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Autumn 2023 (vol. 27, no. 1)

Ex Ante

Our Mistakes • Covering Volume 27 • The Annotated Bobblehead: John Paul Stevens

To the Bag

Thomas R. Murphy • John Paul DeWitt & Robert T. Homlar

Articles

The Death of Webster’s as a Dictionary Trademark: A Shaggy-Dog Story – Part Two, 1914 to 1994, by Bryan A. Garner

The Second “Kansas” Justice: Charles Evans Whittaker, by Stephen R. McAllister

Putting the C Back in IRAC, by Jacob S. Sherkow

Some Correspondence About Self-Imposed Judicial Burdens, by John Paul Stevens & Warner W. Gardner

From the Bag

The Problem of Uncle Meleager’s Will, by Dorothy L. Sayers

Ex Post

The Joseph F. Weis Jr. / Chester Wernecke Bobblehead: Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Judge’s Weis’s Birthday, by William M. Janssen

Challenge Coins from the Commonwealth, by Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments & Credits


Summer 2023 (vol. 26, no. 4)

Ex Ante

Our Mistakes • Watch Your Mailbox

To the Bag

John Q. Barrett • Aaron Kirschenfeld

Articles

’Til Fraud Do Us Part: Bartenwerfer v. Buckley, by Laura N. Coordes

The Rise and Fall of the Roman Numeral, by Tessa L. Dysart

The Death of Webster’s as a Dictionary Trademark: A Shaggy-Dog Story – Part One, 1844-1915, by Bryan A. Garner

The Apparently Imminent – and Deeply Ironic – Demise of Chevron Deference, by Joseph R. Guerra

From the Bag

A Puzzling Adventure: Some Solutions, by Gregory F. Jacob

Spiro T. Agnew in His Own Words: 1973 and 1983, by Ross E. Davies

Ex Post

A Rolling Stone Cold Quiz, by Gregory F. Jacob

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments & Credits


Spring 2023 (vol. 26, no. 3)

Ex Ante

Our Mistakes • The Ginsburg Card • The Annotated Stone • The Corrected Certificate

To the Bag

Pam DeMartino • David D. Lisitza

Articles

Blake’s America, by Mark J. Cowan

Coronation Serjeanties, or Dillegrout Redux, by Robert A. James

Misremembering Korematsu, by John Townsend Rich

Justices Citing Justices, by Jay Wexler

That Man: Robert Jackson’s Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt, by G. Edward White

From the Bag

A Puzzling Adventure, by Gregory F. Jacob

Ex Post

The Tuesday Night Club, by Agatha Christie

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments & Credits


Winter 2023 (vol. 26, no. 2)

Ex Ante

Our Mistakes • Richmond Repurposing • Ferrous Foods? • A Deflated Bag

To the Bag

John T. Rich • Jon Feins

Articles

History Lessons: Instructive Legal Episodes from Maine’s Early Years — Episode 3: An Enslaved Man Suing in Federal Court, by D. Brock Hornby & Emma Akrawi

Dinner in Canberra for the New Silks: A Toast, by Susan Kiefel

Distinguishing Distinguishing: We Need to Distinguish the Different Types of Distinguishing, by Colin Losey

Challenge Coins, by Stephen R. McAllister

From the Bag

Activities for Students and Families: Excerpts Selected by the Green Bag, by Office of the Curator, Supreme Court of the United States

Reviews

Eating That Is Not Self-Defeating, by Angela Fernandez

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments & Credits


Autumn 2022 (vol. 26, no. 1)

Ex Ante

Our MistakeFlannery’s GenerosityThe Yale Law Library Holiday CardBobblehead Redemption

To the Bag

Allan RyanPaul Kiernan

Articles

The Mistake in Supreme Court Statistics and How to Correct It, by Jon O. Newman

Should I Stay or Should I Go?, by Lolita Buckner Inniss

Gerard David’s “The Justice of Cambyses”: The Aesthetic, Religious, Mythological, and Legal Significance of the Flaying of Sisamnes, by Barbara Jaffe

The Mess of Dillegrout, by Robert A. James

Humor, a Meditation, by John Henry Schlegel

See How We Read II: An Update with Reflections, by Rhonda K. Wood & Brian W. Johnston

Ex Post

The New Racket: AKA The Judge Laughed Last, by Dashiell Hammett

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments & Credits


Summer 2022 (vol. 25, no. 4)

Ex Ante

Our Mistake

To the Bag

Thomas R. Murphy

Articles

Siegel v. Fitzgerald and the Mystery of Bankruptcy Uniformity, by Laura N. Coordes

“The MoUS[e] That Roared”: The Manual on Usage and Style (Published by Texas Law Review) After a Half Century, by Josiah M. Daniel, III

The Reckoning, by Daniel R. Ernst

Intellectual Property’s Faith-Based Empiricism, by Patrick R. Goold

From the Bag

“A Legitimate Class of One”: The Nixon Papers in the Brennan Chambers, by Ross E. Davies

Ex Post

The Case of the Missing Will: The Sixth Installment of The Grey Cells of M. Poirot, Series II, by Agatha Christie

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments & Credits


Spring 2022 (vol. 25, no. 3)

Ex Ante

Our MistakeA More-Than-Nodding Familiarity

Articles

Adventures with an Artificially Intelligent Language Model And What It Might Say About the Law, by Shawn Bayern

Jerome Frank: The Making of a New Dealer, by Daniel R. Ernst

Conviviality and Commensality at the Bar: History, Images, and Menus, by M.H. Hoeflich

The Rebound of the Baskervilles, by Robert A. James

Gertrude Jenkins, Unplugged, by Todd C. Peppers

From the Bag

Misleading Cases: III. – The Whale, by A.P. Herbert

Ex Post

Sotomayoral Quiz, by Gregory F. Jacob

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments & Credits


Winter 2022 (vol. 25, no. 2)

Ex Ante

Our MistakeThe Easter Egg Does Not Fall Far from the TreeThe Annotated Justice Sonia Sotomayor

To the Bag

Philip R. Schatz

Articles

Robert Jackson’s Non-delegation Doctrine, by Gerard N. Magliocca

What’s Wrong with Third-party Litigation Funding?, by Luther Munford

Woke? John McWhorter’s Woke Racism, by Cedric Merlin Powell

From the Bag

The Heaven of Legal Ambition: Mary C. Ames’s Ten Years in Washington, by Ross E. Davies

Ten Years in Washington: Life and Scenes in the National Capital, as a Woman Sees Them, by Mary Clemmer Ames

Ex Post

Fables in Law, Chapter 17: Legal Lessons from Field, Forest, and Glen, by D. Brock Hornby

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments & Credits


Autumn 2021 (vol. 25, no. 1)

Ex Ante

Our MistakesAn Examination of Lexicographical Sensitivity

To the Bag

Avern CohnCatherine J. FurayDavid Hart

Article

A Speculation as to Whether Judicial Burdens Are Self-Imposed, by Warner W. Gardner

From the Bag

Citations in Three Dimensions: An Annotated Inventory of Bobbleheads, by Ross E. Davies

Ex Post

Puzzles in the Light: Selected Solutions Intimated, Revealed, and Explicated, by Gregory F. Jacob

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments & Credits


Summer 2021 (vol. 24, no. 4)

Ex Ante

Our MistakeA Trophy TweetJustice Breyer: The CardWe’re in Kansas Evermore

Articles

Difficult Policy in an Easy Case: City of Chicago v. Fulton, by Laura N. Coordes

Taming the Tongue: In the Heyday of English Grammar (1711-1851) – excerpts, by Bryan A. Garner

Lawyers’ Everyday Lives in Bygone Diaries: Durably Ephemeral Perspectives on the Day-to-Day of 19th-Century American Lawyers, by M.H. Hoeflich

A Mysterious Disappearance: What Happened to a “Fine Oil Painting” Depicting the First African American Lawyer?, by D. Brock Hornby

The Bluebook Nods, by Robert A. James

From the Bag

Publicity: The First Installment of Tommy and Tuppence: A Detective Series, by Agatha Christie

Ex Post

Ceramic Spirits of the Law, by Ross E. Davies

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments & Credits


Spring 2021 (vol. 24, no. 3)

Ex Ante

Our MistakeA Renewable Treat

To the Bag

Gregory F. TalbotAaron J. WalayatBenjamin Ostrer

Articles

No Mere Foppery: A Defense of Rainbow Bookshelves, by Alexandra Alvis

Celebrity Jurisprudence, by Jon O. Newman

See How We Read, by Rhonda K. Wood & Brian Johnston

Jackpot! Using Lotteries to Distribute Class Action Settlement Funds, by Tyler A. Young

From the Bag

Legal-Bibliographical Roots: Fragments of a Green Bag Origin Story, by Ross E. Davies

Legal Bibliography, Nos. 1 & 11, by Charles C. Soule

Ex Post

Classic Bar Prep, by Charles S. Haight & Arthur M. Marsh

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments & Credits


Winter 2021 (vol. 24, no. 2)

Ex Ante

Our MistakeThe Yale Card

To the Bag

Colin Clark

Articles

Thunderbolts on Olympus, by Robert A. James

The Impeachment of Judge Swayne: A Green Bag Defense and a Green Bag Report, by Charles E. Littlefield

Quorumifications, by Jack Metzler

Reading Magna Carta: Textualist or Originalist?, by John V. Orth

From the Bag

Trial by Media: The Queen Caroline Affair, Part 4 – Pamphlet Literature, by Cynthia Roman & Mike Widener

Trial in Absentia? Criminal Proceedings and Public Personae, by Susannah Walker

Ex Post

Dumping: On Law Reviews, by James Boyle

Fables in Law, Chapter 16: Legal Lessons from Field, Forest, and Glen, by D. Brock Hornby

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments & Credits


Autumn 2020 (vol. 24, no. 1)

Ex Ante

Our MistakesTwo New TreatsThe Most Prominent Woman Lawyer in the World

To the Bag

Leanne Kent • Christopher G. Bradley • James Rose

Articles

Humorous Styles of Cause in In Rem Actions: A Comparison of Canada and the United States, by Florence Ashley

Irving Browne, His Library, and His Literary and Collecting Passions, by M.H. Hoeflich

The Longest-Serving Justice Retires: Or, How Stephen Preempted the Field, by Ira Brad Matetsky

From the Bag

Trial by Media: The Queen Caroline Affair, Part 3 – Sympathy for the Queen, by Cynthia Roman & Mike Widener

Jane Austen, Caroline of Brunswick, and the Prince of Wales, by Jocelyn Harris

Caroline and Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Purloined Letter”, by Richard Kopley

Micro-Symposium

What Is a Scholarly Paper? Definitions to Aid the Social Science Research Network, Hiring and Tenure Committees, Journalists, and Even Scholars, by The Editors

Scholars as Amici, by Curtis E.A. Karnow

Help Your Provost Help You During Promotion and Tenure Decisions, by Nancy B. Rapoport

What is a Scholarly Paper? It Depends on Why You’re Asking, by Suzanna Sherry

A Case for Legal Potpourri: An Ode, by Aaron J. Walayat

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments & Credits


Summer 2020 (vol. 23, no. 4)

Ex Ante

Our Mistakes

To the Bag

Mark DiPernaChris Cogburn

Articles

The Department of Justice Is Born – A Response, by Charles Lane

The Department of Justice Is Born – A Reply, by Stephen R. McAllister

Resolving a Small Piece of a Large Puzzle: Ritzen Group, Inc. v. Jackson Masonry, LLC, by Laura N. Coordes

History Lessons: Instructive Legal Episodes from Maine’s Early Years – Episode 2, by D. Brock Hornby

The United States Court for China, by Eric H. Wessan

From the Bag

Trial by Media: The Queen Caroline Affair, Part 2 – Satirical Prints, by Cynthia Roman & Mike Widener

Between Words and Images: Visual Satire, Libel Law, and the Queen Caroline Affair, by Andrew Bricker

Robert Cruikshank: A Scene in the New Farce of the Lady and the Devil, by William Anthony Hay

Looking at the Case Against Her: Intertextuality in Queen Caroline Prints, by Kristin Samuelian

The Queen Caroline Affair as a Theatrical and Dramatic Spectacle, by Dana Van Kooy

Ex Post

In-Chambers Pet Portraiture

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments & Credits


Spring 2020 (vol. 23, no. 3)

Ex Ante

Our Mistake

To the Bag

Luther MunfordKiel Brennan-MarquezJeffrey Harper

Articles

Really Basic Rules for Writing Good Papers in Law School, by Allison Christians

History Lessons: Instructive Legal Episodes from Maine’s Early Years – Episode 1, by D. Brock Hornby

Why Justice Gorsuch Was Wrong About Causation in Comcast, by Alexandra D. Lahav

The Department of Justice Is Born: Its First Three (?) Attorneys General, by Stephen R. McAllister

From the Bag

Trial by Media: The Queen Caroline Affair, Part 1 – Law, Lawyers, and the Queen Caroline Trial, by Cynthia Roman & Mike Widener

The Legal Legacy of the Queen’s Trial: The Rise and Fall of Caroline’s Rule, by Ryan Martins

Henry Brougham Per(for)ming the Defense, by Mark Schoenfield

John Bull, Public Sentiment, and the Reasonable Man, by Simon Stern

Ex Post

Supreme Cod

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments & Credits


Winter 2020 (vol. 23, no. 2)

Ex Ante

Our MistakeLost Your Key?Call for Papers

To the Bag

George DalyPatrick C. O’Donnell

Articles

Long Arm “Statutes”, by Zachary D. Clopton

The Quorum Rule, by Jack Metzler

Citing Mockingbird: A Review of Judicial References to America’s Best-Loved Novel, by Steven R. Probst

