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Arias-Barrera on Hacking the Financial Order: Mr. Robot, Financial Data as Critical Infrastructure and the Limits of Resolution Law
Ligia Catherine Arias-Barrera, Eternado de Colombia University, has published Hacking the Financial Order: Mr. Robot, Financial Data as Critical Infrastructure and the Limits of Resolution Law. Here is the abstract.
This article examines Mr. Robot as a cultural legal…
Baltodano on Borrowing the Bard: Shakespearean Fluency and the Gatekeeping of Legal Authority
Camilo Baltodano, University of Pennsylvania School of Arts & Sciences, is publishing Borrowing the Bard: Shakespearean Fluency and the Gatekeeping of Legal Authority in volume 1 of the University of Kansas Law & Literature Journal (forthcoming 2027).
This Article argues…
Knowles-Gardner on The Selma 29: When Courage Risked Conviction (Or Much, Much Worse)
Helen J. Knowles-Gardner, Institute for Free Speech, has published The Selma 29: When Courage Risked Conviction (Or Much, Much Worse). Here is the abstract.
The day after twenty-nine Black residents of Selma put their signatures to a petition calling…
Baranowski on Remaking Rulemaking: Lessons From the History of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(b)
Brad Baranowski, SMU School of Law, has published Remaking Rulemaking: Lessons from the History of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(b) at 73 Cleveland State Law Review 617 (2025). Here is the abstract.
This Article uses the lost history of…
Duxbury on The General Law Renaissance and the Common Law
Neil Duxbury, London School of Economics Law School, is publishing The General Law Renaissance and the Common Law in volume 102 of the Notre Dame Law Review (forthcoming 2027).
Of late, there has emerged an important body of legal scholarship…
2027 Law and Society Meeting: Submissions Now Open
From the Law and Society Association:
2027 Global Meeting on
Law and Society: Submissions Now Open!
SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW
OPEN for the 2027 Global Meeting on Law and Society in Hong Kong from
June 22 to
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Perez on The 14th Amendment from Homer Plessy to Kilmar Abrego Garcia: Citizenship and Due Process in America's Constitutional Evolution
Lynette Perez, CIty of Little Rock, has published The 14th Amendment From Homer Plessy To Kilmar Abrego Garcia: Citizenship And Due Process In America’s Constitutional Evolution at 59 Creighton Law Review 201 (2026). Here is the abstract.
This Article examines…
Some Labor Law Themed Films and TV Episodes for Labor Day 2026
A few U. S. labor law themed films and tv for Labor Day, 2026.American Dream (1990).At the River I Stand (1993).Boxcar Bertha (1972).Bread and Roses (2000).F.I.S.T. (1978).Harlan County, USA (1976).Hoffa (1992).Made in Dageham (2010).Matewan (1987).The Molly Maguires (1970).Native Land (1942).…
Jacob on Roll of Law, Part One: The Story Behind the Game
Gregory Jacob, Regent University School of Law, has published Roll of Law, Part One: The Story behind the Game at 29 GREEN BAG 2D 225 (2026). Here is the abstract.
This article details how the rule-of-law themed games “DOGE vs.…