Volume 112 / Issue 3

Post-Conviction Channeling

People seeking to vacate their criminal convictions face bleak prospects. The reasons for this are myriad, from deferential standards of review to blanket bans on entire categories of claims. Yet lurking beneath these contributors is another, …

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Volume 112 / Issue 3

Read But Not Understood? An Empirical Analysis of Consumer Comprehension in Homeowners Insurance

Modern contract law assumes that consumers meaningfully assent to the standard forms that govern their daily lives. However, this assumption is widely regarded as a legal fiction for two key reasons: first, most consumers do not read standard forms, …

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Volume 112 / Issue 3

Did I Get Public Rights Wrong?

In earlier work, I discussed historical understandings of the kinds of disputes that Congress can authorize nonjudicial actors to resolve and the kinds of disputes that can be resolved only by courts. The framework that I described revolved around …

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Volume 112 / Issue 3

Disenfranchisement Creep

Under federal law, states decide whether people lose their voting rights as a result of criminal convictions or mental incapacity. But states vary widely in whether they take federal law up on that offer of exclusion. In one state, you may never …

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Volume 112

In Tribute: Frederick Schauer

IN TRIBUTE: PROFESSOR FREDERICK SCHAUER.

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ONLINE EDITION

In Tribute: Frederick Schauer

IN TRIBUTE: PROFESSOR FREDERICK SCHAUER.

112 Va. L. Rev. Online 1

Void Judgments and “Reasonable Time”

Rule 60(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure authorizes federal district courts, “[o]n motion and just terms,” to “relieve a party or its legal representative from a final judgment, order, or proceeding for” certain specified reasons. Rule …

By Ryan C. Williams
111 Va. L. Rev. Online 254

Neo-Brandeis Goes to Washington: A Provisional Assessment of the Biden Administration’s Antitrust Record

In early 2021, a new coterie of trustbusters came to Washington with the stated purpose of radically overhauling the antitrust status quo. The three central figures—Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) Chair Lina Khan, Department of Justice (“DOJ”) …

By Daniel A. Crane
111 Va. L. Rev. Online 215
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