Proposed Changes to California’s Use-of-Force Standard After Stephon Clark Shooting
In the aftermath of the death of Sacramento resident Stephon Clark, California is considering changes to its police use-of-force standard.
Why Many 2020 Swing States Will Produce Recount Headaches
If the 2020 presidential election hinges on recounts in the closest battleground states, there could be a crisis even greater than the 2000 election where the U.S. Supreme Court ended a Florida recount in its infamous Bush v. Gore ruling.
Coming to Terms with Consumer Contracts
In this week’s podcast episode of Reasonably Speaking, consumer contract experts Omri Ben-Shahar and Florencia Marotta-Wurgler discuss several types of consumer contracts, enforceability of terms, and the potential consequences of agreeing to these terms without reading the fine print.
In Prisoners of Politics, Rachel Barkow Argues for Rational Criminal Justice Reform
In writing Prisoners of Politics: Breaking the Cycle of Mass Incarceration, Rachel Barkow, Segal Family Professor of Regulatory Law and Policy, says she hopes to inspire a model of criminal justice reform based on evidence and data, overseen by institutions structured to provide accountability.
Children in Schools: Use of Force to Control and Punish
The following entry is excerpted from the Black Letter and Comments from Tentative Draft No. 2, Part II–Children In Schools; Chapter 8–Discipline And Order Maintenance; Topic 1–The Use Of Force In Response To Student Misbehavior; Section 8.10. Use of Force to Control and Punish.
Project Feature: Charitable Nonprofit Organizations
In this video Reporter Jill R. Horwitz and Consultant Marion R. Fremont-Smith provide a glimpse into how the Restatement of Charitable Nonprofits will bring greater understanding to the complex area of law of charitable nonprofits.
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