The Yale Law Journal articles

Recent articles from The Yale Law Journal

In defense of property.
April 1, 2009... ARTICLE CONTENTS INTRODUCTION I. CONCEPTIONS OF CULTURAL PROPERTY A. An Indigenous Legacy of Cultural Property B. Critiques of Cultural Property 1. A View from the Marketplace of Goods 2. A View from the Cultural Commons 3. A View from...

Debunking Blackstonian copyright.
April 1, 2009... Copyright's Paradox BY NEIL WEINSTOCK NETANEL NEW YORK, NY: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2008, PP.ix, 274. $34.95. REVIEW CONTENTS INTRODUCTION I. BLACKSTONE, PROPERTY, AND COPYRIGHT A. The Sole and Despotic Dominion in Perspective: Property Essentialism...

Childbearing, childrearing, and Title VII: parental leave policies at large American law firms.
April 1, 2009... NOTE CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 LEAVE POLICIES AT U.S. LAW FIRMS A. Methodology B. Availability of Leave for Men and Women C. Types of Leave D. Patterns in the Provision of Leave E. Law Firm Prestige and Leave Available II. LEAVE POLICIES AND GENDER...

Applying the absolute priority rule to nonprofit enterprises in bankruptcy.
April 1, 2009... With the explosion of the nonprofit sector in recent years, (1) courts have struggled to adapt bankruptcy law-normally applied in the context of individuals and businesses (2)--to the context of nonprofit insolvency. (3) One area of confusion has been the absolute priority rule in section...

Making up for lost time: a bright-line rule for equitable tolling in immigration cases.
April 1, 2009... INTRODUCTION In March 2008, the Seventh Circuit upheld the denial of a motion to reopen an asylum case that had been filed sixteen days late. (1) The appellant, Yuan Gao, claimed his delay was due to ineffective assistance of counsel. Yuan Gao, who feared that he would be persecuted for...