Harvard Law Review: Volume 128, Number 4 - February 2015 - E-book - ePub

The Harvard Law Review, February 2015, is offered in a digital edition. Contents include:* Article, "The Consequences of Error in Criminal Justice, " Daniel Epps* Book Review, "Running Government Like a Business... Then and Now, " Jon D. Michaels* Note, "International Norms and Politics in the Marshall Court's Slave Trade Cases"* Note, "Congress's Power to Define the Privileges and Immunities of Citizenship"* Note, "It's About Time (Place and Manner): Why and How Congress Must Act to Protect Access to Early Voting"* Note, "The Psychology of Cruelty: Recognizing Grave Mental Harm in American Prisons"In addition, the issue features student commentary on Recent Cases, Legislation, and Executive Orders, including such subjects as: whether false claims used to advise or encourage suicide are protected speech; whether pollutants from rail yards are "disposal" of solid waste; class action standing of absent class members in certain BP oil spill claims; review of an SEC settlement; municipal bankruptcy and preemption; requiring on-the-record indigency proceedings prior to incarceration for failure to pay fines; and prohibition of federal government and contractor employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Finally, the issue features several summaries of Recent Publications. The Harvard Law Review is a student-run organization whose primary purpose is to publish a journal of legal scholarship. The Review comes out monthly from November through June and has roughly 2500 pages per volume. The organization is formally independent of the Harvard Law School. Student editors make all editorial and organizational decisions.
This issue of the Review is Feb. 2015, the fourth issue of academic year 2014-2015 (Volume 128). The digital edition features active Contents, linked notes, and proper ebook and Bluebook formatting.