Jotwell

Jotwell is a legal publication that features scholarly commentary and reviews of recent legal scholarship across a broad range of topics. It highlights academic articles and books that contribute to understanding various legal issues, including copyright law, health law, family law, food policy, and constitutional law. The publication serves as a platform for legal academics and practitioners to engage with emerging research and critical analyses, often emphasizing the intersection of law with social, economic, and policy concerns. Jotwell's content includes detailed discussions of case law, empirical studies, and theoretical frameworks relevant to contemporary legal debates.

When does a difference in degree become a difference in kind? Answers to this perennial techlaw question inevitably include mentions of “scale”—but what exactly does “scale” mean?In Taking Scale Seriously in Technology Law, Mark McKenna and Woodrow Hartzog clarify and

International standards are ubiquitous in our everyday lives, but the legal literature spends little time analyzing them. The design of USB cables and chargers is a good example, as are paper size, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth specifications, credit card shape, and

Jennifer D. Oliva, Regulating Healthcare Coverage Algorithms in the Shadow of ERISA, 125 Mich. L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2027), available at SSRN (May 21, 2026).

Ever since health insurers began engaging in utilization review, consumers have expressed frustration and anger

Luis Faundez & Manisha Padi, Licensing Enforcement and the Supply of Childcare (June 22, 2026) (unpublished manuscript)(available at SSRN).

Family law scholars examine caregiving’s formal and informal systems. Literatures in both economics and law have relatedly tried to document