Submissions from 2024
The Innocence Standard: Supreme Court Nominees and Sexual Misconduct, Lisa Avalos
The Once and Future Clean Air Act: Impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act on EPA's Regulatory Authority, Nicholas Bryner
Liking, Linking, and Tweeting: Mental Health, Mentoring, and Professional Responsibility in the Age of Social Media, Summer Chandler
The Case for Waivable Employee Rights: A Contrarian View, William Corbett
Louisiana Civil Code Commentary: Articles 1 through 13, Nikolaos A. Davrados and Olivier Moréteau
The Medical/Legal/Human Disconnect in Cure Cases: A Proposal for Reform, Thomas C. Galligan Jr.
Local Government Regulation of CCS, Keith B. Hall
Judicial Fidelity, Caprice L. Roberts
The Empirics of Criminal Federalism, Scott Sullivan and Iben Sullivan
Submissions from 2023
Equity and Inclusion as Unifying Principles, Alena M. Allen
Seeking Consent and the Law of Sexual Assault, Lisa Avalos
The Under-Enforcement of Crimes Against Black Women, Lisa Avalos
Rotting Under the Bridge - How False Data is Polluting Administrative Rulemaking, Nicholas Bryner and Victor B. Flatt
Sales Free and Clear of an Intellectual Property Licensee's Interests in Bankruptcy -- Looking to In Re Tempnology for Guidance, Summer Chandler
Reasonably Accommodating Employment Discrimination Law, William Corbett
The Case in Favor of Waivable Employee Rights: A Contrarian View, William Corbett
Restating the Civil Law of Quasi-Contract: Negotiorum Gestio and Unjust Enrichment, Nikolaos A. Davrados
Continued Conflation Confusion in Louisiana Negligence Cases: Duty and Breach, Thomas C. Galligan Jr.
Sieracki Lives: A Portrait of the Interplay Between Legislation and the Judicially Created General Maritime Law, Thomas C. Galligan Jr.
Carbon Capture and Storage: Models for Compensating Holdout Landowners, Keith B. Hall
Reconciling Property Rights with Carbon Capture and Storage, Keith B. Hall
On Three Arguments against Metaphysical Libertarianism, Ken Levy
Cueto-Rúa’s Judicial Methods of Interpretation of the Law: A Guide for the Future, Olivier Moréteau
The Educated Retail Investor: A Response to "Regulating Democratized Investing", Christina M. Sautter and Sergio Alberto Gramitto Ricci
Submissions from 2022
Never Look Back: Non-Regression in Environmental Law, Nicholas S. Bryner
The Importance of Looking Under the 'Administrative Hood': A Case Study of the National Waters Protection Rule, Nicholas S. Bryner and Victor Byers Flatt
Cross-Statute Employment Discrimination Claims and the Need for a "Super Statute", William R. Corbett
Legal Uncertainties: COVID-19, Distance Learning, Bar Exams, and the Future of U.S. Legal Education, Christine Corcos
Growing Up with Popular Culture in The Time of Title IX, Christine A. Corcos
Helpless by Law: Enduring Lessons from a Century-Old Tragedy, Raymond T. Diamond and Robert J. Cottrol
Louisiana Oil & Gas Update, Keith B. Hall
The Louisiana Civil Code: A Vademecum, Alain A. Levasseur
Let's Not Do Responsibility Skepticism, Ken M. Levy
Multicultural Populations and Mixed Legal Systems in the United States: Louisiana and Puerto Rico, Olivier Moréteau and Luis Muniz Arguelles
Statutory Interpretation and Agency Disgorgement Power, Caprice L. Roberts
The Corporate Forum, Christina M. Sautter and Sergio Alberto Gramitto Ricci
Submissions from 2021
The Elusive Zone of Twilight, Michael Coenen and Scott M. Sullivan
Firing Employment at Will and Discharging Termination Claims from Employment Discrimination: A Cooperative Federalism Approach to Improve Employment Law, William Corbett
Intolerable Asymmetry and Uncertainty: Congress Should Right the Wrongs of the Civil Rights Act of 1991, William R. Corbett
Even the Slightest: Causation in Fela and Jones Act Cases, Thomas C. Galligan Jr.
The “Nature” of Seaman Status After Sanchez, Thomas C. Galligan Jr.
There Are More Things to Punitive Damages in Admiralty Than the 1:1 Ratio Set Forth in Exxon’s Legal Philosophy, Thomas C. Galligan Jr.