Cheating in Baseball: Reflections on Electronic Sign-Stealing, by G. Edward White

From the Bag

How I Ran for the Presidency, by Belva A. Lockwood

Ex Post

A Global Investigation, by Bryan Gividen

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments & Credits


Autumn 2019 (vol. 23, no. 1)

Ex Ante

No Mistakes?Wayfair“The Majesty of the Law”“She Also Ran”Student DetectivesBookmark Not DefinedYale CardABA/Mercedes-Benz CardAnnotated BobbleheadTBG StickiesCall for Papers

To the Bag

Bridget J. Crawford

Articles

Privacy Law and the First-Year Law School Curriculum, by Kirk J. Nahra

SCOTUS Settles Circuit Split on ADEA: A Case for the Ages, by Sarah Nash

The Battle of the Law Books, by Mark W. Podvia

From the Bag

Tutt & Mr. Tutt: Two Glimpses of Their Origins, by Arthur Train

Ex Post

Adherence Factor, by Duke Law Journal

Fables in Law, Chapter 15: Legal Lessons from Field, Forest, and Glen, by D. Brock Hornby

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments & Credits


Summer 2019 (vol. 22, no. 4)

Ex Ante

Our MistakesEvil in Black’s 11thSamuel Blatchford, Annotated

To the Bag

F.E. Guerra-PujolJack Metzler

Articles

Taggart v. Lorenzen: Contempt Standards for Discharge Order Violations and (Maybe?) Beyond, by Laura N. Coordes

Memories of the 1937 Constitutional Revolution: Part II, by Warner W. Gardner

Continuing Judicial Education: Standard Deviation, by Melissa Nathanson

The Most Revealing Word in the United States Reports, by Richard Primus

From the Bag

A Summary of the Law of Contracts, by C.C. Langdell

The Original Source, by Earl Warren

Ex Post

Fables in Law, Chapter 14: Legal Lessons from Field, Forest, and Glen, by D. Brock Hornby

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments & Credits


Spring 2019 (vol. 22, no. 3)

Ex Ante

Our MistakeComma CommitmentWilliam T. Coleman, Annotated

To the Bag

David Roe

Articles

SSRN and the (Arbitrary) Determination of “Scholarly” Merit, by Bridget J. Crawford

Submitting to Specialty Law Reviews and Journals in Gender, Women & Sexuality, by Bridget J. Crawford

Memories of the 1937 Constitutional Revolution: Part I, by Warner W. Gardner

Please Reject Me: An Open Letter to the Harvard Law Review, by Mark A. Lemley

The Famous Relatives of Supreme Court Justices: An Update, by Stephen R. McAllister

From the Bag

Standard Judicial Deviation as of June 20, 1977, by Harry A. Blackmun

Review

The Professor and the Madman, reviewed by Bryan A. Garner

Ex Post

Fables in Law, Chapter 13: Legal Lessons from Field, Forest, and Glen, by D. Brock Hornby

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments & Credits


Winter 2019 (vol. 22, no. 2)

Ex Ante

Our MistakeGreen Bags to Good HomesYour ThoughtYale CardABA/Mercedes Card

To the Bag

Harold Kahn

Articles

Renvoi and the Barber, by James Grimmelmann

Literary Judgements: Doing More Harm Than Good?, by Barb Howard

The Roberts(dale) Court, by Robert A. James

The Modern History of State Attorneys General Arguing as Amici Curiae in the U.S. Supreme Court, by Dan Schweitzer

From the Bag

United States Supreme Court Reports: Some Eminent Endorsements, by The Lawyers’ Co-operative Publishing Company

Ex Post

Laws of Demand and Supply, by Ross E. Davies

LEGO Supreme Court Lawyers Up, by Adam Hanson

Fables in Law, Chapter 12: Legal Lessons from Field, Forest, and Glen, by D. Brock Hornby

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments & Credits


Autumn 2018 (vol. 22, no. 1)

Ex Ante

Our MistakesJames Madison

To the Bag

Kevin GreenleeHarold Kahn

Articles

Remarks at the Investiture of S. Kyle Duncan, by Jay S. Bybee

The New Parentheticals, by Michael S. Kwun

Big Trouble in Little Print: The Importance of Proper Citation and Research Technique, by Shannon Russell

The John Minor Wisdom Courthouse: The Fifth Circuit’s New Orleans Home, by Leslie H. Southwick & J. Alexandra Bruce

The Canons of Citechecking, by Jonathan I. Tietz

From the Bag

Thirty Years in Washington or Life and Scenes in Our National Capital, by Mrs. John A. Logan

Ex Post

Prize Problem: Answers and Winners, by The Boston Book Company

Final Judgment, by D. Brock Hornby

Trimblia Quiz, by Gregory F. Jacob

When Lawyers Mess Up, Must They ‘Fess Up?: ABA Ethics Opinion 481 (April 17, 2018), by Robert E. Rains

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments & Credits


Summer 2018 (vol. 21, no. 4)

Ex Ante

Our MistakesBelva and Teddy, Celebrity EndorsersIs This “Law review“ Article Too Much?An Ambulant InvitationThe Annotated Justice TrimbleHow to Cite a Terminal Title Comma,Ex PostponementPhotographic Appeal

Articles

Tweets to a Young 1L, by Rachel I. Gurvich

Deep in the Weeds of Textualism, by Joseph Kimble

U.S. Bank v. Village at Lakeridge: A Small Step for Bankruptcy, and A Slightly Bigger Step for Civil Procedure, by Laura N. Coordes

Justice Gorsuch’s Would-Be War on Chevron, by Heather Elliott

The Supreme Court Splits Over Fair Share Fees, by Sarah Nash

From the Bag

A ;-) at the Past and Future of English, by Tiffany Li

Machinery and English Style, by Robert Lincoln O’Brien

Review

Musings from Another Time, by Robert E. Rains

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments & Credits


Spring 2018 (vol. 21, no. 3)

Ex Ante

Our MistakeApril in New YorkBelva Lockwood in WashingtonWest Law Playing Cards

To the Bag

Heather ElliottBrian L. FryePaul Kornman

Articles

In Search of Sound Judg(e?)ment, by Tessa L. Dysart

Artificial Intelligence: The Importance of Trust and Distrust, by Robin C. Feldman

Green Bag Cataloging Trivia, by Aaron S. Kirschenfeld

The Supreme Court and Superman: The Justices and the Famous People in Their Family Trees, by Stephen R. McAllister

From the Bag

Ranking the Olympians Before U.S. News: When Vanity Fair and The Bookman Told Their Readers Who Really Mattered, by Ross E. Davies

The New Order of Critical Values: In Which Ten of the Modern Critics of America Are Allowed to Substitute New Laurels for Old, by The Editors of Vanity Fair

Spring Elections on Mount Olympus, by Edward E. Paramore, Jr.

Ex Post

Fables in Law, Chapter 11: Legal Lessons from Field, Forest, and Glen, by D. Brock Hornby

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments & Credits


Winter 2018 (vol. 21, no. 2)

Ex Ante

Our MistakesAlito, AnnotatedAlmanac AddendaGarner on GaffesLithuanian LibertyYale Holiday CardAppeal for a CJWhist CardsWorld Series?Cher-Hatch Tweets

To the Bag

George A. Heitczman

Articles

The Year in Law & Technology 2017, by Wendy Everette, Catherine Gellis, Fatima Nadine Khan, Eli Mattern & Whitney Merrill

The Fossat[t] Curse, by Joseph N. Mazzara

Assessments All the Way Down, by James S. McGrath & Andrew P. Morriss

From the Bag

Thank the Good Lord for Mapp v. Ohio, by William O. Douglas & Felix Frankfurter

The Bagel Beginner, by Harold Kahn & Lewis F. Powell

Review

Cushman’s Table for 9, by Leiv Blad

Ex Post

Fables in Law, Chapter 10: Legal Lessons from Field, Forest, and Glen, by D. Brock Hornby

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments & Credits


Autumn 2017 (vol. 21, no. 1)

Ex Ante

Our MistakesGordon WoodWaters of the USAMarshall, AnnotatedCall for RecipesBags at YalePictures from YaleWhat’s the Difference?

To the Bag

Shale D. Stiller

Articles

Over Ruled, by D. Brock Hornby

When Thurgood Marshall Stayed for Dinner, by Ralph J. Moore, Jr.

Litigation as a Tort, by Luther Munford

From the Bag

Morals of Slavery, by Harriet Martineau

Op-Ed, by Natchez Weekly Courier and Journal

Ex Post

Prize Problem, by The Boston Book Company

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments & Credits


Summer 2017 (vol. 20, no. 4)

Ex Ante

Our MistakesCelebrity LawyersCall for Recipes

To the Bag

James M. Rose

Articles

How to Explain to Your Client Why You Lost His Case, by Byron Bacon and Peter Scott Campbell

Franklin Roosevelt and the Forgotten History of the Earned Income Tax Credit, by Bryan T. Camp

Waiting for Gorsuch: October Term 2016, by Erwin Chemerinsky

Introduction to a Parade: The U.S. Marine Corps, Belleau Wood, and the Rule of Law, by Robert D. Hogue

The Law According to the Most-Cited Law Review Articles of All Time, by Andrew Jensen Kerr

From the Bag

A Generous Judicial Parabolist: Curtis D. Wilbur, by Ross E. Davies

Bear Stories: Stories as told to my babies, by Curtis D. Wilbur

Ex Post

Fables in Law, Chapter 9: Legal Lessons from Field, Forest, and Glen, by D. Brock Hornby

The Largest and Tiniest LEGO Supreme Court Buildings, by Adam Hanson

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments & Credits


Spring 2017 (vol. 20, no. 3)

Ex Ante

Our MistakeLego GorsuchBobblehead McAllisterCall for Recipes

To the Bag

Jack MetzlerRobert A. James

Articles

The Abiding Importance of Procrastination in Grading Law-School Final Examinations, by William R. Casto

Did John Marshall Harlan II Misuse the Word “Suppletive”?, by Jack Metzler

Legal Education Through the Blurry Lens of US News Law School Rankings, by Andrew P. Morriss

From the Bag

The Dog Andrew, Part 2, by Arthur Train

Micro-Symposium

Eric Goldman’s “Tenure Review Letters: My Top Ten Suggestions,” by James Grimmelmann, Matthew Reid Krell, Michael Risch, Suzanna Sherry & Edward T. Swaine

Ex Post

Notable Lacunae, by Christopher Beauchamp

Fables in Law, Chapter 8: Legal Lessons from Field, Forest, and Glen, by D. Brock Hornby

Pants on Fire, by Robert E. Rains

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments & Credits


Winter 2017 (vol. 20, no. 2)

Ex Ante

Our MistakesBradwellO’ConnorLockwoodBeyond Extravagance

To the Bag

Noah B. Peters

Articles

Computer Security Tools & Concepts for Lawyers, by Kendra Albert

Once Upon a Car: A Tale of Three Ambiguities, by Mark Cooney

Reading Down, by Neil Duxbury

How Different Are the Early Versions of the United States Constitution?: An Examination, by Philip Huff

I’m Unconstitutional: Another Dubious Restriction on the Power to Remove, by Charles N.W. Keckler

From the Bag

The Price of Intolerance, by Graham Wallas

The Dog Andrew, Part 1, by Arthur Train

Ex Post

Fables in Law, Chapter 7: Legal Lessons from Field, Forest, and Glen, by D. Brock Hornby

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments & Credits


Autumn 2016 (vol. 20, no. 1)

Ex Ante

Our MistakesCall for Papers: Goldman Micro-Symposium

To the Bag

Aníbal Sabater

Articles

The Quintessential Law Library and Librarian in a Digital Era, by Femi Cadmus

Letter to a First-Year Law Student, by Luther T. Munford

Fisher II: Whose Burden, What Proof?, by George Rutherglen

Doing God’s Work in the Courthouse, by Douglas P. Woodlock

From the Bag

The Green Book: Safely Navigating Jim Crow America, by Meagen K. Monahan

The Negro Motorist Green Book (1938 edition), by Victor H. Green

Micro-Symposium

Richard Posner’s “What Is Obviously Wrong With the Federal Judiciary,” by William Baude, Ross E. Davies, Timothy A. Delaune, Swift Edgar, Jonathan Mermin, Richard A. Posner, Stephen E. Sachs & Eric J. Segall

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments & Credits


Summer 2016 (vol. 19, no. 4)

Ex Ante

Our MistakeOur ExtravaganceBobbling Professor Wu

To the Bag

Robert C. BerringPaul D. CarringtonPaul Kiernan

Articles

Everything Changed: October Term 2015, by Erwin Chemerinsky

Writing Tenure Review Letters: My Top 10 Suggestions, by Eric Goldman

A Strange Year at the Court, by Brianne J. Gorod

When Timing Is Everything in the Supreme Court, by Dan Schweitzer

Winding (Back) the Crazy Clock: The Origins of a Benchslap, by Dwight H. Sullivan & Eugene R. Fidell

From the Bag

My Efforts to Become a Lawyer, by Belva A. Lockwood

Ex Post

Fables in Law: Legal Lessons Inspired by Piero Calamandrei, by D. Brock Hornby

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments & Credits


Spring 2016 (vol. 19, no. 3)

Ex Ante

Our MistakesAlmanac Nominating and Voting for 2016Call for Papers: Posner Micro-SymposiumAnnotated ChiefExtravagance #1: TBG Beach Towel

