Symposium on Intragroup Dissent is Now Available in Print and Online!
The Chicago-Kent Law Review is proud to present the second issue of Volume 89: A Symposium on Intragroup Dissent and Its Legal Implications! …
Foreword – LatCrit Praxis @ XX: Toward Equal Justice in Law, Education and Society
By: Tayyab Mahmud, Seattle University School of Law, Athena Mutua, SUNY Buffalo Law School, Francisco Valdes, University of Miami Law School Cite …
A Quantum Congress
By: Jorge R. Roig, Charleston School of Law Abstract This article tries to address the problem of a corrupt and broken electoral …
Tiered Personhood and the Excluded Voter
By: Atiba R. Ellis, West Virginia University College of Law Abstract The modern discourse critiquing vote denial policies in the United States …
Citizenship for the Guest Workers of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
By: Rose Cuison Villazor, University of California at Davis School of Law Abstract This essay explores an underexamined yet compelling immigration issue: …
Evolving Standards of Domination: Abandoning a Flawed Legal Standard and Approaching a New Era in Penal Reform
By: SpearIt, Thurgood Marshall School of Law Abstract This article critiques the evolving standards of decency doctrine as a form of Social …
Adaptive Law in the Anthropocene
By: Shalanda H. Baker, William S. Richardson School of Law Abstract The sky has fallen. We are now firmly rooted in a …
Towards an Outcrit Pedagogy of Anti-Subordination in the Classroom
By: Sheila I. Velez Martinez, University of Pittsburgh School of Law Abstract This Article discusses how traditional teaching practices can reinforce systemic …
Crisis and Trigger Warnings: Reflections on Legal Education and the Social Value of the Law
By: Kim D. Chanbonpin, The John Marshall Law School Abstract In the same moment that law schools are embracing neoliberal strategies in …
Afterword – Habeas Data: Comparative Constitutional Interventions from Latin America Against Neoliberal States of Insecurity and Surveillance
By: Marc Tizoc Gonzalez, St. Thomas University School of Law Abstract To cultivate the next twenty years of LatCrit theory, praxis, and …
The Conflict Between Forum-Selection Clauses and State Consumer Protection Laws: Why Illinois Got It Right in Jane Doe v. Match.com
By: Marty Gould, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law Abstract To what extent can companies “contract out” of state consumer protection statutes through …
The Scramble to Promote Egg Donation Through a More Protective Regulatory Regime
By: Jacob Radecki, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law Abstract Egg “donation” is a burgeoning industry in the United States. Fertility clinics capitalize …
More Than a Piece of Paper: Same-Sex Parents and Their Adopted Children are Entitled to Equal Protection in the Realm of Birth Certificates
By: Shohreh Davoodi, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law Abstract In Adar v. Smith, the Fifth Circuit held that Louisiana’s policy of refusing …
Legal Uncertainty and Aberrant Contracts: The Choice of Law Clause
By: William J. Woodward Jr. Abstract Legal uncertainty about the applicability of local consumer protection can destroy a consumer’s claim or defense …
The Seventh Circuit Got It Wrong: Supervisors Should Not Face Individual Liability Under Section 1981
By: Emily Aleisa Abstract In Smith v. Bray, the Seventh Circuit, on a case of first impression, determined that supervisors with retaliatory …