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By Jennifer L. Behrens and Joseph Blocher. Full Text. At a time when Second Amendment doctrine has taken a strongly historical turn and gun rights advocates have increasingly argued that gun regulation itself is historically racist, it is especially important...

Vanderbilt Law School’s Career Services Team provides students with the resources and support they need to achieve their career goals. Career counselors meet individually with students on a regular basis to learn how to develop resumes, emphasize strengths, and identify...

Can a business-closure regulation of commercial property in a pandemic be a taking? In the midst of a pandemic, it generally falls to government to enact laws and regulations in an effort to curtail the spread of disease. For example,...

Introduction To a certain extent, the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County[1] is hardly surprising. The environmental plaintiffs in the case lost their claim that a federal agency had violated the National Environmental Policy...

As the use of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to spread, we have seen an increase in examples of AI systems reflecting or exacerbating societal bias, from racist facial recognition to sexist natural language processing. These biases threaten to overshadow AI’s...

By Billy Clark. Full Text. Concerned by the public health threats posed by certain firearms, the Massachusetts legislature enacts a law to set safety standards for firearms in the Commonwealth. Firearm dealers across the State, including some of the leading...

The Supreme Court has amplified Article II appointments and removal power over formal administrative adjudication. Both those in favor of and against this trend share assumptions about presidential influence over administrative power. For instance, both assume administrative discretion is at...

[Introduction] The retirement of trademarks such as “Uncle Ben” and “Aunt Jemima” during the fulcrum of the Black Lives Matter movement prompted scholars to reconsider how trademark law protected various marks that perpetuated images built on a terrifying scaffold of...

Introduction The first few scenes of the Trump presidency sequel have been action-packed. The White House’s news-getting activity has triggered similarly newsworthy happenings in the federal courts. Lower courts have put temporary halts on executive actions relating to DEI programs,[1]...

Sometimes the best lessons you learn are when you do have failings. You can always learn more when you don’t do something exactly right.[1] —Nick Saban, Alabama Head Football Coach 2007–2024.[2] Introduction If the best lessons emerge from failure, the...

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Cultural legal investigations of the nexus between law, culture and society are crucial for developing our understanding of how the relationships between humans and artificially intelligent entities (AIE) will evolve along with the technology itself. However, narratives of artificial intelligence...

In February 2023, Ashley Zukoski, an ultrasound technologist who already received health insurance through her employer, discovered she had been enrolled in a different plan sold on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces. Without Zukoski’s knowledge or consent, a Florida-based...

Examples of discriminatory algorithmic recruitment of workers have triggered a debate on application of the non-discrimination principle in the EU. Algorithms challenge two principles in the system of evidence in EU non-discrimination law. The first is effectiveness, given that due...

Introduction The United States patent system is commonly justified by its provision of economic incentives for innovation.[1] But this justification comes with constant concern that the social benefits of innovation that the patent system stimulates might not outweigh the sum...

The widespread adoption of AI-powered business analytics applications has revolutionized decision-making, yet it has also introduced significant challenges related to algorithmic bias, data ethics, and governance. As organizations increasingly rely on machine learning and big data analytics for customer profiling,...

Abstract The widespread usage of machine learning systems and econometric methods in the credit domain has transformed the decision-making process for evaluating loan applications. Automated analysis of credit applications diminishes the subjectivity of the decision-making process. On the other hand,...

Many Americans are worrying about whether they will soon be living in a post-democracy autocracy. But in the meantime, they may already be living in a crypto-fueled kleptocracy. Less than one year into his second…The postCrypto Kleptocracyappeared first onMichigan Law...

Abstract This article examines how Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states securitise artificial intelligence (AI) through discourses and infrastructures that fuse modernisation with regime resilience. Drawing on securitisation theory (Buzan et al., 1998; Balzacq, 2011) and critical security studies, it analyses...

China’s regulatory approaches to open-source resources and software deserve special attention due to the widespread global use of Chinese-developed solutions. China’s activity in the open-source software sector surged in 2020, laying the foundation for the type of innovations seen today....

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This article explores the transformative impact of artificial intelligence on legal knowledge work, examining the evolution from traditional document-centric processes to sophisticated AI-augmented workflows. The article shows the technological foundations of legal AI systems, highlighting the capabilities and limitations of...

Digital Earth applications provide a common ground for visualizing, simulating, and modeling real-world situations. The potential of Digital Earth applications has increased significantly with the evolution of artificial intelligence systems and the capacity to collect and process complex amounts of...

By Jamie G. McWilliam. Full Text. To some, 18 U.S.C. 922(g) is a necessary safeguard that keeps guns out of the hands of dangerous persons. To others, it strips classes of non-violent people of their natural and constitutional rights. This...

What Sets Vanderbilt's LL.M. Program Apart? At Vanderbilt Law, you can customize your legal education, prepare for a bar exam, and improve your language skills. Course Tracks and Customizable Curriculums At Vanderbilt, students have the power to choose what they...

1Interdisciplinary ApproachResearch at Vanderbilt draws on the belief that great breakthroughs happen when different ideas, disciplines and areas of expertise come together. As a result, Vanderbilt is dedicated to fostering cross-disciplinary collaborations that can expand the framework for what is...

The American Law Institute is set to release a first ever Restatement of the Law in the area of Children and the Law to address the increasingly convoluted treatment of children across legal systems.[1] Children’s rights scholars have long critiqued...

This essay examines the judicial aftermath of Food Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader Media, a controversial 2019 Supreme Court decision that broadened the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) exemption for trade secrets and confidential commercial…The postNarrowing FOIA’s Exemption for Business...