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Restating the Restatement of Conflicts: Approaching the Legitimacy Question in Choice-of-Law Theory

Jan 14, 2012 | Lead Articles, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 45

Since the so-called conflicts revolution, choice-of-law theory continues to reject the vested rights approach of the First Restatement of Conflicts without fully criticizing the failures of the governmental interest theory in the Second Restatement of Conflicts. At...

Execution Watch: Mitt Romney’s “Foolproof” Death Penalty Act and the Politics of Capital Punishment

Nov 29, 2011 | Lead Articles, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 45

Execution Watch, KPTF 90.1 FM, Houston, Texas, is a Public Radio program that only broadcasts when the State of Texas is executing one of its death-row inmates. Hosted by a former prison inmate and providing live coverage at Huntsville Prison, Execution Watch promotes...

The First Facebook Firing Case Under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act: Exploring the Limits of Labor Law Protection for Concerted Communication on Social Media

Nov 22, 2011 | Lead Articles, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 45

The emergence of social media, from Facebook to Myspace and Linkedin to Twitter—much like the earlier evolution of email, IM, and web 2.0—have changed the way people communicate, expanding the virtual horizons for social networking and business promotion on these...