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Jotwell is a legal blog published by Jotwell that features scholarly commentary and reviews on recent legal scholarship across diverse areas of law. It covers topics including copyright law and its application to natural objects and AI-generated works, legal issues in healthcare such as primary care access and liability, historical and contemporary family law focusing on parental rights and family regulation, the intersection of law and food policy addressing food waste and structural inequalities, and empirical studies on constitutional law matters like Fourth Amendment search and seizure practices. The blog highlights emerging legal debates and interdisciplinary approaches to understanding law's role in society.

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How many uninjured plaintiffs are too many? The question–which arises across class action litigation, from consumer to employment cases–sounds simple. But as Tom Flesher demonstrates in his student note, federal courts cannot agree on an answer.Flesher’s note centers on Olean

Anna O. Law, Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship: African Americans, Native Americans, and Immigrants (2026).

Political scientist Anna O. Law is one of the leading experts on the history and development of American immigration policy. Perhaps because of

Don’t let the title of the Schwarcz paper dull your curiosity! Long and technical, with the sedating word ‘insurance.’ Well, if you survived such charmless (but perfectly informative) invitation, you are up for a treat. You will learn how a

The election of Donald Trump to a second term has brought to power a political coalition that is alienated from—and distrustful of—the federal bureaucracy, by which I mean career officials in federal agencies (a.k.a., civil servants). The second Trump Administration