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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 additionsTenancy-in-common ownership represents the most widespread form of common ownership of real property in the United States. Such ownership under the default rules also represents the most unstable ownership of real property in this country. Thousands of tenancy-in-common property owners, including me...
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is a nascent technology that threatens great harm while simultaneously promising significant benefits. Although AI possesses incredible capabilities to solve problems and complete tasks, it also poses two major threats: technological dislocation and existentia...
The Supreme Court dismantled the right to an abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization by overturning Roe v. Wade. The holding opened the floodgates for state legislatures to pass total and near-total bans on abortion services across the United States. Included among the abortion bans...
Tattoos are unique amongst copyrightable forms of expression because, by virtue of being drawn onto human canvases, they necessarily require that the artist grant an implied license to the tattooed individual. By this license, a tattoo is integrated with the tattooed individual’s overall likeness, w...