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Globalization, the rapid expansion of the Internet, and advancements in communications and transportation technologies all seem to be either the symptoms or the causes of a more interconnected [...]

Most college and graduate school graduates cringe when they hear the words “student loans.” Student loans are seemingly just as difficult to avoid as they are to eliminate. For some unfortunate [...]

The term “particularism” is encountered only rarely in the law. The basic idea of particularism itself is, however, of great importance in the law. Particularism is, helpfully, much more [...]

In 1992, the Supreme Court handed down a plurality decision in Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc. That decision, together with a series of subsequent cases dealing with the federal preemption of [...]

Using the standards of justice defined by Judeo-Christian ethical principles, this Article argues that the people in all fifty states are tolerating unjust, and in many states, exceedingly [...]

Are parties fleeing arbitration? “Ten to [twenty] years ago,” one commentator writes, “arbitration was the proverbial fair-haired kid. It was touted as being cheaper, faster, and less [...]

Family law, as part of the larger prevailing culture, has enshrined the number two. By constructing links among sex, marriage, and procreation and conceptualizing each as a practice for two, [...]

Jennifer Hoffman identified as a woman. A classmate of mine in law school and a section-mate of mine during our first year, Jennifer wore no make-up, her short brown wavy hair parted to her right [...]

Justice David H. Souter announced his retirement from the Supreme Court in April 2009, handing President Barack Obama his first opportunity to shape the high court. A month later President Obama [...]

What makes a family? Perhaps biological relation determines family. But, are two parents and their adopted child a family? Surely, the answer to this inquiry shows that family is not necessarily [...]