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The Last Temptation of Congress: Legislator Insider Trading and the Fiduciary Norm Against Corruption

by Sung Hui Kim

On April 4, 2012, Congress passed the STOCK Act, which officially banned the practice of insider trading by members of Congress and formally declared them to be fiduciaries for purposes of federal insider trading law. The impetus for the legislation was the perception, held by a majority of commentators, that insider trading by members of [...]

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The Dispute Threshold: How the Public Policy Rationale Fails to Guide the Application of Federal Rule of Evidence 408

by Steve Y. Ma

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The Split Benefit: The Painless Way to Put Skin Back in the Health Care Game

by Christopher Robertson

This Essay proposes a solution to the growth of health care costs, focusing on the sector of expensive, and often unproven, treatments. Political, legal, and market limits prevent insurers and physicians from rationing care or putting downward pressure on prices. Because the insurer bears the cost, the patient is also not sensitive to price, and [...]

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Deconstructing Independent Agencies (and Executive Agencies)

by Kirti Datla & Richard L. Revesz

Volumes have been written—both by courts and commentators—about the so-called independent agencies. These agencies are thought to be distinct from executive branch agencies and constitutionally insulated from presidential influence. Yet few have paused to ask what features make an agency “independent” as opposed to “executive.” To answer that question, this Article systematically surveys administrative agencies [...]

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Demystifying Conceptual Severance: A Comparative Study of the United States, Canada, and the European Court of Human Rights

by Angela Chang

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Symposia

  • Symposium on Extraterritorialism

    The Cornell Law Review will publish its annual Symposium issue for Volume 99 with a focus on extraterritorialism. The flurry of recent Supreme Court decisions turning on a revived door-closing territorialism is attracting the attention of legal scholars in various substantive as well as methodological fields of federal law, and the lines of debate are [...]

  • Symposium on Law, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship

    The Cornell Law Review and the Clarke Business Law Institute hosted a Symposium on Law, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship on Friday, February 8, 2013, at The Cornell Club in New York City.  The Symposium was originally scheduled for November, but postponed due to Hurricane Sandy.  It focused on legal and regulatory issues that affect entrepreneurship and [...]

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  • Cornell Law Review Submissions Box is Closed

    The Cornell Law Review is not currently accepting submissions. The submissions box will open again at the end of July.

  • Welcome to CornellLawReview.org

    Welcome to CornellLawReview.org, the new online home of the Cornell Law Review.  In the spirit of its mission as a student-run journal, the Law Review is launching this site to provide greater access to its top-notch legal scholarship and more publishing opportunities for legal academics.  The website will host all of the content that the Law Review publishes in print [...]