To the Bag

Jack MetzlerSuzanna Sherry

Articles

Chief Justices of the United States in Maine, by D. Brock Hornby

The Jurisprudence of Paper Clips, by Robert A. James

What Is Obviously Wrong With the Federal Judiciary, Yet Eminently Curable, Part II, by Richard A. Posner

Law on Nantucket, by G. Edward White

From the Bag

Some Clerical Contributions to Ex parte Quirin, by Ross E. Davies

Ex parte Quirin Memos, by Bennett Boskey

Ex Post

Alice Tells a Joke, by Michael S. Kwun

Ode to Adams v. Bullock: Cardozo Was a Behavioral Economist, by Fredrick E. Vars

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments & Credits


Winter 2016 (vol. 19, no. 2)

Ex Ante

Our MistakesExemplary Legal Writing 2015 • Holiday Greeting Cards: Yale & UCLAAn Index of Not Much

To the Bag

Jeffrey HarperAdam SachsPaul J. KiernanLuther MunfordIra Brad Matetsky

Articles

The Lost Library, by Robert C. Berring

Justice Brandeis and Substantive Due Process, by Barry Cushman

Celebrity Justice: Supreme Court Edition, by Richard L. Hasen

The Rule of Law, by John V. Orth

What Is Obviously Wrong With the Federal Judiciary, Yet Eminently Curable, Part I, by Richard A. Posner

From the Bag

The Purloined Letter (part two), by Edgar A. Poe

Ex Post

Exam Questions from Famous Authors, by Charles J. Ten Brink

The Ultimate Unifying Approach to Complying with All Laws and Regulations, by Daniel J. Solove & Woodrow Hartzog

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments & Credits


Autumn 2015 (vol. 19, no. 1)

Ex Ante

Our MistakesGreen Bag Subscription Innovations!Go West, Young Bobblehead

To the Bag

Ira Brad MatetskyNoah B. Peters

Articles

Jefferson’s Fire Insurance Policy and Monticello’s Reconstruction of Slavery, by Kenneth S. Abraham

“A post of great legal power and even greater moral influence”, by William R. Casto

The Kansas Justice, David Josiah Brewer, by Stephen R. McAllister

“Shuffling” Sam Thompson and Other Notes from the 1959 Term, by Ralph J. Moore, Jr.

Petty Offenses and Article III, by Stephen I. Vladeck

From the Bag

The Purloined Letter (part one), by Edgar A. Poe

Ex Post

Fables in Law, Chapter 6: Legal Lessons from Field, Forest, and Glen, by D. Brock Hornby

The Love Song of J. Anthony Kennedy, by Steven M. Klepper

The Influence of Juridical Cant on Edificatory Approaches in 21st-Century America, by David Pozen

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments & Credits


Summer 2015 (vol. 18, no. 4)

Ex Ante

Our MistakesThe Stylish New Rambler

Articles

Why Don’t Courts Dismiss Indictments? A Simple Suggestion For Making Federal Criminal Law A Little Less Lawless, by James M. Burnham

The Return of the Jedi: The Progressive October Term, Erwin Chemerinsky

Some Reflections on Yates and the Statutes We Threw Away, by Tobias A. Dorsey

A Big Year at the Supreme Court, by Brianne J. Gorod

The New Holy Trinity, by Richard M. Re

Micro-Symposium

Supreme Court Top Tens, by Ross E. Davies, Ami Dodson, Scott Dodson, Brian L. Frye, Jack Metzler, Meg Penrose, Brian M. Stewart, and Patric M. Verrone

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments & Credits


Spring 2015 (vol. 18, no. 3)

Ex Ante

Our MistakesLego JusticesLLQEsCall for AnnotationsRehnquist Bobblehead

To the Bag

Erik M. Jensen

Articles

The Influence of Immanuel Kant on Evidentiary Approaches in 18th-Century Bulgaria, by Orin S. Kerr

Three Things: A Tribute to Judge Morris Sheppard Arnold, by Nicole Stelle Garnett

The Legacy of Chief Justice Fortas, by Gerard N. Magliocca

Federalism and Retroactivity in State Post-Conviction Proceedings, by Stephen R. McAllister

The Legend of the Privateer Airship and the Currents that Lifted It, by Jeremy Rabkin

Negotiating the Shoals of Mediation, by James M. Rosenbaum

From the Bag

The Lost Stradivarius, by Arthur Train

Ex Post

Fables in Law, Chapter 5: Legal Lessons from Field, Forest, and Glen, by D. Brock Hornby

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments & Credits


Winter 2015 (vol. 18, no. 2)

Ex Ante

Our MistakesCall for PapersJustice ReedAlmanac & ReaderQuizzers ExtraordinairePaypal

To the Bag

Paul HaasThomas R. Murphy

Articles

On Doctrines That Do Many Things, by Samuel L. Bray

Do Not Cite or Circulate, by Lee Anne Fennell

Justice Blackmun’s Blood Oath, by Greg Goelzhauser

The Waite Funds, by Ira Brad Matetsky

The Lost Episode of Gong Lum v. Rice, by G. Edward White

From the Bag

There Are Many Things That You Can Do When the Supreme Court Is Wrong, by William H. Rehnquist

Ex Post

The Most Sarcastic Justice, by Richard L. Hasen

Fables in Law, Chapter 4: Legal Lessons from Field, Forest, and Glen, by D. Brock Hornby

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments & Credits


Autumn 2014 (vol. 18, no. 1)

Ex Ante

Our MistakesCall for Annotations

Articles

The Hughes-Roberts Visit Revisited, by Daniel R. Ernst

Interpreting Secretary Perkins, by Barry Cushman

Coming of Age for the Federal Circuit, by Robin Feldman

You Think Lawyers Are Good Drafters?, by Joseph Kimble

Congress and Procedures for the Supreme Court’s Original Jurisdiction Cases: Revisiting the Question, by Stephen R. McAllister

Lessons for Law Reform Litigators, by Alan Morrison

Ferrets and Truffles and Hounds, Oh My: Getting Beyond Waiver, by Andrey Spektor & Michael A. Zuckerman

From the Bag

Holmes, Coase & Blackmail, by Ross E. Davies

The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton, by Arthur Conan Doyle

Micro-Symposium

Scalia & Garner’s Reading Law, by Karen Petroski, Michel Paradis, Brian S. Clarke, and Christopher J. Walker & Andrew T. Mikac

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments & Credits


Summer 2014 (vol. 17, no. 4)

Ex Ante

Bashman and the JudgesBreyer Trivia QuizPlastic Constitution on RailsOther Justice Scalia

To the Bag

Douglas Parker

Articles

Going Through the Motions, by Kiel Brennan-Marquez

Appearances Can Be Deceiving: October Term 2013 Moved the Law to the Right, by Erwin Chemerinsky

A Year of Contradictions, by Brianne J. Gorod

Contempt, by Robert Megarry & Bryan A. Garner

Bad Arguments, by Jonathan Mermin

Lessons on Love From the Uniform Commercial Code, by Lee H. Rosenthal & Jay L. Westbrook

From the Bag

Fixing Fuller’s Record: The Green Bag and the U.S. Reports, by Ross E. Davies

Chief Justice Fuller, by The Green Bag

Reviews

The Road to Hell is Paved with “Particular Intentions,” by Randy D. Gordon

A Short Review of Bad Judges, and Good, by Douglas R. Cox

Ex Post

Beatitudes and Jeremiads, by D. Brock Hornby

Strike One, by Kathryne M. Young

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments, Credits & Featured Books


Spring 2014 (vol. 17, no. 3)

Ex Ante

Our MistakesThe Fragility of ElaborationThe Stephen G. Breyer BobbleheadCall for Papers: “Reading Law”

To the Bag

Douglas P. Woodlock

Articles

Must Salmon Love Meinhard? Agape and Partnership Fiduciary Duties, by Stephen M. Bainbridge

Fighting Legal Innumeracy, by Edward K. Cheng

The Proper Pronunciation of Certiorari: The Supreme Court’s Surprising Six-Way Split, by James J. Duane

Boilerplate and Consent, by Nancy S. Kim

From the Bag

A Christmas Gift for the Supreme Court: How a 1959 Holiday Party Eclipsed a History of Discrimination, by Ross E. Davies

The Docket Sheet, by Banning E. “Bert” Whittington

Ex Post

Fables in Law, Chapter 3: Legal Lessons from Field, Forest, and Glen, by D. Brock Hornby

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments, Credits & Featured Books


Winter 2014 (vol. 17, no. 2)

Ex Ante

In ArlingtonIredell BobbleheadBoilerplateOthers' MistakesLunchtime Law Quiz

Articles

The Brennan Lecture: A Bit of History, by Judith S. Kaye

Kindergarten Coase, by Jeremy Kidd

The Non-Delegation Doctrine and Private Parties, by Calvin R. Massey

The Doctrine of One Last Chance, by Richard M. Re

Lobbying Lessons, by Sophie E. Smyth

Military Courts and the All Writs Act, by Stephen I. Vladeck

From the Bag

Pioneer of Retirement: Justice Samuel Nelson, by Ross E. Davies

Proceedings by the Bar of the United States Court for the Second Circuit, on the Retirement of Mr. Justice Nelson from the Supreme Court of the United States, by the Second Circuit Bar

Ex Post

Fables in Law, Chapter 2: Legal Lessons from Field, Forest, and Glen, by D. Brock Hornby

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments, Credits & Featured Books


Autumn 2013 (vol. 17, no. 1)

Ex Ante

Green Bag to a Good HomeYale Card 2013Green Bag ControversyBlair Bobblehead

To the Bag

Jon O. NewmanRobert F. Fitzpatrick Jr.Robert T. SmithGeorge W. Liebmann

Articles

Bork, Dworkin, and the Constitution, by Marvin A. Chirelstein

Escaping the Malthusian Trap: Dynasty Trusts for Serious Dynasts, by John V. Orth

Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Writes a Certiorari Opinion on Palimpsest, by Douglas P. Woodlock

From the Bag

Plus Ça Change, Plus C’est La Même Chose, by Nancy B. Rapoport

Plan for the Organization of a Law Faculty and for a System of Instruction in Legal Science, in the University of the City of New-York, by Benjamin F. Butler

Extrajudicial Reticence: Nine Justices Take a Brief Break from Constitutional Commentary, by Ross E. Davies

Letter to Mary Y. Steinbauer, May 10, 1991, by William H. Rehnquist

Ex Post

Fables in Law, Chapter 1: Legal Lessons from Field, Forest, and Glen, by D. Brock Hornby

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments, Credits & Featured Books


Summer 2013 (vol. 16, no. 4)

Ex Ante

Judge Dave and the Bobblehead

To the Bag

David RoeCurtis Gannon

Articles

The Court Affects Each of Us: The Supreme Court Term in Review, by Erwin Chemerinsky

A Normalized Scoring Model for Law School Competitions, by Edward K. Cheng & Scott J. Farmer

From Scriveners to Typewriters: Document Production in the 19th-Century Law Office, by M.H. Hoeflich

Then and Now in the Law of Property, by John V. Orth

A Note on the Use of Dictionaries, by Antonin Scalia & Bryan A. Garner

From the Bag

The Wick Tapes, by Leonard Garment

Micro-Symposium

Suzanna Sherry’s Why We Need More Judicial Activism, by Richard A. Epstein, Aaron-Andrew P. Bruhl, Frank J. Colucci, Scott Dodson, Scott D. Gerber, Diane H. Mazur, Howard M. Wasserman, Evan C. Zoldan & Suzanna Sherry

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments, Credits & Featured Books


Spring 2013 (vol. 16, no. 3)

Ex Ante

Our MistakesThe Beginning of the Story

Articles

Using Reverse Veil Piercing to Vindicate the Free Exercise Rights of Incorporated Employers, by Stephen M. Bainbridge

Democracy v. Concentrated Wealth: In Search of a Louis D. Brandeis Quote, by Peter Scott Campbell

Learned Hand Sings, Part One: Liner Notes for “Songs of His Youth”, by Ross E. Davies

A Legal Lexicographer Looks at Law Reviews*, by Bryan A. Garner

Teaching United States v. O’Brien: Three Conversations and the Wisdom of John Hart Ely, by Ira C. Lupu

From the Second Restatements to the Present: The ALI’s Recent History and Current Challenges, by G. Edward White

From the Bag

The Road to Success, or Practical Hints to the Junior Bar: An Address Delivered Before the Law Academy of Philadelphia, by Edward M. Paxson

Ex Post

Submission Slog, by William E. Foster

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments, Credits & Featured Books


Winter 2013 (vol. 16, no. 2)

Ex Ante

MistakesExemplary Legal Writing 2012Law on the MapValentine

To the Bag

David Roe

Articles

Original Intent, by Charles Fried

In Defense of Scholars’ Briefs: A Response to Richard Fallon, by Amanda Frost

On “A Ticket Good for One Day Only”, by Richard M. Re

The Bridges of Arlington County, by William H. Rehnquist & Francine Zorn Trachtenberg

Making Records in the 21st Century, by Stanley Thompson

Pendent Appellate Bootstrapping, by Stephen I. Vladeck

Micro-Symposium

Orin S. Kerr’s A Theory of Law, by Ross E. Davies, Lee Anne Fennell, Caitlin M. Hartsell, Kieran Healy, Jeffrey M. Lipshaw, Geoffrey A. Manne, Chad M. Oldfather, Arthur Stock, and Ryan C. Williams

