Introduction Law students begin to encounter the concept of a "standard of review" early in the first year. That's not surprising. First-year law students read appellate cases, and every appellate ...

Hassan Mustafa Hussein (Soran University) has posted Three Decades Without a Social Contract: A Call for Constitutional Adoption in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq on SSRN. Here is the abstract: After ...

Michael L. Smith (University of Oklahoma - College of Law) has posted Ethics and Originalism (16 St. Mary's Journal on Legal Malpractice & Ethics (Forthcoming 2026)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: ...

Stuart Ford (University of Illinois Chicago School of Law) has posted We the People of the United States: The Source of the Constitution's Authority on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The Preamble is ...

Jonathan Crowe (University of Southern Queensland - School of Law and Justice) has posted Natural Law (in John Linarelli (ed), Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Legal Theory and Philosophy (Edward Elgar, ...

Brian Lipshutz (University of Chicago - Law School) has posted Bypassing Agency Adjudication on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This Article examines the contested practice of bypassing agency ...

Sebastian Lewis (University of Surrey) has posted Precedent on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This entry explains the concept and practice of precedent in law. It distinguishes between binding and ...

Jonathan Crowe (University of Southern Queensland - School of Law and Justice) has posted The Evolution of Natural Law (in Wojciech Zaluski, Sacha Bourgeois-Gironde and Adam Dyrda (eds), Research ...

Pamela Barmash (Washington University) has posted Role of the Posek (Rabbinic Decisor) in Halakhah (Jewish Law) (Hesed V’Emet Nashaku: Loving Kindness and Truth Embraced The Life and Thought of Rabbi ...

Michael Showalter has posted Establishment Clause Legislative History Is Not the Law: The Misguided Search for Original Subjective Intent (Federalist Society Review, forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the ...

Robert Post (Yale University - Law School) has posted Misunderstanding University Speech: The Woodward Committee Report on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The 1974 Woodward Committee Report at Yale ...

Michael L. Smith (University of Oklahoma - College of Law) has posted Holistic Constitutional Interpretation (24 Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy (Forthcoming 2026) on SSRN. Here is the ...