Saurabh Vishnubhakat
A CSI Story: The Past, Present, and Future of Crime Scene Collection and What Litigators Need to Know, Melanie M. Reid
Catholic Dioceses in Bankruptcy, Marie T. Reilly
Book Review: "The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in a New Era," by Mike Koehler, Peter Reilly
Corporate Deferred Prosecution as Discretionary Injustice, Peter Reilly
Justice Deferred is Justice Denied: We Must End Our Failed Experiment in Deferring Corporate Criminal Prosecutions, Peter Reilly
Teaching Law Students How to Feel: Using Negotiations Training to Increase Emotional Intelligence, Peter Reilly
Introduction, Dana Brakman Reiser and Evelyn Brody
Dr. Kinsey, Church Culture, and the John Jay Studies, Judith A. Reisman PhD and Mary E. McAlister Esq.
Materials Deemed Harmful to Minors are Welcomed into Classrooms and Libraries via Educational "Obscenity Exemptions", Judith A. Reisman PhD and Mary E. McAlister Esq.