Call for Papers

Micro-Symposium on Suzanna Sherry’s Why We Need More Judicial Activism

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments, Credits & Featured Books


Autumn 2012 (vol. 16, no. 1)

Flip Book

Streak Along with an Ambulance

Ex Ante

MistakesArgument FormThoughts for a YearDenial and ConsolationThe Flip Book

To the Bag

Edward L. Carter and Edward E. AdamsJohn L. Peschel

Articles

Not Your Parents’ Law Library: A Tale of Two Academic Law Libraries, by Julian Aiken, Femi Cadmus & Fred Shapiro

The Harlan Fund, by Ira Brad Matetsky

Charles Dickens and the Sovereign Debt Crisis, by John V. Orth

Factoids, by Allen Rostron

The Lost Arts of Judicial Restraint, by J. Harvie Wilkinson III

From the Bag

The Popular Prosecutor: Mr. District Attorney and the Television Stars of American Law, by Ross E. Davies

The Case of the Racket Witness, by Unknown

Ex Post

A Theory of Law, by Orin S. Kerr

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments, Credits & Featured Books


Summer 2012 (vol. 15, no. 4)

Ex Ante

MistakesBad PaternoJustice PrecedentYork v. YaleCumulative Confessional

To the Bag

Peter OwenNicholas Frankovich

Articles

Justice Owen J. Roberts on 1937, by Edward L. Carter & Edward E. Adams

It’s Now the John Roberts Court, by Erwin Chemerinsky

What Were They Thinking: The Supreme Court in Revue, October Term 2011, by John P. Elwood & Eric A. White

Who Shot Charles Summers?, by Kyle Graham

A Pronouncing Dictionary of the Supreme Court of the United States, by Sally Pei et al. (with the website)

From the Bag

Marshall’s Maps, the U.S. Reports, and the New Judicial Restraint, by Ross E. Davies (including John Marshall’s Atlas to Marshall’s Life of Washington) smalllarge

Review

Multivariate Analysis Through Narrative History, by Alfred L. Brophy

Ex Post

The Supreme Court of Canada, Brick by Brick, by Andrew Frape & Cattleya Concepcion

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments, Credits & Featured Books


Spring 2012 (vol. 15, no. 3)

Ex Ante

MistakesBobble Berring

To the Bag

James J. DuaneGeorge A. HeitczmanGeorge W. Liebmann

Articles

Similarity in Legal Analysis & the Post-Literate Blitz, by Curtis E.A. Karnow

Remarks on Henry Friendly on the Award of the Henry Friendly Medal to Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, by Pierre N. Leval

Only Eleven Shillings: Abusing Public Justice in England in the Late Eighteenth Century (Part 2 of 2), by James Oldham

Little Labs Lost: An Invisible Success Story, by David Roe

The Development of “Final Offer Selection”, by Laurence H. Silberman

From the Bag

The Pastiche Prosecutor: A Speculative Introduction to Mr. District Attorney, by Ross E. Davies

Smashing the Taxicab Racket, by Unknown

Review

Identity, Liberal Individualism, and the Neutral Allure of Post-Blackness, by Cedric Merlin Powell

Ex Post

The Inmate, by John L. Kane, Jr.

Studying for an Evidence Final on a Cold Winter’s Night, by Alice B. Richards

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments, Credits & Featured Books


Winter 2012 (vol. 15, no. 2)

Ex Ante

Our MistakesThe Best and the Bobbliest

To the Bag

Douglas P. WoodlockThomas M. Susman

Articles

The Hughes-Roberts Visit, by Barry Cushman

The Limits of the New Deal Analogy, by Barry Cushman

The Art of Justice or Queen for a Day, by Edward Gordon

Justice Byron White and The Brethren, by Stephen R. McAllister

Only Eleven Shillings: Abusing Public Justice in England in the Late Eighteenth Century (Part 1 of 2), by James Oldham

From the Bag

Blackmun’s Books: What a Justice Read and What It Means for a Justice to “Read”, by Ross E. Davies

Notes on a Somewhat Disappointing Book, by Harry A. Blackmun

Review

Visions of “Justice”, by Barbara Jaffe

Ex Post

Dornton v. Gallop (2011), by Brian Conlon

The Answer Key, by Morris B. Hoffman

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments, Credits & Featured Books


Autumn 2011 (vol. 15, no. 1)

Ex Ante

Our MistakeLego My ConstitutionWhence the Green Bag?

To the Bag

Stephen R. McAllisterAvern Cohn

Articles

Brandeis Brief Myths, by David E. Bernstein

indemnify., by Bryan A. Garner

Did You Hear the One About Chief Justice Burger and the Itinerant Litigant?: Behind-the-Scenes Humor at the Supreme Court, by Todd C. Peppers

The American Court House as a Home, by Douglas P. Woodlock

From the Bag

The Ultimate Junket, Chaperoned, by Ross E. Davies

From the New Capital to the Old: April 29th-May 1st, 1889, by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company

Review

In Search of the Origins of an American Cuisine, by Leiv Blad

Ex Post

The Right Place for a Right Hook, by Bob Rains

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments, Credits & Featured Books


Summer 2011 (vol. 14, no. 4)

Ex Ante

Another MistakeCanadian BagQuality & ReputationABA Res. 10BFounding Tiger MotherBobblehead Justice

To the Bag

Robert A. JamesIra Brad MatetskyDaniel H. BorinskyErik M. Jensen

Articles

Closing the Courthouse Doors: October Term 2010, by Erwin Chemerinsky

Active Practice, by Charles G. Kels

A Marbury v. Madison Moment on the Eve of the Civil War: Chief Justice Roger Taney and the Kentucky v. Dennison Case, by Stephen R. McAllister

Plain Meaning in the Law of Property: A Socratic Dialogue, by John V. Orth

From the Bag

The Judiciary Funded: The Generosity of David Dudley Field, by Ross E. Davies

Correspondence, 1873-1878, by David Dudley Field & Daniel W. Middleton

Reviews

Concrete Rules and Fluid Feds, by J.W. Verret

Ex Post

A South Florida Legal Brief, by Scott J. Silverman

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments, Credits & Featured Books


Spring 2011 (vol. 14, no. 3)

Ex Ante

Our MistakesQuotable QuoterThe Libel TerroristYale Card

To the Bag

Evan HenleyJack MeltzerWilliam BaudeConor Moore

Articles

Title 51 of the U.S. Code and Why It Matters, by Robert C. Berring

Like Water for Law Reviews: An Introduction to the Journal of Law, by Ross E. Davies

Congressmen as Securities Traders, by Larry E. Ribstein

Howe & Hummel on 5th Street, by Jacob A. Stein

The Lost Internment, by G. Edward White

From the Bag

West’s Words, Ho!: Law Books by the Million, Plus a Few, by Ross E. Davies

Law Books by the Million: An account of the largest law-book house in the world,– the home establishment of The National Reporter System and The American Digest System, by West Publishing Co.

Review

Judicial Biography: A Few Reflections, by Bennett Boskey

Ex Post

Sum Justice: Smith v. Smith, 938 N.E.2d 857 (Ind. App. 2010), by Bob Rains

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Credits & Featured Books


Winter 2011 (vol. 14, no. 2)

Ex Ante

Our MistakeA.W.B. SimpsonExemplary Legal Writing 2010Other Exemplary WritingBowdlerism & Amendment

To the Bag

Jeremy RabkinSimon SternEvan A. Young

Articles

The Strange Glitch in the Rhode Island Rules of Evidence, by James J. Duane

Speaking in Sentences, by D. Brock Hornby

Prepositions in the Constitution, by Erik M. Jensen

Re: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by Robert L. Wald et al.

Eagle Party, by Jay Wexler

From the Bag

Things in Common: Challenges of the 19th and 21st Century Librarians, by Femi Cadmus

An Address of Welcome, by John William Wallace

Reviews

An Absorbing Casebook, by Anonymous

Ex Post

Justices at Work, or Not: New Supreme Court Statistics and Old Impediments to Making Them Accurate, by Ross E. Davies, Craig D. Rust & Adam Aft

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments, Credits & Featured Books


Autumn 2010 (vol. 14, no. 1)

Ex Ante

Annotated Bobbleheads

To the Bag

William S. BrewbakerGary O’Connor

Articles

In Front of the Burgundy Curtain: The Top Ten Lessons I’ve Learned About Advocacy Before the Nation’s Highest Court, by Lisa S. Blatt

Justices & Their Law Clerks: A Bibliographical Experiment, by Bennett Boskey

What Were They Thinking: The Supreme Court in Revue, October Term 2009, by John P. Elwood

Of Facts & Fantasies: Justice Stevens and the Judge/Justice Story, by Jeffrey L. Fisher

The Common Law of Foreign Official Immunity, by Chimène I. Keitner

Citizens United & Corporate & Human Crime, by Christopher Slobogin

From the Bag

Wager of Justice: The Betting Commission and the 1984 Campaign, by Ross E. Davies

Minutes of a Meeting of the Betting Commission Washington, D.C. September 18, 1984, by William H. Rehnquist

Review

Mark Tushnet on Why the Constitution Doesn’t Matter, by Amanda Frost

Ex Post

Self-Defense, by John V. Orth

Front & Back Matter

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Acknowledgments, Credits & Featured Books


Summer 2010 (vol. 13, no. 4)

Ex Ante

Alyssa, Chandler & Friends at YaleJob MarketA well regulated Fox

To the Bag

Robert A. JamesErik M. Jensen

Articles

No-Limit Texas Hold 'em, or The Voir Dire in Dallas County, by Jeffrey Kahn

How the "New GM" Can Steal from Toyota, by Adam Mossoff

Clarence Darrow & Edgar Lee Masters, by Randall Tietjen

Harvard Law School's Promotional Literature, 1829-1848, by Michael von der Linn

Reviews

Jacob A. Stein, reviewing Graham's "To Bring the Law Home"

Robert E. Rains, reviewing Kader & Stanford's "Poetry of the Law"

Ex Post

Supreme Court Sluggers: John Paul Stevens Is No Stephen J. Field, by Ross E. Davies, Craig D. Rust & Adam Aft

FantasyLaw

Guess Who Won't Be Coming to the Studio, by Alex B. Mitchell

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments, Credits & Featured Books


Spring 2010 (vol. 13, no. 3)

Ex Ante

Exemplary Legal Writing 2009ShoesClarity Begins at Home

Articles

Temperamental Balance: John Paul Stevens, Counsel to Charles O. Finley, by Bill Barnhart & Gene Schlickman

Obi-Wan Stevens vs. Darth Rehnquist, by Ross E. Davies

Summary Judgment Without Illusions, by D. Brock Hornby

The Supreme Court’s Treatment of Sovereigns as Amici Curiae, by Stephen R. McAllister

Regulating Communications: Stories from the First 100 Years, by Glen O. Robinson

From the Bag

Why Did the Bombing in Cambodia Continue?, by Eugene R. Fidell

Reviews

Steven Lubet reviewing Begley’s “Why the Dreyfus Affair Matters”

Laura Bradford reviewing Boyle’s “The Public Domain”

Ex Post

The Numbers of the Constitution, by Eugene Volokh

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments, Credits & Featured Books


Winter 2010 (vol. 13, no. 2)

Ex Ante

Our MistakeThe Blackmun TrophyThe Annotated Bobblehead

To the Bag

Allan B. EckerDavid LowenthalAdam WhiteBob RainsCeleste F. Bremer

Articles

Foreign Sovereign Immunity and Domestic Officer Suits, by Curtis A. Bradley & Jack L. Goldsmith

Edward Henry Durell: A Study in Reputation, by Charles Lane

Birth of a Word, by Jon O. Newman

The Supreme Court and the Curse of the Gypsy, by Todd C. Peppers

Reviews

Nancy B. Rapoport reviewing Finkin & Post's "For the Common Good"

Allison R. Hayward reviewing Hindman's "The Myth of Digital Democracy"

Jacob A. Stein reviewing Whitman's "The Origins of Reasonable Doubt"

Ex Post

Supreme Court Sluggers: Behind the Numbers, by Ross E. Davies & Craig D. Rust

FantasyLaw

FantasyLaw 2009: The Season, the Stars, and the Statistics

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments, Credits & Featured Books


Autumn 2009 (vol. 13, no. 1)

Ex Ante

Timely Definitions

To the Bag

Daniel H. BorinskyEugene R. FidellAdam Sachs

Articles

Foreign Sovereign Immunity, Individual Officials, and Human Rights Litigation, by Curtis A. Bradley & Jack L. Goldsmith

The Color of Money: The First-Ever Proxy Fight for Control of a National Bank, by Allan B. Ecker

Pierson v. Post: The New Learning, by Daniel R. Ernst

“Lady” Justice, by James R. Fox

Judicial Diversity, by Sherrilyn A. Ifill

The Supreme Court Clerkship and the Polarization of the Court: Can the Polarization Be Fixed?, by William E. Nelson, Harvey Rishikof, I. Scott Messinger & Michael Jo

Escheat: Is the State the Last Heir?, by John V. Orth

Alexander Vassiliev & Alger Hiss: Part II, by G. Edward White

Ex Post

There’s a Pennoyer in My Foyer: Civil Procedure According to Dr. Seuss, by Elizabeth Chamblee Burch

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments, Credits & Featured Books


Summer 2009 (vol. 12, no. 4)

Ex Ante

The Wonderfully Weighty CasebookSome Wisdom of Barney Frank

To the Bag

Bennett BoskeyRobert A. JamesKasia Solon

Articles

When Avoiding Federal Questions Shouldn't Evade Judicial Review: Michigan v. Long Meets, and Trumps, Ashwander v. TVA, by Vikram David Amar & Alan Brownstein

The United States, Israel & Unlawful Combatants, by Curtis Bradley

Moving to the Right, Perhaps Sharply to the Right, by Erwin Chemerinsky

What Were They Thinking: The Supreme Court in Revue, October Term 2008, by John P. Elwood

Foreword to the Military Commissioner Reporter, by Patricia M. Wald

Alexander Vassiliev & Alger Hiss, Part I, by G. Edward White

From the Bag

My God! Now He Is Arguing with Himself, by William R. Wilson, Jr.

