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The Imperial Side of the Fair and Equitable Treatment Standard
Sannoy Das examines the production of doctrine around the terms “fair and equitable” in international investment law Read MoreMar. 4, 2025
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How to Hold Police and Criminals Accountable
Vanderbilt criminal law professor Christopher Slobogin proposes an alternative to the Exclusionary Rule Read MoreFeb. 28, 2025
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Vanderbilt Law School to Host the 2025 Vanderbilt Music Law Summit on April 3
Industry leaders, legal experts, and professional musicians will convene on April 3 to discuss the future of music rights and enforcement Read MoreFeb. 28, 2025
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Three Constitutional Arguments for Requiring Taped Interrogations
Criminal law scholar Christopher Slobogin offers three distinct rationales for making interrogations transparent Read MoreFeb. 24, 2025
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Scholars from Vanderbilt and UC Berkeley Debate the Merits of Originalism
The latest installment of Vanderbilt Law’s “Respectfully Dissent” series features Berkeley’s Erwin Cherminsky and Vanderbilt’s Brian Fitzpatrick Read MoreFeb. 18, 2025
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Why Professional Licensing Doesn’t Work
Rebecca Haw Allensworth’s book “The Licensing Racket” details how self-regulation in professions from hair-dressing to medicine limits competition at the expense of consumer safety Read MoreFeb. 17, 2025
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How to Fix Street Policing Using the Fourth Amendment’s Reasonableness Clause
The following is a summary of “Fine Balance: Empire, Neoliberalism, and the Fair and Equitable Treatment Standard in International Investment Law,” published in the Journal of World Investment & Trade. The author is Sannoy Das, Assistant Professor of Law at Vanderbilt Law School. At the end of… Read MoreFeb. 12, 2025
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The Prohibition of Annexations is Foundational to the World Order
Paper co-authored by Ingrid Brunk details the prohibition’s role and significance in modern international law Read MoreFeb. 12, 2025
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Law and Neuroscience Expert Francis X. Shen to Deliver 2025 Weaver Distinguished Lecture in Law, Brain Sciences, and Behavior
Francis X. Shen, Professor of Law at University of Minnesota, is the Chief Innovation Officer of the Center for Law, Brain & Behavior of Massachusetts General Hospital at Harvard University Read MoreFeb. 7, 2025
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Should Police Be “Community Caretakers?”
Vanderbilt criminal law expert Christopher Slobogin argues for more expansive interpretation of Caniglia v. Storm Read MoreFeb. 6, 2025