Substantive rights have a core that can be meaningfully interpreted and protected; they can exist independently of a particular government or a particular legal system. Procedural rights lack such an ...

What can civil procedure in the legal arena teach us about relationships? If you are a law student, lawyer, or know someone who is, you have probably heard the hardest, most boring course in law ...

Although the affinities between the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms and the Seventh Amendment right to civil jury trial seem strong, there are crucial differences. The first concerns ...

For over fifty years, the Supreme Court has recognized that the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment bars the retrial of a criminal defendant after a mid ...

Last night a 5–4 majority of the Supreme Court showed courage and faithfulness to rule of law by refusing to issue a stay or injunction in Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson — in the face of an onslaught ...

The Environmental Rights Amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution, Article I, Section 27, has become a feature of environmental litigation in our commonwealth over the nine years since a ...

Anita S. Krishnakumar is a professor of law and the associate dean for faculty scholarship at St. John’s University School of Law. Substantive canons of statutory construction — such as the rule of ...

William Baude, a contributor to the Volokh Conspiracy, will become the Neubauer family assistant professor of law at the University of Chicago, in January. Updated July 5, 2016, 11:53 AM As a matter ...