Ex Post

Shylock v. Antonio on Appeal, by Jed S. Rakoff

FantasyLaw

Scoring Summary, by Daniel Klionsky

The Making of My FantasyLaw MVP, by Brian Rock

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments, Credits & Featured Books


Spring 2009 (vol. 12, no. 3)

Ex Ante

Tasteless ErrorThe Annotated Bobblehead: Justice David H. Souter

To the Bag

Harold KahnAnthony LewisTimothy Sandefur

Articles

The American Law Institute: A Glimpse Into Its Future, by Bennett Boskey

McCulloch and the Turned Comma, by Michael G. Collins

Playwright of the Law: Elmer Rice, by Allan B. Ecker

Can Congress Create Procedures for the Supreme Court's Original Jurisdiction Cases?, by Stephen R. McAllister

Defining the Rule of Law Problem, by Thomas B. Nachbar

Review

Inside the Marble Palace, by Laura Krugman Ray

Ex Post

The Food Stays in the Kitchen, by Hillel Y. Levin

Mama's Got a Brand New Bag, by Bob Rains

FantasyLaw

Opening Day, by Ross E. Davies


Winter 2009 (vol. 12, no. 2)

Ex Ante

Exemplary Legal Writing 2008Greetings from YaleA Nod to the Judge

To the Bag

Avern CohnClifford S. Fishman

Articles

The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same, by Neal Devins

Chairman of the Board, by Allan B. Ecker

A Derivatives Market in Legal Academia, by Paul H. Edelman

The Spirit of . . ., by James R. Fox

In Defense of Rule 808, Federal Rules of Evidence, by James M. Rosenbaum

The Paths of Christian Legal Scholarship, by David A. Skeel, Jr.

From the Bag

The Original Law Journals, by Ross E. Davies

The Journal of Law, by Members of the Bar

Ex Post

Underneath the Robes: A Judicial Right to Bare Arms & Legs & . . ., by Erik M. Jensen

Standards of Review Illustrated, by Luther Munford

FantasyLaw

Let the Preseason Begin: Want to Play?, by Ross E. Davies


Autumn 2008 (vol. 12, no. 1)

Ex Ante

How Green Is the Green Bag?Missing Bobble, Orphan PicturesMagnetic Marketing

To the Bag

Bennett BoskeyRobert A. JamesTony MauroMichael KwunJack MetzlerAdam Sachs

Articles

A Military Salute, by Paul D. Carrington

Is There a Constitution In (The) House?, by David G. Leitch

Joseph Almeida: Portrait of a Privateer, Pirate & Plaintiff, Part II, by Jeffrey Orenstein

Leases: Like Any Other Contract?, by John V. Orth

Daniel Webster’s Last Case & Frank Walsh, by Jacob A. Stein

The Riddle of the One‐Way Ratchet: Habeas Corpus and the District of Columbia, by Stephen I. Vladeck

Reviews

Statutory Resolution, by Susan Phillips Read

A Surprising Book, by David G. Epstein

Ex Post

Rhapsody in Blue: An Ode to the Bluebook, by Michael Coenen


Summer 2008 (vol. 11, no. 4)

Ex Ante

Deadwood Report Update: Paperweight

To the Bag

Norman DorsenAvern CohnParker B. PotterGeorge W. Liebmann

Articles

A Note on the Saboteurs’ Case and the Commander in Chief, by Bennett Boskey

When It Matters Most, It Is Still the Kennedy Court, by Erwin Chemerinsky

Henry Rogers Selden, by Frances Murray

Supreme Court Usage & the Making of an ‘Is’, by Minor Myers

The New York Court of Appeals, by Albert M. Rosenblatt

From the Bag

The Harvard Law School Revisited: Reflecting on Louis D. Brandeis’s Harvard Law School Reflections, by Elena Kagan

The Harvard Law School, by Louis D. Brandeis

Reviews

The Cult-ivation of Executive Power, by Nelson Lund

No Civilized System of Justice, by Sonja R. West

Three Tribes, by Linda Przybyszewski


Spring 2008 (vol. 11, no. 3)

Ex Ante

Deadwood Report Update: Pick Your Own WeightCall for Papers & NominationsPlaying the PercentagesThe Annotated Bobblehead: Louis D. Brandeis

To the Bag

John C. HarrisonTimothy Sandefur

Articles

A Rehnquist Ode on the Vinson Court (circa Summer 1953), by John Q. Barrett

Thurgood Marshall’s Bill of Rights for Kenya, by Mary L. Dudziak

Justice Kennedy: The Swing Voter & His Critics, by Douglas M. Parker

“Makeup Calls” in Sports & Courts, by William T. Pizzi

The Supreme Court & the Westward Movement, by Benjamin C. Zuraw & Robert A. James

From the Bag

The Judiciary Fund: A Modest Proposal that the Bar Give to Judges What Congress Will Not Let Them Earn, by Ross E. Davies

The Taney Fund, by Bar of the Supreme Court

Reviews

Legal Positivism & the Documentary History of the Supreme Court, by William R. Casto

Ex Post

The Statement of Account, by Hart Pomerantz

Mr. Dead, by Bob Rains


Winter 2008 (vol. 11, no. 2)

Ex Ante

Our MistakeA Table AlphabeticallFair Warning to Law Schools . . .. . . and an Invitation to 1Ls, 2Ls & 3LsExemplary Legal Writers 2007Recommended Reading

To the Bag

Peter L. StraussMary Alice Baish & Sarah G. Holterhoff

Articles

The Lawyer’s Perspective, by George A. Davidson

Citing Fiction, by M. Todd Henderson

Wikipedia: The New Consensual Reality, by Elise Hendrick

Law Blanks & Form Books, by M.H. Hoeflich

The Golden Hand Formula, by Samson Vermont

From the Bag

Which Is the Constitution?, by Ross E. Davies

History of the Printed Archetype of the Constitution of the United States of America, by Denys P. Myers

Reviews

Professors Strangelove, by Alice Ristroph

Anti-Antitrust, by Jacob A. Stein

Ex Post

Critters and Blasting and Torts, Oh Dear!, by Michael I. Krauss & Maeve L. Dion


Autumn 2007 (vol. 11, no. 1)

Ex Ante

ErrataWhat Did William O. Douglas Say?Holiday Shopping Tips’Tis U.S. News Survey SeasonDoubleteers

To the Bag

Erik M. JensenRichard LeiterToby Dorsey

Articles

Six Degrees of Cass Sunstein: Collaboration Networks in Legal Scholarship, by Paul Edelman & Tracey George

A Tale of Two Justices, by Linda Greenhouse

How to Read a Legal Opinion: A Guide for New Law Students, by Orin S. Kerr

Fact & Fiction in the Law of Property, by John V. Orth

Law Librarians, by G. Edward White

Will Law Survive the 1960s?, by J. Harvie Wilkinson, III

From the Bag

David Currie, by Montgomery N. Kosma

Trail Blazer-at-Law, by David P. Currie

Ex Post

Humanities Faculty for Hire!, by Kerry D. Soper

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments, Credits & Featured Books


Summer 2007 (vol. 10, no. 4)

Ex Ante

ErrataRate ChangesGarner’s Greatest LitsGoing GeothermalSupreme Court CalendarsThe Annotated Justice Curtis

To the Bag

John Townsend RichErik M. Jensen

Articles

Turning Sharply to the Right, by Erwin Chemerinsky

Intelligence Under the Law, by James B. Comey

Indian Treaties, by David P. Currie

The Business of the U.S. District Courts, by D. Brock Hornby

A Constitutional Conundrum of Second Amendment Commas: A Short Epistolary Report, by William W. Van Alstyne

From the Bag

David Josiah Brewer Addresses Yale Law School, by Richard A. Epstein

Protection of Private Property from Public Attack, by David J. Brewer

Reviews

The Odd Couple of American Legal History, by Jason H. Silverman

Flecked with Truth, Jacob A. Stein

Ex Post

Doublets: A Word Puzzle, by Lewis Carroll

The Song of the Gatherer, by Paul L. Dunbar

The Annual Digests, by Anonymous

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments, Credits & Featured Books


Spring 2007 (vol. 10, no. 3)

Ex Ante

PlagiarismThe Jurist’s MarchAmbiguity ClarifiedInternational Calling Card — The Answer

To the Bag

Mary WhisnerAvern CohnRobert E. EdickRobert E. Rains

Articles

Losing the Law: A Call to Arms, by Robert C. Berring

Some Reflections on Not Reading the Statutes, by Tobias A. Dorsey

Drop Coffers, by Richard W. Garnett & Benjamin P. Carr

Joseph Almeida: Portrait of a Privateer, Pirate & Plaintiff, Part I, by Jeffrey Orenstein

A Sketch of Australian Constitutional History, by Jason L. Pierce

The Free Agency Phenomenon: The Baseball Analogy, by G. Edward White

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, by John deP. Wright

From the Bag

The Feminist “Horseman”, by David Bernstein

Woman Suffrage, by George Sutherland

Reviews

The Sheep Unsafe, by Marc Raeff

Ex Post

The Squirrel Who Took on the Government, by Bob Rains

Bobblehead Justice, by Jonathan R. Siegel

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments, Credits & Featured Books


Winter 2007 (vol. 10, no. 2)

Ex Ante

Fred’s FavoritesNew FavoritesExemplary Legal Writers 2006International Calling Card – The QuestionClear SnowflakesA Real Family PracticeThe Golden Days of Law School

Articles

Football Most Foul, by William A. Birdthistle

A Uniquely Distinguished Service, by Martin D. Ginsburg

25 Returns, by Gregory F. Jacob

Lawmaking Made Easy, by John F. Manning

Reply: Rehnquist’s Recusals, by Tuan Samahon

From the Bag

B.R. Curtis & G.T. Curtis, by Curtis E. Gannon & Ross E. Davies

The Dred Scott Case As Remembered By Justice Curtis’s Family, by George Ticknor Curtis

Reviews

The Si’lailo Redux, by D. Bruce Johnsen

Ex Post

M&M Metals v. Continental Casualty, by Mark P. Painter

Self-Justification, by Arthur E. Pape

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Credits


Autumn 2006 (vol. 10, no. 1)

Ex Ante

Redemption Might Be YoursReadable Law ReviewsGrandpa’s Old BagThirdteenth AmendmentThis Just In

To the Bag

Dennis J. SmithMichael I. Krauss

Articles

Before & After the Colon, by Joshua Deahl & Bernard A. Eskandari

On Motion . . ., by Allan B. Ecker

Ending the Mad Scramble: An Experimental Matching Plan for Federal Clerkships, by Richard A. Epstein

In Defense of Theory: Notes on the Production of Legal Scholarship, by Samuel Estreicher

Second Thoughts in the Law of Property, by John V. Orth

From the Bag

The Reluctant Recusants: Two Parables of Supreme Judicial Disqualification, by Ross E. Davies

NAACP Recusals, by Thurgood Marshall et al.

Reviews

Hugo Grotius: A Case of Dubious Paternity, by Charles J. Reid, Jr.

Constitutional Birth Pains, by Richard A. Paschal

Ex Post

Out to Lunch: Physicians Choice v. Miller, by Pendleton Gaines

The Gage Is Mort, by Michael Parish

The Criminals Who Miscalculated: Ratliff v. State, by Robert E. Rains

Front Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead


Summer 2006 (vol. 9, no. 4)

Ex Ante

Bagel Fish • Beloved Teacher • Art & Anecdote • Ignorance Is Strength • Big Words, Small Brains • Notflix

To the Bag

Erik Jensen • Parker B. Potter, Jr. • William H. Manz • Richard A. Carothers • Lawrence A. Cunningham

Articles

A Book Review Editor Learns on the Job, by Bennett Boskey

The Kennedy Court: October Term 2005, by Erwin Chemerinsky

The Right to Present a Twinkie Defense, by Michael R. Dreeben

The Limits of Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, by Samuel Estreicher & Diarmuid O'Scannlain

Accountability, Transparency & Public Confidence in the Administration of Military Justice, by Eugene R. Fidell

Defining "American", by James C. Ho

Constitutional Virtues, by H. Jefferson Powell

Seven Ways to (Almost) Improve the New York Court of Appeals, by Albert M. Rosenblatt

Wigs, by John deP. Wright

Reviews

The Death of Innocence, by Kermit Roosevelt, III

Have You Heard the New Lawyer Joke About . . ., by Jacob A. Stein

Acolytes in Arms, by David J. Garrow

Ex Post

The Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Bobble Supreme Phenomenon, by Leandra Lederman

Front Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead


Spring 2006 (vol. 9, no. 3)

Cover

Waiting for Scalia, by MacKenzie Fillow

Ex Ante

Correction: MisnominatorCarolina Promotional Press

To the Bag

Jodie McGowan Gardner • Thomas McIntyre Cooley (via Paul Carrington) • Harold J. SpaethJoseph ZengerleMarsha Ferziger Nagorsky & Sandy Ferziger GrimmArthur Austin, Edgar A. Hahn & Erik M. Jensen

Articles

Justice Jackson's Unpublished Opinion in Ex parte Quirin, by Jack Goldsmith

Memorandum, Ex parte Quirin, by Robert Jackson

Lesson 7: Overplaying, by Steven Lubet

Is Constitution Day Constitutional?, by Nelson Lund

Fustum Funnidos Tantaraboo, by Robert Megarry

Making the Bar Review Fun, by Charles H. Whitebread

From the Bag

Pebbles From The Paths Behind, Chapter VI, by Warner W. Gardner

Reviews

Formative Years, by Edmund W. Kitch

Palsgraf: The Rest of the Story, by Michael I. Krauss

Ex Post

Rooker Feldman, by Samuel Bray

Front Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead


Winter 2006 (vol. 9, no. 2)

Ex Ante

The Envelope Please . . .Why Scalia?eReviewsInamicable

To the Bag

Franklin W. BoenningAllison HaywardJames M. RosenbaumSuzanna Sherry

Articles

The Mail Fraud and RICO Racket, by Albert W. Alschuler

Using Public Funds for Corporate Welfare, by Paul D. Carrington

The Public Use, Public Trust and Public Benefit, by Richard A. Epstein

Friends de jure, Friends du jour, by Gregory F. Jacob

The Supreme Court and the Presidency, by Theodore B. Olson

Puppet Law, by Parker B. Potter, Jr.

