Submissions from 2021
Time to Reconcile, Marcus Gadson
Evidentiary Policies Through Other Means: The Disparate Impact of "Substantive Law" on the Distribution of Errors Among Racial Groups, Gustavo Ribeiro
Submissions from 2020
Biographical Sketches and Bibliographies of the First African Americans on the North Carolina Bench, Adrienne DeWitt
Institutionalizing Consent Myths in Grade School, Shawn E. Fields
Second Amendment Sanctuaries, Shawn E. Fields
Sexual Violence and Future Harm: Lessons from Asylum Law, Shawn E. Fields
Defending Against the Military: The Posse Comitatus Act’s Exclusionary Rule, Anthony Ghiotto
Constitutional Morality and the Emerging Social Imaginary of the Information Revolution, Kevin P. Lee
The Conceptions of Self-Evidence in the Finnis Reconstruction of Natural Law, Kevin P. Lee
Differential Treatment Among Creditors Under India's Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016: Issues and Solutions, C. Scott Pryor and Risham Garg
"Assault Weapon" Lethality, E. Gregory Wallace
Nine Questions for the Article 9 Professor, Timothy R. Zinnecker
Submissions from 2019
The Hearsay and Confrontation Clause Problems Caused by Admitting What a Non-Testifying Interpreter Said the Criminal Defendant Said, Zachary C. Bolitho
Weaponized Racial Fear, Shawn E. Fields
State Constitutional Provisions Allowing Juries to Interpret the Law Are Not As Crazy As They Sound, Marcus Alexander Gadson
Chief Justice Marshall in Raleigh: The Untold Story, J. Rich Leonard
Relevance, Probative Value, and Explanatory Considerations, Gustavo Ribeiro
The Case for Varying Standards of Proof, Gustavo Ribeiro
Victims Under Attack: North Carolina's Flawed Rule 609, Daniel R. Tilly
Submissions from 2018
Guns, Knives, and Swords: Policing a Heavily Armed Arizona, Shawn E. Fields
From Guantanamo to Syria: The Extraterritorial Constitution in the Age of "Extreme Vetting", Shawn E. Fields
Is It Bad Law To Believe A Politician? Campaign Speech and Discriminatory Intent, Shawn E. Fields
Stop and Frisk in a Concealed Carry World, Shawn E. Fields
Terry, Handguns, and the Hand Formula: Some Preliminary Thoughts, Shawn E. Fields
Constitutionalizing Rehabilitation Did Not Work: Lessons from Indiana And Oregon And A Way Forward, Marcus Alexander Gadson
Intellectual Property Channeling for Digital Works, Lucas S. Osborn
Can There Be a Burden of the Best Explanation?, Gustavo Ribeiro
Adopted Statements in the Digital Age: Hearsay Responses to Social Media "Likes", Daniel R. Tilly
"Assault Weapon" Myths, E. Gregory Wallace
Submissions from 2017
The U.S. Constitution, the U.S. Department of Justice, and State Efforts to Legalize Marijuana, Zachary C. Bolitho
Do It in the Sunshine: A Comparative Analysis of Rulemaking Procedures and Transparency Practices of Lawyer-Licensing Entities, Bobbi Jo Boyd
Embracing Our Public Purpose: A Value-Based Lawyer-Licensing Model, Bobbi Jo Boyd
A Plea to North Carolina: Bring Fairness to the Assessment of Civil Battery Liability for Defendants with Cognitive Disabilities, Johnny C. Chriscoe
Murder for Life Insurance Money: Protecting the Children, Johnny C. Chriscoe
Demystifying the Qualified Payment Right: Structuring and Administering a Sec. 2701-Compliant Entity, John F. DeStefano
Debunking the Stranger-in-the-Bushes Myth: The Case for Sexual Assault Protection Orders, Shawn E. Fields
The Unreviewable Executive? National Security and the Limits of Plenary Power, Shawn E. Fields
Traffic Stop Federalism: Protecting North Carolina Black Drivers from the United States Supreme Court, Anthony Ghiotto
Public Pension Reform and the Takings Clause, Michael B. Kent Jr.
Jurisprudence and Structural Realism, Kevin Lee
A Preface to the Philosophy of Legal Information, Kevin P. Lee
Reevaluating Intellectual Property Law in a 3D Printing Era., Lucas S. Osborn
The Limits of Creativity in Copyright: Digital Manufacturing Files and Lockout Codes, Lucas S. Osborn
Trademark Boundaries and 3D Printing, Lucas S. Osborn
Trademarks and Digital Goods, Lucas S. Osborn and Mark P. McKenna
Nine Into Eleven: Accounting for Common Interest Communities in Bankruptcy, C. Scott Pryor
The Law Is What It Is, But Is It Equitable: The Law of Encroachments Where the Innocent, Negligent, and Willful Are Treated the Same, Olivia L. Weeks
Submissions from 2016
Specifically Authorized by Binding Precedent Does Not Mean Suggested by Persuasive Precedent: Applying the Good Faith Exception after Davis v. United States, Zachary C. Bolitho
Mapping Inter-Organizational Boundary Bureaucracy and the Need for Oversight, Bobbi Jo Boyd
Viewing the Supreme Court's Exactions Cases Through the Prism of Anti-Evasion, Michael B. Kent Jr.
