The Voting Rights Act: Limiting Partisan Barriers to Voter Participation
JURIST Columnist Chris Elmendorf, writing the fifth installment of the column authored by the faculty of the University of California, Davis School of Law, says that the "purpose" rather than the "effects" prong of Section 5 of the Voting Rights...
JURIST Associate Editor James Craig, University of Pittsburgh School of Law Class of 2014, discusses the history of affirmative action and argues that recent studies and case law have left affirmative action with an uncertain future...(His opinions are not intended...
JURIST Columnist Kevin Johnson, writing a special edition of the column authored by the faculty of the University of California, Davis School of Law, says that despite public concerns over racial profiling, the Supreme Court is focusing on issues of...
JURIST Columnists Alan Brownstein and Vikram Amar, writing the third installment of the column authored by the faculty of the University of California, Davis School of Law, say that the recent protests at UC Davis provide a teachable moment on...
JURIST Columnist Lisa Pruitt, writing the second installment of the column authored by the faculty of the University of California, Davis School of Law, says that the recent UN conference on status of women failed to adequately address the realities...
Arbitration Agreements in the Wake of AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion
JURIST Guest Columnist Robert Marcelis, University of California, Davis School of Law Class of 2013, is a staff member of the Business Law Journal. He explains the holding AT&T v. Concepcion, discusses its implications on future cases and reviews Congress'...
JURIST Guest Columnist Brian Landsberg of the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law says that the Ninth Circuit will likely uphold its 1997 ruling that Proposition 209, California's ban on affirmative action, is constitutional...Are public interest lawyers in...
JURIST Columnist Vikram Amar, writing the inaugural edition of the column authored by the faculty of the University of California, Davis School of Law, says that the Ninth Circuit could have ruled that the initiative proponents lacked standing to defend...
The Triple Bottom Line: The Need for Greater Corporate Accountability
JURIST Guest Columnist Leah White, University of California, Davis School of Law Class of 2013, is a Staff Editor for the school's Business Law Journal. She writes on the effectiveness of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and encourages legislation to increase corporate...
Dubious Self-Regulation and Greenwashing Corporate Negligence
JURIST Guest Columnist William Stanger, University of California, Davis School of Law Class of 2014, is a Staff Editor for the school's Business Law Journal. Stanger writes about the shortcomings of corporate social responsibility and how government should play a...
