Nov 20, 2008 | Lead Articles, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 42
It was late in November of 1972. Roe v. Wade had been under consideration at the Supreme Court for a year, with release of the opinion now less than two months away. Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr., one of Justice Harry A. Blackmun’s most steadfast allies throughout the...
Nov 20, 2008 | Lead Articles, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 42
On September 11, terrorists fly hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Over 3,000 Americans are killed. The nation—indeed the world—is stunned. The French paper Le Monde runs the headline: “We are all Americans.” There are candlelight vigils...
Nov 12, 2008 | Case Comments, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 42
A successful negligence action requires a plaintiff to prove that the defendant owed a duty of care and then breached that duty by creating an unreasonable risk of harm. Physicians owe patients a duty to inform them of the consequences of proposed medical treatment...
Nov 11, 2008 | Lead Articles, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 42
Symposium—The Roberts Court: A Jurisprudential Era? It might be tempting for political liberals, who would like to rely upon the United States Supreme Court to defend individual liberties and to sustain progressive legislation, to conclude that the sky has fallen. It...
May 26, 2008 | Notes, Number 4, Print Edition, Volume 41
Anyone with a Hotmail or Yahoo account is well acquainted with the inconvenience and irritation of e-mail inboxes brimming with unwanted offers of opportunities to earn thousands while working from the comfort of home, ways to improve sexual stamina, or miracle...
May 26, 2008 | Lead Articles, Number 4, Print Edition, Volume 41
Symposium—The Employment and Labor Law Professor as Public Intellectual: Sharing Our Work with the World It is an honor to be a part of this symposium, but I have to admit that I am a little embarrassed by its title. I have certainly never thought of myself as a...