Legal Protection for Literary Titles, by Terence P. Ross

Changing of the Chiefs, by Joseph Zengerle

From the Bag

The Taft Proposal of 1946 and the (Non-)Making of American Fair Employment Law, by David Freeman Engstrom

A Bill, by Robert Taft

Ex Post

Amy's Potato Latkes, by Amy Davies

The Law of the Latke, by Eugene Kontorovich

The Rights and Wrongs of Latkes, by Geoffrey R. Stone

Front Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead


Autumn 2005 (vol. 9, no. 1)

Ex Ante

Correction: An R.A. by Any Other NameEconomics of Law and LatinThe Great Disappearing Act108 and CountingDropping the U.S. News Fig LeafBy DefinitionBobble Cataloging

To the Bag

James M. RosenbaumIra Brad Matetsky

Articles

Academic Freedom, by Vikram David Amar & Alan Brownstein

The Art of Boiling Down, by Bryan A. Garner

It's About Time, by Boyce F. Martin, Jr. & Nathan H. Seltzer

John Marshall and the Enemy Alien, by Charles F. Hobson & Gerald L. Neuman

"The Race to the Bottom", by John V. Orth

In Defense of the Sugar Bowl, by James M. Rosenbaum

Laugh Track, by Jay D. Wexler

From the Bag

Rules and Regulations Under the Securities Act of 1933, by the Federal Trade Commission

Reviews

Roe v. Wade Revisited, by David J. Garrow

The Dictionary and the Man, by Roy M. Mersky & Jeanne Price

Ex Post

The Great Writ, by Laura I Appleman

Fred Gucci, Part 8 -- Tax Policy, by Michael Parish

Front Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead


Summer 2005 (vol. 8, no. 4)

Ex Ante

From: John MorrisMore Might Be More, TooHLR Introduces GBNot-So-Sorry About ThatThe Annotated Bobblehead (Justice Antonin Scalia)HackedThe Senator's New VehicleSailor Mongering

To the Bag

David FranklinIra Brad MatetskyBrian L. FryeRory K. Little

Articles

The End of an Era, by Erwin Chemerinsky

Kelo: An American Original, by Richard A. Epstein

Friendship, by David Gossett

Look Who's (Not) Talking, by Jon B. Gould

The Problem of Contingent Fees for Waiters, by Alex Tabarrok

The Reinstatement of Alger Hiss's Law License, by G. Edward White

Dialogue

Justice in Iceland, with Tomas Magnusson & Daniel G. Currell

From the Bag

Prelude to Armageddon, by Michael J. Gerhardt

Advice and Consent On Supreme Court Nominations, by the Senate Judiciary Committee

Reviews

Should God and Caesar Litigate?, by Elena A. Baylis

Ex Post

The Appellate Judge's Reply Brief, by J. Michael Eakin

Front Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead


Spring 2005 (vol. 8, no. 3)

Ex Ante

We Need More Faculty Like This GuyAdvice to LawyersThe Ivey LeagueRank ProfitsBy Definition

To the Bag

Anthony LewisMichael I. Krauss

Articles

Less Is More. Really., by Robert C. Berring

A Mother's Day Salute to Mary Hamilton Houston, by Paul D. Carrington

The Constitution of the Republic of Texas, Part 2 of 2, by David P. Currie

Three Lawyer-Poets of the Nineteenth Century, by M.H. Hoeflich & Lawrence Jenab

Disrespecting the "Opinions of Mankind", by Eugene Kontorovich

Judicial Activism in Eighteenth-Century English Common Law in the Time of the Founders, by James Oldham

Language Wars Truce Accepted (with conditions), by Peter Tiersma

The Treatise Power, by Laurence H. Tribe

From the Bag

The Thirteenth Congress, by Mathew Carey

Reviews

Ticking Time Bombs and Catastrophes, by Rosa Brooks

Judge Crater's New York, by Eugene R. Fidell

Ex Post

Fred Gucci, Part 7 -- Questions, by Michael Parish

Front Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead


Winter 2005 (vol. 8, no. 2)

Ex Ante

Leaky EthicsWords PortraitThe Graphic NinthLaw on the BeachNew Words

To the Bag

John Q. BarrettBennett BoskeyMary WhisnerTrevor W. MorrisonJohn Townsend Rich

Articles

The Original Meaning of the 21st Amendment, by Asheesh Agarwal & Todd Zywicki

The Constitution of the Republic of Texas, Part 1 of 2, by David P. Currie

Sorry, 71 Fed. Reg. 1 (2006), by Eugene R. Fidell

The Technology Behind Google's Great Results, by Google, Inc.

The Importance of Being Honest, by Steven Lubet

Laidlaw, Sage, Prosser and Joseph Choate, by Jacob A. Stein

Reflections on the Judicial Oath, by Diane P. Wood

From the Bag

Warner Gardner, by Bennett Boskey

Pebbles From The Paths Behind, Preface and Chapter V, by Warner W. Gardner

Feature

The Year 2004 in Grammar, Usage and Writing, by Bryan A. Garner

Reviews

Hiding from Humanity, by Peter Brooks

Ex Post

The Appellate Lawyer's Lament, by Laura I Appleman

Fred Gucci, Part 6 -- Evidence, by Michael Parish

Front Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead


Autumn 2004 (vol. 8, no. 1)

Ex Ante

Bobblerratum, etc.The Geography of JusticesABA MemorabiliaGreen Bag at Harvard

To the Bag

Robert A. AnthonyAdam J. White & Timothy Sandefur

Articles

A Backward Glance, by Bennett Boskey

Finding the Workers' Law, by Ellen Dannin

Unions and the NLRB, by Julius G. Getman

Better Lucky Than Good, by Neal Devins

Perspectives on Brown, by Dennis J. Hutchinson

A Lawyer in Baghdad, by Brett H. McGurk

Intention in the Law of Property, by John V. Orth

Iraq on the Way to Its New Constitution, by Ronald D. Rotunda

From the Bag

President Polk on Internal Improvements: The Undelivered Veto, by David P. Currie & Emily E. Kadens

Harbours and Rivers, by James K. Polk

Feature

The Law School Observer, by Brian Leiter

Reviews

Putting the Second Amendment to Sleep, by Nelson Lund

Ex Post

Fred Gucci, Part 5 - Partnership Agreement, by Michael Parish

A Slippery Slope, by Robert E. Rains

Cell Phones, Socializing and Psychotic Behavior, by Charles J. Ten Brink

Front Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead


Summer 2004 (vol. 7, no. 4)

Ex Ante

First-Year Fundamentals • First-Year Hash • Green Bag Justice • Proper Chad Usage • The Annotated Bobblehead (Justice Sandra Day O'Connor) • Loose Gravel Rocks

Articles

Lower Court Obedience and the Ninth Circuit, by Vikram David Amar

Unanswered Questions, by Erwin Chemerinsky

Law Clerks, Law Reviews and Some Modest Proposals, by Paul H. Edelman

A Simple Country Judge's Musings on the Use of History by Trial Lawyers, by Alan G. Gless

Federal Appellate Jurisdiction Over Questions of State Law in State Courts, by John Harrison

Penalty!, by Jon O. Newman

To the Bag

Michael S. Kwun • Craig S. Lerner • Timothy Sandefur • Suzanna Sherry • Anonymous • Robert E. Rains

From the Bag

Miss Otis Regrets, by David P. Currie

Order of the Court, by Roger B. Taney

Reviews

Justices and "Electoral College" Elections, by G. Edward White

Triangle Shirtwaist, by Julius G. Getman

Ex Post

A Dialogue on Liberty and Community, by James C. Brunberg & James L. Huffman

Front Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead


Spring 2004 (vol. 7, no. 3)

Ex Ante

My Law ClerkPublic Intellectual ExpertisePronouncing DaubertRunning for the White House from the Hill (by James C. Ho)Holmes's Green BagMilitary Trials and TribunalsGrant Us Liberty

Articles

A Father's Day Eulogy to William Darrah Kelley, by Paul D. Carrington & Christopher Machera

Taking Grutter to Work, by Cynthia Estlund

The Five-Dollar Solution, by Jay M. Feinman

Making Peace in the Language Wars, by Bryan A. Garner

Clarendon County in Black and White, by David J. Garrow

Shanghaied, by Charles Lane

Presidential Also-Rans and Running Mates 2000, Part II, by Leslie Southwick

To the Bag

Suzanna Sherry

From the Bag

Irrecusable and Unconfirmable, by John Cornyn, Edward Kennedy, Patrick Leahy, Joseph Lieberman & William Rehnquist

Reviews

It Crumbles, by Al Dente

Democracy and Judicial Review Revisited, by Ilya Somin

Ex Post

[F]ight!, by Garrett Epps

Fred Gucci, Part 4 -- True Minds, by Michael Parish

Front Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead


Winter 2004 (vol. 7, no. 2)

Ex Ante

The AbbreviatorUnunpublishedPresident Schwarzenegger -- Or At Least Hughes? (by James C. Ho)TempireMeet the WinstonesEquuus Ipsa LoquiturThe Annotated Bobblehead (Justice John Paul Stevens)

Articles

The Peril That Lurks in Even Numbers, by Robert W. Bennett

The Evils of Longevity, by Paul D. Carrington

The Bridge-Burners, by David P. Currie

The Mitior Sensus Doctrine, by R.H. Helmholz

Deciding the Fate of Brown, by Charles A. Reich

Presidential Also-Rans and Running Mates 2000, Part I, by Leslie Southwick

The Music of the Law, by Frederick K. Steiner, Jr.

Wife Sale, by John deP. Wright

To the Bag

Avern Cohn

From the Bag

The Canadian Green Bag

Reviews

A Great Advocate, by Jacob A. Stein

Ex Post

To Billy Ray and Bill, by David G. Epstein & Frederick C. Moss

How Do I Love Thee -- A Poem by a Patent Attorney, by Steven Michelson

Front Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead


Autumn 2003 (vol. 7, no. 1)

Ex Ante

This Land Is Your Land • Go West, Working Woman • A Bow to Stern • Employment for Ex-Presidents (by James C. Ho) • Amicus Humoriae • Wig Wag • Fat Chance II • Write-in Ballot for "The People's Vote: 100 Documents that Shaped America"

Articles

UT Alumnus, Supreme Court Amicus, by John Q. Barrett

The Supreme Court Rules, by Thomas C. Goldstein

25, by Gregory F. Jacob

Remembering Marbury v. Madison, by Theodore B. Olson

The Mystery of the Rule in Shelley's Case, by John V. Orth

Yes, Pittsburgh, There Is a Santa Claus, by Mark W. Podvia

The Challenges of Post-Apartheid South Africa, by A.L. Sachs

Authorized Judicial Biography, by G. Edward White

To the Bag

Adam Bonin • Stephen M. Norris

From the Bag

U of N News and World Report, by Steven L. Willborn

Reviews

A Court That Shaped America, by William J. Bauer

Words, Words, Words, All the Way Down?, by John Harrison

Ex Post

To Miss L.C.L., by Salmon Portland Chase

Grant, by Melville Weston Fuller

Front Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead


Summer 2003 (vol. 6, no. 4)

Ex Ante

Correction • Starring the Lawyer • The Conkling Nomination • TSA Etiquette • The Talented Mr. Stein • The Annotated Bobblehead (Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist)

Articles

On the Selection of Judges in International Figure Skating, by Michael Abramowicz

The New "New Federalism", by Vikram David Amar

Machine Law, by F.H. Buckley

October Term 2002, by Erwin Chemerinsky

Military Commissions and Administrative Law, by Eugene R. Fidell

The Secrets of Bank Regulation, by Heidi Mandanis Schooner

Did RAP Get a Bum Rap?, by Stephen B. Cohen

Dialogue

Constructing Credibility, by Kemal Bedri & Elena A. Baylis

To the Bag

Laura A. Cadra

From the Bag

Two Advisory Opinions by Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth, by William Casto

Advisory Opinion to Jonathan Trumbull, by Oliver Ellsworth

Advisory Opinion to Timothy Pickering, by Oliver Ellsworth

Impracticable Presidents (incl. Day v. Jarvis)

