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View all collectionsBeginning in 1981 and continuing into the mid-1990s, The Alledger was the student newspaper of the Boston College Law School. The Alledger published both serious and satirical articles on topics related to student life at the law school. Frequent topics include the arrival and departure of faculty m...
Boston College Law Review is Boston College Law School's flagship scholarly publication. The Review, ranked in the top 25 law journals by Washington & Lee, publishes eight issues each year featuring articles and essays by prominent authors addressing legal issues of national interest. In addit...
Boston College Law Library collects the publications of Law School faculty, and, when possible, makes them available through this collection. Organized by year and tagged with authors and subject areas, this resource reflects the school and the library’s commitment to open access while at the same t...
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View all additionsThis Note advocates for congressional and state action to remedy the Supreme Court’s flawed 2022 decision in Ruan v. United States. This approach includes a modified return to the objective good faith defense established by the Controlled Substances Act of 1970 (CSA) and United States v. Moore, the ...
The Supreme Court’s 1969 decision in Brandenburg v. Ohio introduced a new paradigm for evaluating incitement by looking at whether the speech was intended to induce imminent lawless action by third parties and whether such action was likely to occur. The tripartite test offered by the Court, however...
We are living in a time of labor unrest, and the National Labor Relations Board’s (“NLRB” or “the Board”) ability to address new sources of strife in the modern workplace is imperiled. The U.S. Supreme Court’s major questions doctrine has already struck down agency actions involving the environment ...
Spotify and its competitors offer the same product at the same price. Why? Scholars have argued that relationships can be designed in a way that naturally promotes innovation. By “braiding” certain formal contracting practices with informal enforcement norms, parties develop a framework that support...