In the state constitutional conventions of the Reconstruction South, biracial coalitions of delegates constitutionalized universal public-school systems and kept their constitutions free from ...

Previous scholarship has analyzed a host of innovation institutions––including patents, prizes, and grants––but has overlooked government-conducted R&D. This Article offers the first comprehensive ...

Militaries are increasingly targeting “dual-use objects”—objects that serve both civilian and military purposes. Drawing on an original dataset of the U.S. military’s airstrike reports and ground ...

In this series of Tributes to Justice David H. Souter, three of his law clerks—Judge Jesse M. Furman, President Heather K. Gerken, and Professor Jeannie Suk Gersen—reflect upon and honor their former ...

Younger v. Harris is canonical in the field of federal courts, but its origins remain largely unknown. Examining diverse sources, this Article reconstructs that story. In doing so, this Article ...

Younger v. Harris is canonical in the field of federal courts, but its origins remain largely unknown. Examining diverse sources, this Article reconstructs that story. In doing so, this Article ...

Antitrust analysis generally assumes that firms seek profit, but that assumption does not always hold. This Feature offers an antitrust framework for analyzing non-profit-maximizing conduct—like ...

The criminal justice system is broken. Its policies and policing practices flood courtrooms in urban environments with too many cases to handle given available resources. Many are cases involving ...

author. District Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York; Law Clerk for Justice David H. Souter, 2003-03. I had the distinct privilege of clerking for Associate ...

121 Yale L.J. 678 (2011). As punitive damages have gained greater visibility in Supreme Court jurisprudence, the need for principles explaining punitive damages and guiding their application has grown ...

113 Yale L.J. 1663 (2004)INTRODUCTION In recent years, the Supreme Court has frequently observed that most statutes involve compromise. In particular, when Congress enacts a clear and precise ...