UChicago Law Review
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The University of Chicago Law Review is a journal of legal scholarship edited by students of The University of Chicago Law School.
Ryan Jain-Liu traces the evolution of U.S. bankruptcy law to show how its increasingly federal and remedial character illustrates when historical development can justify applying the complete preemption doctrine to new contexts.
November 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Ryan Jain-Liu traces the evolution of U.S. bankruptcy law to show how its increasingly federal and remedial character illustrates when historical development can justify applying the complete preemption doctrine to new contexts.
Brady Earley introduces a data-driven approach to the Free Exercise Clause, arguing that lawmakers can use difference-in-differences (DiD) analysis to ground religious accommodation laws in evidence rather than assumption.
November 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Brady Earley introduces a data-driven approach to the Free Exercise Clause, arguing that lawmakers can use difference-in-differences (DiD) analysis to ground religious accommodation laws in evidence rather than assumption.
@richardre.bsky.social argues that U.S. legal culture is undergoing a “realignment,” as conservatives in power increasingly embrace judicial discretion while liberals out of power turn toward restraint.
November 4, 2025 at 12:15 AM
@richardre.bsky.social argues that U.S. legal culture is undergoing a “realignment,” as conservatives in power increasingly embrace judicial discretion while liberals out of power turn toward restraint.
Yaron Covo argues that disability rights law has become “contractualized”—its civil rights guarantees reshaped by contract doctrines that erode protections and equality under statutes meant to safeguard vulnerable groups.
November 4, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Yaron Covo argues that disability rights law has become “contractualized”—its civil rights guarantees reshaped by contract doctrines that erode protections and equality under statutes meant to safeguard vulnerable groups.
@curtbradley.bsky.social recovers the “concomitants of nationality” idea in U.S. constitutional law—the presumption, traced through Curtiss-Wright, that the nation inherited the full range of sovereign powers recognized under international law, even when not in the constitutional text.
November 4, 2025 at 12:15 AM
@curtbradley.bsky.social recovers the “concomitants of nationality” idea in U.S. constitutional law—the presumption, traced through Curtiss-Wright, that the nation inherited the full range of sovereign powers recognized under international law, even when not in the constitutional text.
Ryan Jain-Liu traces the evolution of U.S. bankruptcy law to show how its increasingly federal and remedial character illustrates when historical development can justify applying the complete preemption doctrine to new contexts.
October 30, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Ryan Jain-Liu traces the evolution of U.S. bankruptcy law to show how its increasingly federal and remedial character illustrates when historical development can justify applying the complete preemption doctrine to new contexts.
Brady Earley introduces a data-driven approach to the Free Exercise Clause, arguing that lawmakers can use difference-in-differences (DiD) analysis to ground religious accommodation laws in evidence rather than assumption.
October 30, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Brady Earley introduces a data-driven approach to the Free Exercise Clause, arguing that lawmakers can use difference-in-differences (DiD) analysis to ground religious accommodation laws in evidence rather than assumption.
@richardre.bsky.social argues that U.S. legal culture is undergoing a “realignment,” as conservatives in power increasingly embrace judicial discretion while liberals out of power turn toward restraint.
October 30, 2025 at 12:51 AM
@richardre.bsky.social argues that U.S. legal culture is undergoing a “realignment,” as conservatives in power increasingly embrace judicial discretion while liberals out of power turn toward restraint.
Yaron Covo argues that disability rights law has become “contractualized”—its civil rights guarantees reshaped by contract doctrines that erode protections and equality under statutes meant to safeguard vulnerable groups.
October 30, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Yaron Covo argues that disability rights law has become “contractualized”—its civil rights guarantees reshaped by contract doctrines that erode protections and equality under statutes meant to safeguard vulnerable groups.
@curtbradley.bsky.social recovers the “concomitants of nationality” idea in U.S. constitutional law—the presumption, traced through Curtiss-Wright, that the nation inherited the full range of sovereign powers recognized under international law, even when not in the constitutional text.
