The topic of mens rea has historically played a foundational role in both motivating and guiding criminal code reform efforts.… Read More

Sometimes a body of factually similar cases accretes over time and with little notice, particularly when courts do not announce… Read More

Even organizations that support such odious values as racism and homophobia are entitled, under the First Amendment to the Constitution,… Read More

In many instances, actors will not participate in a tortious activity unless others agree (or otherwise pre-commit) to join the… Read More

Determining whether a worker is an “employee” or an “independent contractor” can be an uncertain and consequential task.  According to… Read More

“I can’t breathe.  I can’t breathe.  I can’t breathe.”  For members of the public paying even the slightest bit of… Read More

Rent seeking is one of the most criticized aspects of the modern patent system.  A primary adherent to the rent-seeking… Read More

Part I rejects the prevailing but false dichotomy between property rights and human dignity concerns.  In order to contextualize this… Read More

There has been a long-standing cloud of obscurity hanging over the finder’s regulatory lawscape, due to the uncertainty about a… Read More

The increased use of body-worn cameras has several benefits for both citizens and police.  For example, footage from the cameras… Read More

In National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act was upheld under Congress’s… Read More

The common law doctrine of prescriptive easements does not efficiently balance the public policy rationales that are responsible for the… Read More