Special-Education Litigation: An Empirical Analysis of North Carolina's First Tier, Lisa Lukasik
Submissions from 2015
Re-examining Reasonableness: Negligence Liability in Adult Defendants with Cognitive Disabilities, Johnny Chriscoe and Lisa Lukasik
Judicial Doctrine as Risk Regulation, Michael B. Kent Jr. and Brannon P. Denning
Restructure and Reform: Products-Liability Law in North Carolina, J. Stanley McQuade and Olivia L. Weeks
Digital Patent Infringement in an Era of 3D Printing, Lucas S. Osborn and Timothy R. Holbrook
A Case for Weakening Patent Rights, Lucas S. Osborn, Joshua M. Pearce, and Amberlee Haselhuhn
Making Space For Good Things To Happen: A Restorative Approach To The School To Prison Pipeline, Jon Powell
Who Pays the Price: The Necessity of Taxpayer Participation in Chapter 9, C. Scott Pryor
Who Bears the Burden? The Place for Participation of Municipal Residents in Chapter 9, C. Scott Pryor
North Carolina's Reincarnated Joint Tenancy: Oh Intent, Where Art Thou, Daniel R. Tilly and Patrick K. Hetrick
Submissions from 2014
Weakening the “Ripeness Trap” for Federal Takings Claims: Sansotta v. Town of Nags Head and Town of Nags Head v. Toloczko, Michael B. Kent Jr.
Anti-Anti-Evasion in Constitutional Law, Michael B. Kent Jr. and Brannon P. Denning
Of PhDs, Pirates and the Public: Three-Dimensional Printing Technology and the Arts, Lucas S. Osborn
Regulating Three-Dimensional Printing: The Converging Worlds of Bits and Atoms, Lucas S. Osborn
Ripple Effects in the Law: The Broadening Meaning of an "Offer to Sell" in Patent Law, Lucas S. Osborn
Municipal Bankruptcy: When Doing Less is Best, C. Scott Pryor
Refining Per Se Unfair Trade Practices, Matthew W. Sawchak
Evidence of Lies and Rules of Evidence: The Admissibility of fMRI-Based Expert Opinion of Witness Truthfulness, William A. Woodruff
Submissions from 2013
Reevaluating the Importance of Civics Education, Marcus Alexander Gadson
The Leaky Common Law: An "Offer to Sell" as a Policy Tool in Patent Law and Beyond, Lucas S. Osborn
Third Time's the Charm: The Coming Impact of the Restatement (Third) Restitution and Unjust Enrichment in Bankruptcy, C. Scott Pryor
No Need to Toss a Coin: Conflicting Scientific Expert Testimonies and Intellectual Due Process, Gustavo Ribeiro
The Sky Didn’t Fall: The Meaning and Legal Effects of the North Carolina Marriage Amendment, E. Gregory Wallace
Submissions from 2012
Breaking Up is Hard To Do: North Carolina Refuses to End its Relationship with Heart Balm Torts, Jean M. Cary and Sharon Scudder
Anti-Evasion Doctrines in Constitutional Law, Michael B. Kent Jr. and Brannon P. Denning
Deconstructing a Decade of Charter School Funding Litigation: An Argument for Reform, Lisa Lukasik
Defining Unfairness in "Unfair Trade Practices", Matthew W. Sawchak and Kip D. Nelson
Submissions from 2011
More Questions Than Answers: Situating Judicial Takings Within Existing Regulatory Takings Doctrine, Michael B. Kent Jr.
The World of Deadwood: Property Rights and the Search for Human Identity, Michael B. Kent Jr.
Instrumentalism at the Federal Circuit, Lucas S. Osborn
Looking for Bedrock: Accounting for Human Rights in Classical Liberalism, Modern Secularism, and the Christian Tradition, C. Scott Pryor
Submissions from 2010
Theoretical Tension and Doctrinal Discord: Analyzing Development Impact Fees as Takings, Michael B. Kent Jr.
Clear Rules Still Produce Fuzzy Results: Impossibility in Indian Contract Law, C. Scott Pryor
Syllogisms, Enthymemes, and Fallacies: Mastering Secured Transactions Through Deductive Reasoning, Timothy R. Zinnecker
Submissions from 2009
Confessions of a Dean: Barriers and Breakthroughs to Communication, Melissa A. Essary
From “Preferred Position” to “Poor Relation:” History, Wilkie v. Robbins, and the Status of Property Rights Under the Takings Clause, Michael B. Kent Jr.
Pavesich, Property and Privacy: The Common Origins of Property Rights and Privacy Rights, Michael B. Kent Jr.
Public Utilities, Eminent Domain, and Local Land Use Regulations: Has Texas Found the Proper Balance?, Michael B. Kent Jr.
Lawyers, Loyalty, and the Question of Citizenship: Perspectives from the Classroom and from Catholic Social Thought, Kevin P. Lee and Bruce Frohnen
Principled Pluralism and Contract Remedies, C. Scott Pryor
Justifying Religious Freedom: The Western Tradition, E. Gregory Wallace
Socrates, Syllogisms, and Sadistic Transactions: Challenges to Mastering U.C.C. Article 9 Through Deductive Reasoning, Timothy R. Zinnecker
Submissions from 2008
Drafting Common Interest Community Documents: Minimalism in an Era of Micromanagement, Patrick K. Hetrick
The Quest to Achieve True “Top Quartile” Status: Creating and Sustaining an Affirming Law School Community, Patrick K. Hetrick
Construing the Canon: An Exegesis of Regulatory Takings Jurisprudence After Lingle v. Chevron, Michael B. Kent Jr.
Tax Strategy Patents: Why the Tax Community Should not Exclude the Patent System, Lucas Osborn
The Missing Piece of the Puzzle: Perspectives on the Wage Priority in Bankruptcy, C. Scott Pryor