Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues
A national publication, the Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues is published bi-annually by the law school and is dedicated to the examination of important contemporary legal, political and social issues.
This journal consists primarily of papers presented at symposia usually held at the law school. Recent issues have centered on family law; critical race feminism; law, evolution and biology; the religion clauses of the Constitution; and criminal law.
Current Issue
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Articles in Volume 23 |
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(Hypothetical) Communication in (Hypothetical) Context Gary Lawson |
Birth Rights and Birth Wrongs Through a Common Law Lens: Why the No Liability Regime is Likely to Endure Richard A. Epstein |
Birth Rights and Wrongs Extended Reuven Brandt |
Commentary Stanley Fish |
Family Planning and Its Limits Dov Fox |
Formalist Textualism and the Cernauskas Problem Larry Alexander |
Intentional Procreation Robin L. West |
Introduction to Symposium on Birth Rights and Wrongs, by Dov Fox Peter Schuck |
Joint Action, Intended Meaning, and (Statutory) Interpretation Richard Ekins |
Multimember Legislative Bodies and Intended Meaning Jeffrey Goldsworthy |
Plural Agents, Private Intentions, and Legal Interpretation Scott Soames |
The Moral Cost of Contemporary Damage Claims in Reproductive Negligence Cases David Wasserman |
The Two Problems |
Using a Firearm, Using a Word: What Interpretation Just Is Walter Benn Michaels |