Features

The Law School Observer, by Brian Leiter

Reviews

It's a Long Way to Certiorari, by Robert Henry

Ex Post

Taxation of Beards, by Erik (the Middlin') Jensen

Front Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead


Spring 2003 (vol. 6, no. 3)

Ex Ante

Fat Chance • Subpar Presidents • TM and USPS • Bartlett's Hot or Not • Oral Therapy • Bartlett's Answers

Articles

A Mother's Day Eulogy for Harriet Joyner Wigmore, by Paul D. Carrington

Attending to Judicial Greatness, by Leonard Garment

Between Certainty and Doubt, by Linda Greenhouse

Lawyers and the Science of Character, by M.H. Hoeflich

No Expectation of Privacy, by Walter Pincus

Old Green Bags, by Jacob A. Stein

Judicial Activism and Ideology, by Geoffrey R. Stone

What a Real Conservative Believes about "Judicial Ideology", by Stephen B. Presser

Public Rights, Private Rites, by Laurence H. Tribe

To the Bag

W.P. Schutz

From the Bag

State of Maryland v. Michael Reck, by Ronald A. Silkworth

Reviews

Punitive Damages: Beyond Dogma, by Patrick M. Hanlon

Ex Post

Fred Gucci, Part 3 -- Business Friends, by Michael Parish

Unpublished Opinion Twelve-Hundred, by John E. Wallace

Front Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead


Winter 2003 (vol. 6, no. 2)

Ex Ante

Amazing GraceFrankensteins of DemocracySupreme CreditU.S. BluesCommission Annotation

Articles

Justice Jackson on "What the Law's Going to Be" -- At Least Until Its "Gelding", by John Q. Barrett

Simple Justice, by Elena A. Baylis & Donald J. Munro

Aussie Inspired Musings on Technological Issues -- Of Kangaroo Courts, Tutorials and Hot Tub Cross-Examination, by Martin J. Garbis

Legal Lexicography, by Bryan A. Garner

Sale of Defective Houses, by John V. Orth

Applying the War Powers Resolution to the War on Terrorism, by John C. Yoo

Presidential Power to Wage War Against Iraq, by Michael J. Glennon

To the Bag

Paul Horwitz

From the Bag

Anticipatory Self-Defense, by Norbert A. Schlei

Reviews

Poker Courtroom, by Steven Lubet

Ex Post

Fred Gucci, Part 2 -- Advice of Counsel, by Michael Parish

Front Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead


Autumn 2002 (vol. 6, no. 1)

Ex Ante

Be an Ephemeral Insect (by Curtis E. Gannon)Oxford on the HudsonTwo More Looks at Harry ParkerTruth on the TrailShould Chicago and NYU Join the Big Ten?Old-and-ImprovedA Trust Committed by AllHold on a Sec

Articles

President Harrison and the Hatch Act, by David P. Currie

Standing in Law and Equity, by Richard A. Epstein

First Things First, by Ward Farnsworth

The Footnote Argument -- Sustained at Last?, by Ira Brad Matetsky

Constructing Copyright's Mythology, by Thomas B. Nachbar

Irresponsibility Breeds Contempt, by Suzanna Sherry

Dialogue

New Zealand's Constitutional Monarchy, by Silvia Cartwright & Daniel G. Currell

From the Bag

Remembering Grant Gilmore, by Dennis J. Hutchinson

A Sense of Twilight, by Grant Gilmore

Feature

The Law School Observer, by Brian Leiter

Reviews

Dionysian Education, by Joseph P. Tomain

Total Law, Total History, by Gregory A. Mark

Misfits During a Turbulent Term, by Warner W. Gardner

The First Economic Analyst of Law?, by Keith Sharfman

Ex Post

Copyright in Perpetuity, by Samuel L. Clemens

Front Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead


Summer 2002 (vol. 5, no. 4)

Ex Ante

Harry Parker RevealedHold Some of My Calls

Articles

Reasonable Accommodations Under the ADA, by Vikram David Amar & Alan Brownstein

Keeping Chevron Pure, by Robert A. Anthony

Fearing Fear Itself, by Paul D. Carrington

Even Before Enron, by Stephen B. Cohen

Ely's Wager, by John Hart Ely

Structural Uncertainty Over Habeas Corpus and the Jurisdiction of Military Tribunals, by George Rutherglen

More Woeful Delights, by James E. Starrs

Dialogue

AIDS Denial in South Africa, by Edwin Cameron & Daniel G. Currell

From the Bag

Felix Frankfurter's "Soliloquy" in Ex parte Quirin, by G. Edward White

F.F.'s Soliloquy, by Felix Frankfurter

To the Bag

Michael S. KwunEric Vernon

Reviews

How Andrew Jackson Saved the Cherokees, by Richard White

. . . A Rendezvous with Kreplach, by Richard Friedman

Ex Post

The Case of the Vanishing Law Student, by Robert E. Rains

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Index


Spring 2002 (vol. 5, no. 3)

Ex Ante

Herding Cats • Mich. L. Rev. Turns 100 • Star-Belly Judges • Deep, Rich and Influential • Fuller Follow-up • Poignant Limits • Democrats Need Not Apply

Articles

Unprecedented Precedent, by Robert C. Berring

The Constitutional Validity of Military Commissions, by Curtis A. Bradley & Jack Goldsmith

Publishing Unpublished Opinions, by Brian P. Brooks

A Mother's Day Eulogy for Janet George Llewellyn, by Paul D. Carrington

A Modest Proposal for Bankruptcy Reform, by Marcus Cole

The Desirability of Politics, by H. Jefferson Powell

From the Bag

Legal Realism and the Canons' Revival, by John F. Manning

Remarks on the Theory of Appellate Decision and the Rules or Canons About How Statutes Are to Be Construed, by Karl N. Llewellyn

To the Bag

Andrew Koppelman

Reviews

Thirty-Five Years Under the Indian Constitution, by John H. Mansfield

"Social-Behavioral" Economics, by Christine Jolls

History Teaching Values, by Michael Kent Curtis

A Tale of Two Posners, by David J. Garrow

Ex Post

The Most Important Article of All Time, by Ross E. Davies

Front Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead


Winter 2002 (vol. 5, no. 2)

Cover

Story, Joseph Advice to a Lawyer

Ex Ante

524 Politicians • Oyez Baseball • Pay as You Go • Foreword • Section 19. Shun newfangled acronyms • And the answer is . . .

Articles

State Coordination in Popular Election of the President Without a Constitutional Amendment, by Robert W. Bennett

His Accidency, by David P. Currie

The Headnote, by Gil Grantmore

Lawyers, Books and Papers, by M.H. Hoeflich

Joint Tenancy Law, by John V. Orth

In Chambers Opinions by Justices of the Supreme Court, by Cynthia J. Rapp

Dialogue

Equality and Dignity in South Africa, by Arthur Chaskalson & Daniel G. Currell

From the Bag

The First Editor of "The Green Bag", by Charles C. Soule

Features

The Law School Observer, by Brian Leiter

To the Bag

Paul Caron

Reviews

Lessons from the Past, by John C. Eastman

A Life of Their Own, by Jeremy Waldron

The Self That Governs, by L.H. LaRue

Ex Post

The Little Day Planner That Could, by Robert E. Rains

Eunice and Pablo, by Sheila Simon

Front Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead


Autumn 2001 (vol. 5, no. 1)

Ex Ante

Fatally ExposedIlluminationTaxing Case3Aside

Articles

Hester Prynne, Lydia Bennet and Section 306 Stock, by Stephen B. Cohen

Bullying from the Bench, by Steven Lubet

Making Labor's Rhetoric Reality, by Marion Crain & Ken Matheny

Popular Images of Bankers Reflected in Regulation, by Heidi Mandanis Schooner

A Judge Runs for President, by Leslie Southwick

The Lexicon Remains a Fortress: An Update, by Samuel A. Thumma & Jeffrey L. Kirchmeier

Ontario Divorse As It Once Was, by John deP. Wright

From the Bag

Attorney General Taney and the South Carolina Police Bill, by H. Jefferson Powell

Features

The Law School Observer, by Brian Leiter

Reviews

The Value(s) of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., by Robert Henry

Eavesdropping on the Justices, by Louis Michael Seidman

Ex Post

Fred Gucci, by Michael Parish

Front Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead


Summer 2001 (vol. 4, no. 4)

Ex Ante

Good Sports • Fingerprints • Been There • Summer Reading • AKA • In Memoriam (Douglas Adams)

Articles

A Matter of Proportion, by Francis A. Allen

Conduct Unbecoming a Coordinate Branch, by Vikram David Amar & Samuel Estreicher

Does Bogart Still Get Scale?, by Douglas G. Baird

What Were They Thinking, by John P. Elwood

Learning to Live with Bush v. Gore, by Linda Greenhouse

What's Wrong with the Law of Finders and How to Fix It, by John V. Orth

The Supreme Court Justice and "Boring" Cases, by Neil M. Richards

Woeful Delights, by James E. Starrs

From the Bag

Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Curtis and the Importance of Constitutional Fidelity, by Sanford Levinson

Executive Power & Appendix, by B.R. Curtis

Features

The Law School Observer, by Brian Leiter

To the Bag

David E. Bernstein • Paul D. Carrington

Reviews

Children of the Revolution, by Terence P. Ross

Ex Post

Test Your Knowledge of Jury History and Procedures, by Morris B. Hoffman

16th Century 19th Amendment Jurisprudence, by Erik M. Jensen

Front Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead


Spring 2001 (vol. 4, no. 3)

Ex Ante

Dilatatio ad AbsurdumThe Vote Early and OftenApril Showers and Billable HoursLemon-adeBeware of the FrogThe Cato 100Pirates of Copyright

Articles

Popular Election of the President Without a Constitutional Amendment, by Robert W. Bennett

Tikkun Olam, by Paul D. Carrington & Sarah Berger

Lawyers in the Laboratory, by Marc Galanter

Derivatives on TV, by Peter H. Huang, Kimberly D. Krawiec & Frank Partnoy

No Clear Legal Answer, by Walter Pincus

An American Visitor to a Canadian Court, by John deP. Wright

Dialogue

Think Globally, by Michael Kirby & Daniel G. Currell

From the Bag

William Wirt and the Invention of the Public Lawyer, by H. Jefferson Powell

William Wirt, by Henry M. Dowling

Features

The Law School Observer, by Brian Leiter

To the Bag

Lelia Josephine RobinsonErik M. Jensen

Terms of Art

One Chad, Two Chad, Red Chad, Blue Chad, by David Franklin

Reviews

Separation Anxiety, by Milton C. Regan, Jr.

Hard to Remember and Difficult to Forget, by Lolabelle

Ex Post

When You Wish to Be an R, by Robert E. Rains

Tales of the Unforeseen, by David Gray Carlson

Front Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead


Winter 2001 (vol. 4, no. 2)

Ex Ante

The GantletDefused OpinionThe Horse Comes Home to RoostIndependence Hall IIFaux Federalism?

Articles

Why We Call the Supreme Court "Supreme", by Thomas E. Baker

A Christmas Thought for Children, by Paul D. Carrington

Choosing the Pilot, by David P. Currie

Lawyers, Fees and Anti-Lawyer Sentiment in Popular Art, 1800-1925, by M.H. Hoeflich

A Century of Social Reform: The Judicial Role, by Dennis J. Hutchinson

In Defense of the Hard Drive, by James M. Rosenbaum

Mr. Jones and the Supreme Court, by Mark Tushnet

From the Bag

Faithless Electors of 1912, by Ross E. Davies

Features

The Law School Observer, by Brian Leiter

To the Bag

Paul RosenzweigGary Rowe

Reviews

Reed Hundt, Revlutionary Manque, by Glen O. Robinson

Human Capabilities and Human Authorities, by Robin West

Stories, Law and Hard Reality, by Samuel H. Pillsbury

Ex Post

The Dark Side of the Second Amendment, by Arthur Austin

Front Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead


Autumn 2000 (vol. 4, no. 1)

Cover

Deletion in Error, by Robert D. Sack

Ex Ante

What a Difference a Century Makes • Scientific Precedent • One Last Cite to the Bluebook • A Cancer, Growing • The End of the Rainbow?

