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.

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It is not difficult to think of constitutional rules that are criticized, defended, or often both, on normative grounds that are more or less fact-free—not for what they actually are, but for what their critics or defenders believe they are…

Not a day goes by without someone remarking that social media is a “cesspool.” The internet overflows with misogynist, anti-LGBT, racist, fascist, and even openly genocidal sentiments, some coming from the highest reaches of government. Snarky male right-wing influencers edgelord…

Law students study landmark contract law cases; scholars write law review articles on contract law precedents and influential judicial decisions (typically from states’ appellate and supreme courts); and the media covers high-profile, high-value contracts and high-stakes contract disputes between sophisticated…