Volume 48, Book 3

Dec 29, 2015 | Number 3, Print Edition, Volume 48

Symposium—Student Loans [accordion] [acc_item title=”Foreword, by Rohit Chopra”] “Fifty years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Higher Education Act into law as part of his Great Society agenda.  He said, “[e]ducation in this day and age is...

Erasing Gender Privilege in Nonconsensual Procreation: An Argument for an Equitable Change to the Law Regarding the Unauthorized Use of Sperm

Nov 9, 2015 | Current, Current Notes, Notes, Number 2, Print Edition, Volume 48

Sperm stealing—also known as the unauthorized use of sperm—comes in several forms, which fall in three categories: sperm stashing, nonconsensual sexual intercourse, and the improper use of artificial reproductive technology (ART).  Sperm stashing usually occurs...

Disability Law—Ninth Circuit Holds Public Schools’ Compliance with IDEA Does Not Automatically Establish Compliance with ADA

Oct 28, 2015 | Comments, Current, Current Case Comments, Number 2, Print Edition, Volume 48

Case Comment K.M. ex rel. Bright v. Tustin Unified School District, 725 F.3d 1088 (9th Cir. 2013), cert. denied, 134 S. Ct. 1493, cert. denied sub nom. Poway Unified Sch. Dist. v. D.H. ex rel. K.H., 134 S. Ct. 1494 (2014) The rights of deaf and hard-of-hearing...

Naturally Misleading: FDA’s Unwillingness To Define “Natural” and the Quest for GMO Transparency Through State Mandatory Labeling Initiatives

Oct 27, 2015 | Current, Current Notes, Notes, Number 2, Print Edition, Volume 48

Consumers across the country cannot help but notice that the natural food industry has caught onto their preferences for “all natural” food.  Natural food has developed into a thirty-seven billion dollar per year industry in response to consumers’ attraction to “all...

Stop Waiting on the World To Change: Compelled Disclosure of Email Content Under the Stored Communications Act

Oct 21, 2015 | Current, Current Notes, Notes, Number 2, Print Edition, Volume 48

The Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution guarantees personal privacy by limiting the government’s ability to conduct searches and seizures in the absence of probable cause.  When the government believes that an individual has been involved in criminal...

Against Kadijustiz: On the Negative Citation of Foreign Law

Oct 15, 2015 | Comments, Current, Number 2, Print Edition, Volume 48

In the controversy over judicial citation of foreign law, little noticed are the effects of citations that contrast American law with the laws of foreign jurisdictions.  The controversy typically revolves around the extent to which judges may legitimately look to...