Legal Commentary

MICHIGAN LAW REVIEW

Volume 107       Number 6       April 2009

2009 SURVEY OF BOOKS RELATED TO THE LAW

FOREWORD

WHY WRITE?

Erwin Chemerinsky

881

CLASSIC REVISITED

BRADBURY: FAHRENHEIT 451

Rodney A. Smolla

895

REVIEWS

NUSSBAUM: LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE: IN DEFENSE OF AMERICA'S TRADITION OF RELIGIOUS EQUALITY

Gene R. Nichol

913

SPIRO: BEYOND CITIZENSHIP: AMERICAN IDENTITY AFTER GLOBALIZATION

Jonathan Weinberg

931

SLOBOGIN: PRIVACY AT RISK: THE NEW GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE AND THE FOURTH AMENDMENT

Orin S. Kerr

951

AYRES: SUPER CRUNCHERS: WHY THINKING-BY-NUMBERS IS THE NEW WAY TO BE SMART

Edward K. Cheng

967

GREENFIELD: THE FAILURE OF CORPORATE LAW: FUNDAMENTAL FLAWS AND PROGRESSIVE POSSIBILITIES

Antony Page

979

POLIKOFF: BEYOND (STRAIGHT AND GAY) MARRIAGE: VALUING ALL FAMILIES UNDER THE LAW

Amy L. Wax

999

BAKER: MEDIA CONCENTRATION AND DEMOCRACY: WHY OWNERSHIP MATTERS

Leonard M. Niehoff

1019

MCCRUDDEN: BUYING SOCIAL JUSTICE: EQUALITY, GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT, AND LEGAL CHANGE

Jeffrey L. Dunoff

1039

EPSTEIN: SUPREME NEGLECT: HOW TO REVIVE CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTION FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY

William Michael Treanor

1059

SULLIVAN, COLBY, WELSH WEGNER, BOND, & SHULMAN: EDUCATING LAWYERS: PREPARATION FOR THE PROFESSION OF LAW

Anthony V. Alfieri

1073

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA JOURNAL OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

Volume 11       Number 1       December 2008

SYMPOSIUM:

CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT: LITIGATING UNDER THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT

Prison Health Care, Political Choice, and the Accidental Death Penalty

Elizabeth Alexander

1

The Failure to Achieve Fairness: Race and Poverty Continue to Influence Who Dies

Stephen B. Bright

23

Limiting Excessive Prison Sentences Under Federal and State Constitutions

Richard S. Frase

39

Evaluating Institutional Prisoners' Rights Litigation: Costs and Benefits and Federalism Considerations

Sarah Vandenbraak Hart

73

Desert and the Eighth Amendment

Youngjae Lee

101

Prolonged Solitary Confinement and the Constitution

Jules Lobel

115

Preserving the Rule of Law in America's Jails and Prisons: The Case For Amending the Prison Litigation Reform Act

Margo Schlanger & Giovanna Shay

139

Opening a Window or Building a Wall? The Effect of Eighth Amendment Death Penalty Law and Advocacy on Criminal Justice More Broadly

Carol S. Steiker & Jordan M. Steiker

155

A Closing Keynote: A Comment on Mass Incarceration in the United States

David Rudovsky

207

LOYOLA OF LOS ANGELES LAW REVIEW

Volume 41       Number 4       Summer 2008

SYMPOSIUM

THE FRONTIERS OF TORT LAW

INTRODUCTION

John T. Nockleby

1143

DOING AWAY WITH TORT LAW

Jules L. Coleman

1149

TORT NEGLIGENCE, COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS, AND TRADEOFFS: A CLOSER LOOK AT THE CONTROVERSY

Kenneth W. Simons

1171

PUTTING "DUTY" IN ITS PLACE: A REPLY TO PROFESSORS GOLDBERG AND ZIPURSKY

Dilan A. Esper & Gregory C. Keating

1225

LIABILITY FOR POSSIBLE WRONGS: CAUSATION, STATISTICAL PROBABILITY, AND THE BURDEN OF PROOF

Richard W. Wright

1295

SITUATIONIST TORTS

Jon Hanson & Michael McCann

1345

FORM AND SUBSTANCE IN THE LAW OF COUNTERINSURGENCY DAMAGES

John Fabian Witt

1455

UPSIDE DOWN? TERRORISTS, PROPRIETORS, AND CIVIL RESPONSIBILITY FOR CRIME PREVENTION IN THE POST-9/11 TORT-REFORM WORLD

Ellen M. Bublick

1483

SANCTIONING THE AMBULANCE CHASER

Anita Bernstein

1545

SUMMARY JURY TRIALS IN CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA

Steven Croley

1585

DRUG ADVERTISING CLAIMS: PREEMPTION'S NEW FRONTIER

Catherine M. Sharkey

1625

STATE INNOVATION AND PREEMPTION: LESSONS FROM STATE CLIMATE CHANGE EFFORTS

Alexandra B. Klass

1653

TOBACCO CONTROL STRATEGIES: PAST EFFICACY AND FUTURE PROMISE

Robert L. Rabin

1721