This article provides a thorough analysis of contemporary sexual harassment case law in Israel and presents the first systematic study of all reported court opinions on sexual harassment that have been issued following the enactment of The Prevention of Sexual Harassment Law in 1998, 222...

This exploration of the assumptions underlying patents highlights many flaws in the intellectual property system in the United States. Contemporary technological examples and evidence show the need for reform. If the reforms fail, the patent system ought to be abolished

Appropriate representation of minorities is a fundamental manifestation of an affirmative action policy. One of the main aims of the article is to call attention to the fact that appropriate representation (as indeed affirmative action more generally) comes in at least two different types. The...

Since the inception of the first permanent American bankruptcy law in 1898, the intellectual and political understanding of consumer bankruptcy has been anchored in a model that views bankruptcies as resulting from household financial distress. For much of the Twentieth Century, this traditional...

This comment focuses on the application of Dormant Commerce Clause principles in one specific context, co-extensive regulatory disputes between tribes and States. Such an approach is not alien to guiding dormant commerce jurisprudence. The interests balancing approach found within White Mountain...

This Article offers a comprehensive examination of the Skidmore standard for judicial review of agency legal interpretations as applied by the courts in the period since the Supreme Court revitalized Skidmore in United States v. Mead Corp. First, the Article documents an empirical study of five...

There are 12 basic signs in the Chinese Zodiac. Each of these lasts one year (February usually begins the Chinese lunar year), and is further modified every 12 years by an elemental component. The five elemental modifications are: earth; water; fire; air; wood; and gold. This year, 2007, is the...

This is the fourth piece in a dialogue in Northwestern Law Review's Colloquy on the Senate's control over terminating recess appointments. In it, I answer Seth Barrett Tillman's reply.First, I reject Tillman's updated defense of his claim that the Senate can unilaterally terminate its half of a...

This article discusses and analyzes City of Boerne v. Flores, the Supreme Court's 1997 decision invalidating the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA) as applied to state and local governments, and it explores a variety of ways in which Congress might respond to Boerne with...