The Office of the Chief Circuit Judge
Despite famously being called, merely, “one among equals,” the Chief Judge of a federal court of appeals plays a significant… Continue reading →
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Reflections on the Nexus of Procedure and History: The Example of Modern American Arbitration
There is surely no more appropriate context in which to discuss interdisciplinary approaches to civil procedure than in a festschrift… Continue reading →
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The Architecture of Judicial Ethics
In 1999, Professor Stephen Burbank wrote an article entitled The Architecture of Judicial Independence.1 It is a foundational piece that gave structure to… Continue reading →
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Deferring to Foreign Courts
Federal judges have too many options for deferring to foreign courts, none of them particularly good. Not only have judges… Continue reading →
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Digital Civil Procedure
This Essay, written for a festschrift celebrating the career and contributions of Stephen Burbank, grapples with the procedural implications of… Continue reading →
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Horizontal Choice of Law in Federal Court
Federal courts routinely apply state law. In diversity cases, federal courts apply the state law that the forum state would… Continue reading →
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Politics, Identity, and Pleading on the U.S. Courts of Appeals
We report the results of an empirical study of appeals from rulings on motions to dismiss for failure to state… Continue reading →
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The Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements: A Critical Assessment
The Hague Convention on Choice of Courts Agreements (“Convention” or “Choice of Court Convention”) aspires to be one of the… Continue reading →
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A Fragility Theory of Trademark Functionality
According to functionality doctrine, trademark protection cannot be granted for any feature that is essential to a product’s use or… Continue reading →
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Secrecy Creep
Legal scholars have long been fascinated by the topic of government secrecy. Yet they have largely focused their attention on… Continue reading →