This Article takes the controversial position that Treasury regulations are entitled to judicial deference under the Chevron doctrine, as clarified by the Supreme Court in the more recent Mead case, whether those regulations are promulgated pursuant to specific authority delegated in a...

A Pragmatic Justification of the Judicial Hunch argues that Judge Joseph Hutcheson's famous hunch theory of judicial decision making provides a compelling solution to the daunting task of judicial decision making in an age noted for an increasing explosion of factual complexity and an increasing...

This written statement addresses several of the questions raised regarding the potential legalization of betting and gambling in India. Of the five questions posed in the Appeal, dated May 30, 2017, I address only the first two: 1) “Will legalizing betting and gambling help in curbing the...

This article is about the origins, betrayal, and litigation of a promise of law. In 1942, while it ordered the internment of 21,457 Canadians of Japanese descent, the Canadian government enacted orders-in-council authorizing the Custodian of Enemy Property to seize all real and personal property...

Section 31(8) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 as originally enacted dealt with costs in arbitration. The evolution of the law on the subject led to dissatisfaction. After numerous calls for reforms, the Law Commission of India in its 246th Report sought overhaul of the existing law...

Competitive video gaming is rapidly gaining mainstream attention. Major U.S. television networks have commenced broadcasting such competitions. The term esports has been assigned to the practice, but it remains to be seen whether lawmakers and regulators agree that the contests are indeed...

State bar licensing authorities and law schools have been debating whether the passing score on the bar exam is set at the right level or should be lowered. Much of the debate centers on generalizations without evidence about the effect that changes to the bar exam may have.We present data...

The European Union consists of fifteen Member States. The peoples of those states speak at least twelve different languages. Because of psychological and political reasons, the Union has chosen to include all officially recognised languages in its legal framework. This construction is likely to...