Professor Thea Johnson publishes new article, “Crisis and Coercive Pleas”

December 4, 2020.  Professor Johnson’s new article, “Crisis and Coercive Pleas,” was published in the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology Online special issue on COVID-19 and Criminal Justice  Citation: Thea Johnson, Crisis and Coercive Pleas, 110 J. Crim. L. & Criminology Online 1 (2020). Available here.

Federal Court Cites Professor Steve Gold

November 19, 2020.  U.S. District Judge Mark A. Goldsmith cited Professor Steve Gold’s 2009 article, “Dis-Jointed? Several Approaches to Divisibility After Burlington Northern” in a decision that rejected a Superfund site owner’s attempt to avoid liability for cleanup of the site. “Legal scholars have likewise noted the anomalies that would arise” if the site owner’s … Continue reading Federal Court Cites Professor Steve Gold

Prof. Lee presents virtually at the Korean Society of International Law Annual Meeting

October 23, 2020.  Professor Jootaek Lee gives virtual presentation of his paper, Paradox of Hierarchy and Conflicts of Values: International Law, Human Rights, and Global Governance.  The paper examines how in an international society, hierarchies are set up differently among different countries based on different values, which naturally conflict with each other and result in … Continue reading Prof. Lee presents virtually at the Korean Society of International Law Annual Meeting