Harvard Law Review: Volume 131, Number 8 - June 2018

📖 The Scoop

The contents of the June 2018 issue (Number 8) include: 

• Article, "Harmless Errors and Substantial Rights," by Daniel Epps  

• Article, "Presidential Norms and Article II," by Daphna Renan  

• Article, "Abstention in the Time of Ferguson," by Fred O. Smith, Jr.    

• Book Review, "Facts, Values, Justification, Democracy," by Don Herzog 

• Note, "How Crime Pays: The Unconstitutionality of Modern Civil Asset Forfeiture as a Tool of Criminal Law Enforcement" 

• Note, "RCRA as a Tool for Environmental Justice Communities and Others to Compel Climate Change Adaptation" 

• Note, "The Presumption of Regularity in Judicial Review of the Executive Branch" 

The issue includes In Memoriam contributions about the life, judicial legacy, mentorship, and scholarship of Judge Stephen Reinhardt of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Contributors include Justice Anthony Kennedy, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Judge David Barron, Michael Dorf, Heather Gerken, Andrew Crespo, Benjamin Sachs, and Adriaan Lanni.  

In addition, the issue features student commentary on Recent Cases, exploring such subjects as whether a multimonth leave of absence is a reasonable accommodation under the ADA, and whether a licensing requirement for African-style hair braiders survives a constitutional challenge under rational basis review. Finally, the issue includes a comprehensive Index to Volume 131 (2017-2018).  

The Harvard Law Review is offered in a quality digital edition, featuring active Contents, linked footnotes, active URLs, legible tables, and proper ebook and Bluebook formatting. This current issue of the Review is June 2018, the final issue of academic year 2017-2018. The Review is a student-run organization whose primary purpose is to publish a journal of legal scholarship. It comes out monthly from November through June and has roughly 2500 pages per volume. Student editors make all editorial and organizational decisions.

Genre: Law / Jurisprudence (fancy, right?)