Articles

Parking at BART, or Economics and Its Discontents, by Ashutosh Bhagwat

Unpublished Opinions and the Nature of Precedent, by Danny J. Boggs & Brian P. Brooks

What Were They Thinking, by John P. Elwood

In Defense of Postmodernism, by Douglas Litowitz

John Marshall and "Debts Which Ought Never to Have Been Contracted", by John V. Orth

The Trials of Judging, by Pamela Ann Rymer

From the Bag

The Alger Hiss Case, by G. Edward White

The Alger Hiss Case (testimony), by Felix Frankfurter

The Alger Hiss Case (testimony), by Stanley Reed

Reviews

Law and the Waning of Democratic Values, by Francis A. Allen

On Doing Legal Research at "America's Library", by Richard Polenberg

Justice for Native Americans Requires Returning to Our Constitutional Origins, by Larry EchoHawk

One Plus One Makes Two, by Katharine Silbaugh

Ex Post

If Great Literary Works Had Been Written By Lawyers, Part Two, by Kevin Underhill

Front Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead


Summer 2000 (vol. 3, no. 4)

Ex Ante

De-precedenting RoeEarly Disability ProtectionA Convenient Pocket SizeSilicon Founders & Digital JusticesIn Memoriam (Charles Alan Wright)

Articles

Waste and the Dormant Commerce Clause -- A Reply, by Jonathan H. Adler

Waste and the Dormant Commerce Clause -- A Reprise, by Richard A. Epstein

Under Deconstruction, by Diane Marie Amann

The Tax of Physics, the Physics of Tax, by Stephen B. Cohen

A Midsummer Night's Dream -- the Legal Issues, by David P. Currie

How Agencies Rule Their Turf, by Abner Mikva

In Defense of the DELETE Key, by James M. Rosenbaum

Economics and Real People, by Cass R. Sunstein

Judge Dave and the Rainbow People, Part IV, by David B. Sentelle

Dialogue

Legal Education, Today and Tomorrow, by John Sexton & David M. Gossett

From the Bag

Flaws in Paradise, by David P. Currie & Brainerd Currie

Features

The Law School Observer, by Brian Leiter

Reviews

Still Preying on Strategic Reputation Models of Predation, by Peter H. Huang

Francis Bacon Takes on the Ghouls, by Richard W. Garnett

Ex Post

Rank, by Mark Lemley

Intimations of Contemporary Law and Politics in the Early Oeuvre of Robert A. Zimmerman, by Steven Lubet & Alex J. Lubet

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Acknowledgments & Credits


Spring 2000 (vol. 3, no. 3)

Ex Ante

With Friends Like These • Constitutional Milestones • New Cities School • Corporate Coffee Table

Articles

Salary Inflation and the Deal with the Devil, by Robert C. Berring

Sallie Mae, the Gunderson Effect, and My Plumber, by Christopher P. Bowers & Neil M. Richards

A Mother's Day Eulogy for Margaret Wythe, by Paul D. Carrington & Laura Kelley

How Constitutional Law Casebooks Perpetuate the Myth of Judicial Supremacy, by Neal Devins

Across the Great Divide (Between Law and Political Science), by Gerald N. Rosenberg

The Law Professor as Schizophrenic, by Suzanna Sherry

All I Know About Teaching One-Ls I Learned in Sixth Grade, by Marsha J. Ferziger

Judge Dave and the Rainbow People, Part III, by David B. Sentelle

Dialogue

The Economic Expert Witness, by Merton H. Miller & Keith Sharfman

From the Bag

Sallie E. Marshall Hardy's "John Marshall", by Jean Edward Smith

John Marshall, by Sallie E. Marshall Hardy

To the Bag

John Coymns • Erik M. Jensen • Steven Lubet

Features

The Law School Observer, by Brian Leiter

Reviews

Plenty of Work in 1280, by Knut Wolfgang Norr

Mancur Olson Meets the Beltway, by Richard L. Hasen

Ex Post

Green Bag Digests, by James C. Ho

Front Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead


Winter 2000 (vol. 3, no. 2)

Ex Ante

Mark My Words, by Gil Grantmore

Articles

Further Reflections of a Framer, by Erwin Chemerinsky

Peremptory Challenges, by Morris B. Hoffman

Conflict of Interest at the O.K. Corral, by Steven Lubet

Miranda Remediated, by Michael Edmund O'Neill

New York Faces the Millenium, by G. Edward White

When Law and the Internet First Met, by Timothy Wu

Judge Dave and the Rainbow People, Part II, by David B. Sentelle

Dialogue

Reagan's Legal Revolutionary, Edwin Meese, III & James C. Ho

From the Bag

The Charles River Bridge Case, Part II, by Charles Warren

To the Bag

Erik M. Jensen

Features

The Law School Observer, by Brian Leiter

Reviews

Re-Torts, by Gail Heriot

Resolving the Paradox of Democratic Constitutionalism?, by Mark Tushnet

Response

Green Scholarship -- An Oxymoron?, by Daniel Farber

Ex Post

The Judge Is Always Right, by Robert E. Rains

19th Century 16th Amendment Jurisprudence, by Erik M. Jensen

Front Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead


Autumn 1999 (vol. 3, no. 1)

Ex Ante

Swann Song for the Busing Era, by Davison M. Douglas

Articles

The "Pinochet Method" and Political Accountability, by Curtis A. Bradley

God and Caesar and President Madison, by David P. Currie

What Is the Law in Law and Development?, by Viet D. Dinh

Waste and the Dormant Commerce Clause, by Richard A. Epstein

Lawyers and Cigars, by M.H. Hoeflich

Making a Hash of Sovereignty, Part II, by Jack N. Rakove

Judge Dave and the Rainbow People, by David B. Sentelle

To the Bag

Arthur Austin

From the Bag

The Charles River Bridge Case, by Martin Shapiro

The Charles River Bridge Case, by Charles Warren

Terms of Art

Not-So-Bright Lines, by Ed Walters

Reviews

Green Scholarship, by David Roe

Unwanted Supply, Unwanted Demand, by Katharine K. Baker

Ex Post

Really, Who is Uncle Zeb?, by Tung Yin

The Best of Zeb -- 1999 Pocket Part, by Uncle Zeb

Front Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead


Summer 1999 (vol. 2, no. 4)

Ex Ante

Death Duty, by Joshua Dressler

Articles

Yugoslavia, by Morgan Cloud

The Sunday Mails, by David P. Currie

Marshall's Questions, by Walter Dellinger & H. Jefferson Powell

Some Reflections on Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., by Grant Gilmore

Dean Breck, by Erik M. Jensen

The More Law, the Less Rule of Law, by Stephen Williams

From the Bag

David Daube, by Peter Stein

The Self-Understood In Legal History, by David Daube

Terms of Art

Pardon My Law French, by David Franklin

Reviews

Taking Justice Thomas Seriously, by John C. Eastman

Painting a Ship with the Sentencing Commission, by Suzanne Garment

The Spirit of the Ghost of Islamic Law?, by Abdullahi A. An-Na'im

Ex Post

If Great Literary Works Had Been Written By Lawyers, by Kevin Underhill

Front & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Index


Spring 1999 (vol. 2, no. 3)

Ex Ante

Storytelling in the Caribbean, by Steven Lubet

Articles

Law Professor Salaries, by Arthur Austin

Tax Metamorphosis, by Stephen B. Cohen

The Lessons of Anglo-Saxon "Justice", by Daniel R. Coquillette

Weights and Measures, by David P. Currie

Are Footnotes in Opinions Given Full Precedential Effect?, by Robert A. James

Direct Democracy, Federalism and the Guarantee Clause, by William T. Mayton

The Internet Paradox, by Walter Pincus

On Being a Judge -- Jethro's Lesson, by JHH Weiler

Dialogue

Good Judging, by Stephen Reinhardt & Edward N. Siskel

To the Bag

C. Steven BradfordEugene Volokh

From the Bag

Taft and the Administration of Justice, by Robert Post

Inequalities in the Administration of Justice, by William H. Taft

Terms of Art

Of Style and Substance, Law and Lore, by David Franklin

Reviews

Oracle of Religious Liberty, by John Witte, Jr.

Would All The Laws But One Be Close Enough For Government Work?, by John Harrison

Ex Post

Feudal Rules of Civil Procedure, by Daniel G. Currell

Front Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead


Winter 1999 (vol. 2, no. 2)

Ex Ante

Fitness Training, by Paul D. Carrington

Articles

Celebrating Law and the Arts, by Alfred C. Aman, Jr.

On Being a Framer: The Los Angeles Charter Reform Commission, by Erwin Chemerinsky

The Flat Tax Proposal -- Will Voters Understand the Issues?, by Marvin A. Chirelstein

Remembering Lewis F. Powell, by Dennis J. Hutchinson

Our First Real War, by Montgomery N. Kosma

Moral Adventures in Narrative Lawyering, by Steven Lubet

Selecting Juries in High Profile Criminal Cases, by Charles H. Whitebread

To the Bag

Dan FrankIra C. Lupu

From the Bag

Justice William R. Day, by James W. Ely, Jr.

Letter to Justice William R. Day, by Harry Burns Hutchins

Letter to Harry Burns Hutchins, by William R. Day

Terms of Art

Mixologists, by David Franklin

Reviews

The Unconventional Conventionalist, by Gerald N. Rosenberg

Deconstructing Balkin, by Michael J. Gerhardt

Internet Theology, by James B. Speta

Ex Post

Eino, a Sailor, by Brainerd Currie

Front Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead


Autumn 1998 (vol. 2, no. 1)

Ex Ante

Courtroom Humor, by Stanley Mosk

Articles

Lawyering Up, by Susan Bandes & Jack Beerman

Gloria Steinem at the Harvard Law Review Banquet, by Ira C. Lupu

The Gang's Not Here, by Toni Massaro

Making a Hash of Sovereignty, Part I, by Jack N. Rakove

New Zealand's Failed Experiment with State Monopoly Accident Insurance, by Bryce Wilkinson

Dialogue

Clerkship Politics, by Alex Kozinski & Fred Bernstein

From the Bag

Making History, by Barbara Allen Babcock

Women Lawyers in the United States, by Lelia J. Robinson

Terms of Art

Worth a Doit, by David Franklin

Reviews

Populist Pabulum, by Morris B. Hoffman

Remembering the Answers, by Suzanne Garment

What If This Is As Good As It Gets?, by Daniel D. Polsby

Ex Post

Hum a Few Bar Exam, by Eugene Volokh

Front Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead


Summer 1998 (vol. 1, no. 4)

Ex Ante

Vita Brevis Ars Aeterna Est, by Leonard Garment

Articles

America's First Independent Counsel, by William Casto

Subsidiarity, by David P. Currie

International Human Rights Law and the United States Double Standard, by Jack Goldsmith

Attenuated Subtleties Revisited, by Davison M. Douglas

Instructions in Supreme Court Jury Trials, by Robert A. James

Reinventing Bakke, by Alan J. Meese

Dialogue

Reflections on Law and Public Life, by James L. Buckley & Montgomery N. Kosma

From the Bag

Legal Practice and Clinical Programs, by Richard A. Epstein

Practice Work in Law Schools, by James Parker Hall

Terms of Art

Void for Vividness, by David Franklin

Reviews

The Mystery of Justice, by W.B. Allen

Byron White: The Football Player as Supreme Court Justice, by Mark Tushnet

"Holy Shit, I'm Going to Write the Law of the Land", by Gideon Kanner

Parchment Barriers, by Michael A. Bellesiles

Ex Post

Rose Redux, by Danny J. Boggs

Rose of Aberlone, by Brainerd Currie

Front Matter & Back Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead

Index


Spring 1998 (vol. 1, no. 3)

Ex Ante

Law with a Vengeance, by Morris S. Arnold

Articles

The New Social Darwinism, by Paul D. Carrington

The Vaccine Agent, by David P. Currie

Cooking for a Job, by Martha C. Nussbaum

How Does Law Matter?, by Milton C. Regan, Jr.

Criticizing Judges, by John C. Yoo

Dialogue

The Case for Campaign Finance Reform, by Archibald Cox & David M. Gossett

From the Bag

The Brandeis-Gompers Debate on "Incorporation" of Labor Unions, by Bernard D. Meltzer

The Incorporation of Trade Unions, by Louis D. Brandeis

The Incorporation of Trade Unions, by Samuel Gompers

Terms of Art

Of Bench and Bard, by David Franklin

Reviews

The New -- Unimproved -- Federalist Papers, by Lillian R. BeVier

Twilight of the FCC?, by Joseph D. Kearney

Destabilizing Democracy, by R. Hewitt Pate

Why Indian Law?, by Kevin J. Worthen

Ex Post

Deficit Reduction Made Easy: Change Tax Day, by Peter H. Schuck

Front Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead


Winter 1998 (vol. 1, no. 2)

Ex Ante

Why Not Settle This Outside, by Bruce M. Selya

Articles

Family (Proper)ty, Richard H. Chused

The President's Evidence, by David P. Currie

Whizzer White at Yale, by Dennis J. Hutchinson

Just Let Me Read Some of That Rock 'n Roll Music, by Fred S. McChesney

A New Age of Federalism?, by Thomas W. Merrill

Eastern European Diary, by Ronald D. Rotunda

Translation Without Fidelity, by William Michael Treanor

More Fidelity, Less Translation, by Richard A. Epstein

From the Bag

The Wall Chart, by Danny J. Boggs

The Rise and Fall of the Green Bag, by Donald R. Richberg

Terms of Art

Slogans and Shibboleths, by David Franklin

Reviews

Becoming Lawyers, by Elizabeth Garrett

Fear of Discretion, by Kate Stith-Cabranes

Those Who Play With Cats, by Kent C. Olson

Ex Post

Ballad of Regulatory Reform, by Richard Craswell

On the Importance of Lawyers, by Richard Craswell

A Few Parting Words, by Robert C. Berring

Front Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead


Autumn 1997 (vol. 1, no. 1)

Ex Ante

Green Bags, by David P. Currie

Articles

Ring Dang Doo, Robert C. Berring

Full Faith and Credit to Marriages, by David P. Currie

An Old Debate Continues Over Integrated Schools, by Davison M. Douglas

Fidelity Without Translation, by Richard A. Epstein

The Private Interest and the Public Interest, by Merton H. Miller

The Dred Scott Case, by Cass R. Sunstein

How to Deny a Constitutional Right, by Mark Tushnet

Dialogue

From Morrison to Starr, by Theodore B. Olson & Thomas H. Dupree

From the Bag

Law in Theory, Law in Practice, by Morgan Cloud

A Practical Program of Procedural Reform, by Roscoe Pound

Terms of Art

Judge Bruce Selya, Resipiscent Recidivist, by David Franklin

Reviews

The Polygamous Heart?, by Katharine Silbaugh

More Than One Cent for Tribute, by Gregory E. Maggs

One Nation Color-Blind, by Ashutosh Bhagwat

Ex Post

Casey Jones Redivivus, by Brainerd Currie

Front Matter

Frontispiece & Masthead


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