October 30, 2025 at 12:50 AM
@curtbradley.bsky.social recovers the “concomitants of nationality” idea in U.S. constitutional law—the presumption, traced through Curtiss-Wright, that the nation inherited the full range of sovereign powers recognized under international law, even when not in the constitutional text.
Ben Griswold analyzes how courts apply the Fair Housing Act’s reasonable accommodation provision and argues that the strictness of the “necessity” inquiry should turn on whether the plaintiff is a resident or a developer.
October 30, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Ben Griswold analyzes how courts apply the Fair Housing Act’s reasonable accommodation provision and argues that the strictness of the “necessity” inquiry should turn on whether the plaintiff is a resident or a developer.
Coby Goldberg provides the first comprehensive analysis of judicial takings cases since Stop the Beach Renourishment, showing why no court has ever found a judicial taking—and how the doctrine nonetheless distorts property law.
October 30, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Coby Goldberg provides the first comprehensive analysis of judicial takings cases since Stop the Beach Renourishment, showing why no court has ever found a judicial taking—and how the doctrine nonetheless distorts property law.
Zoë Lewis Ewing examines New York’s Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act, exposing inconsistent readings of its causation standard—and urging courts to adopt a broader approach that better reflects survivors’ experiences.
October 30, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Zoë Lewis Ewing examines New York’s Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act, exposing inconsistent readings of its causation standard—and urging courts to adopt a broader approach that better reflects survivors’ experiences.
Jonathan Masur and @patentscholar.bsky.social unravel patent law’s “disclosure puzzles”—the doctrines that demand inventors reveal enough to teach the public while still preserving the value of their inventions.
October 30, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Jonathan Masur and @patentscholar.bsky.social unravel patent law’s “disclosure puzzles”—the doctrines that demand inventors reveal enough to teach the public while still preserving the value of their inventions.
Marco Basile uncovers how post–Civil War courts built judicial supremacy in constitutional law even as they retreated from international law—transforming both fields and fracturing the unified idea of public law.
October 30, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Marco Basile uncovers how post–Civil War courts built judicial supremacy in constitutional law even as they retreated from international law—transforming both fields and fracturing the unified idea of public law.
Morgan O. Schaack argues that tribal treaties and the federal trust responsibility create a tribal right to spectrum access—casting tiered internet service without net neutrality as a breach of that duty.
September 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Morgan O. Schaack argues that tribal treaties and the federal trust responsibility create a tribal right to spectrum access—casting tiered internet service without net neutrality as a breach of that duty.
Marta Krason critiques courts’ mischaracterization of FRAND disputes over standard-essential patents, proposing a contract- and property-based framework that assigns adjudication to judges, not juries.
September 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Marta Krason critiques courts’ mischaracterization of FRAND disputes over standard-essential patents, proposing a contract- and property-based framework that assigns adjudication to judges, not juries.
Sabrina Huang calls on courts to drop the subjective malice requirement in Fourth Amendment malicious prosecution claims, urging an objective or burden-shifting test to expand relief and deter misconduct.
September 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Sabrina Huang calls on courts to drop the subjective malice requirement in Fourth Amendment malicious prosecution claims, urging an objective or burden-shifting test to expand relief and deter misconduct.
Jesse M. Cross spotlights the amended statute—amended tens of thousands of times each Congress—as the neglected but central democratic text of modern law, urging theory and practice to place it at the heart of public law.
September 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Jesse M. Cross spotlights the amended statute—amended tens of thousands of times each Congress—as the neglected but central democratic text of modern law, urging theory and practice to place it at the heart of public law.
@shbarclay.bsky.social critiques prevailing theories of constitutional rights as incoherent or incomplete, proposing instead a democratic model that better aligns with institutional competencies across government.
September 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
@shbarclay.bsky.social critiques prevailing theories of constitutional rights as incoherent or incomplete, proposing instead a democratic model that better aligns with institutional competencies across government.