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Foreword: Seeing Extraction Everywhere in Law and Political Economy
Read Full Article (PDF) Allison Anna Tait *Luke P. Norris ** * Professor of Law and Associate Dean of Faculty, University of Richmond School of Law. J.D., Yale Law School; Ph.D., Yale University; B.A., Bryn Mawr College. ** Professor of Law, University of...
Involving Incarcerated People in the Political Process
Read Full Article (PDF) In 1871, the Supreme Court of Virginia infamously stated: “The bill of rights is a declaration of general principles to govern a society of freemen, and not of convicted felons and men civilly dead.” As a result of that civil death,...
Maximizing Student Achievement: Shifting From a Neoliberal Philosophy of Education to a “Well-Educated Voter and Juror” Model
Read Full Article (PDF) In the pivotal decision of Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court of the United States noted that “education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments” and that “it is doubtful that any child may reasonably...
The Gender and Political Economy of Home Care
Read Full Article (PDF) On October 25, 2024, The University of Richmond Law Review hosted a Symposium entitled Economies of Extraction: Labor, Care, and the Carceral State. Professor Yiran Zhang delivered the presentation transcribed below, which has been edited for...
Excluded But Equal
Read Full Article (PDF) On October 25, 2024, The University of Richmond Law Review hosted a Symposium entitled Economies of Extraction: Labor, Care, and the Carceral State. Professor Gali Racabi delivered the presentation transcribed below, which has been edited for...
Ethical Considerations of Movement Lawyering
Read Full Article (PDF) On October 25, 2024, The University of Richmond Law Review hosted a Symposium entitled Economies of Extraction: Labor, Care, and the Carceral State. Panelists Anna Kurien, Cassie Powell, and David Walrod spoke on movement lawyering, community...
Acknowledgments
Read Full Article (PDF) Jami-Reese D. Robertson* * Editor-in-Chief, University of Richmond Law Review; J.D. 2025, University of Richmond School of Law.
Networking Among the Human Capitalists: The Organizational Dynamics of Change and Power in the Large Corporate Law Firm
Read Full Article (PDF) Law firms are unique creatures. They are subject to market pressures as well as ethical obligations and professional norms. They are in direct competition with other organizations for both clients and the lawyers necessary to perform work for...
Public Nuisance Remedies
Read Full Article (PDF) Public nuisance plaintiffs can seek limited remedies. Generally, plaintiffs can sue to abate a public nuisance, with the available monetary relief limited to the funds necessary to do so. Because public nuisance law limits plaintiffs’ monetary...
Unto the (Data) Breach
Read Full Article (PDF) Since the early 2000s, U.S. courts have begun hearing “data breach” liability cases, the inevitable result of a growing internetconnected technology infrastructure. The relatively recent development of case law signals a body of law in...
Congressional Outsiders and Textualist Non Sequitur
Read Full Article (PDF) In Congressional Insiders and Outsiders, Amy Coney Barrett distinguished between “congressional insider” approaches like process-based theories (i.e., drawing interpretive resources from Congress’s procedures and practices) and “congressional...