Louisiana Oil & Gas Update, Keith B. Hall
Portalis and Pound: A Debate on “Codification”, Alain A. Levasseur
Corporate Governance Gaming: The Collective Power of Retail Investors, Christina M. Sautter and Sergio Alberto Gramitto Ricci
Sexual Misconduct by Louisiana Lawyers, N. Gregory Smith
The Impact of Municipal Fiscal Crisis on Equitable Development, Christopher J. Tyson
Beyond Lipstick and High Heels: Three Tell-Tale Narratives of Female Leadership in the United States, Italy, and Japan, Lécia Vicente
Submissions from 2020
Reversing the Decriminalization of Sexual Violence, Lisa Avalos
Fiduciary Litigation in Louisiana: Mandataries, Succession Representatives, and Trustees, Elizabeth R. Carter
"You're Fired!": The Common Law Should Respond with the Refashioned Tort of Abusive Discharge, William R. Corbett
SRTMA: Reappraising the BP Well Blowout in Light of Pippen, Theriot, Doiron, and Grubart, John J. Costonis
Describing Law, Raff Donelson
A Cypress is Gone, Thomas C. Galligan
Let the Jury Decide! A Plea for the Proper Allocation of Decision-Making Authority in Louisiana Negligence Cases, Thomas C. Galligan Jr.
LHWCA Section 905(b) and Scindia: The Confused Tale of a Legal Pendulum, Thomas C. Galligan and Brian C. Colomb
Decommissioning of Offshore Oil and Gas Facilities in the United States, Keith B. Hall
Ruminations on the Continuing Evolution of Trespass Law in the Context of Mineral Development, Keith B. Hall
Engaging Students in Systemic Change: The Role of LouisianaLaw School Clinics in the State’s Criminal Justice ReformMovement, Robert Lancaster and Maris Mattes
Introduction to Robert A. Pascal’s Memorandum: The Code as a Textbook and a Rule Book, Olivier Moréteau and Robert A. Pascal
Trilingual Louisiana Civil Code, Book IV: Conflict of Laws in English, French, and Spanish, Olivier Moréteau and Mariano Vitetta
A Historical Review of the State Police Powers and Their Relevance to the COVID-19 Pandemic of 2020, Edward P. Richards
Delaware as Deal Arbiter, Christina M. Sautter
Transaction Cost Economics & MAEs: The Dealmaker's Crystal Ball, Christina M. Sautter
Submissions from 2019
Are Premarital Agreements Really Unfair?: An Empirical Study, Elizabeth Carter
Law and Norms and Will & Grace, Christine Corcos
The BP MDL and Its Aftermath: Whither OPA's Displacement Jurisprudence?, John Costonis
Legal Inconsistencies, Raff Donelson
Deaning Redux -- Walking it Back, Thomas C. Galligan Jr.
The Structure of Torts, Thomas C. Galligan Jr.
An International Comparison of the Operatorship Provisions Contained in Model Form Oil & Gas Joint Operating Agreements, Keith B. Hall
Implied Covenants and the Drafting of Oil and Gas Leases, Keith B. Hall
The Words of Comparative Law, Olivier Moréteau
Submissions from 2018
In Memoriam: Professor A.N. Yiannopoulos, Elizabeth R. Carter
Characterizing Constitutional Inputs, Michael Coenen
Breaking Dichotomies at the Core of Employment Discrimination Law, William Corbett
Finding a Better Way Around Employment at Will: Protecting Employees' Autonomy Interests Through Tort Law, William Corbett
It All Started with Columbo: Teaching Law with Popular Culture, Christine Corcos
It's the Ambiance, Thomas C. Galligan Jr.
Biting the Hands that Feed “the Alligators”: A Case Study in Morbid Obesity Extremes, End-of-Life Care, and Prohibitions on Harming and Accelerating the End of Life, Michael J. Malinowski
The U.S. Science and Technology “Triple Threat”: A Regulatory Treatment Plan for the Nation’s Addiction to Prescription Opioids, Michael J. Malinowski
The Hurricane Katrina Litigation Against the Corps of Engineers: Is Denial of Geology and Climate Change the Way to Save New Orleans?, Edward P. Richards
The Societal Impacts of Climate Anomalies During the Past 50,000 Years and their Implications for Solastalgia and Adaptation to Future Climate Change, Edward P. Richards
Submissions from 2017
Family Law and Female Empowerment, Andrea B. Carroll
Minor Courts, Major Questions, Michael Coenen
More Restrictive Alternatives, Michael Coenen
"I Am the Master": Some Popular Culture Images of AI in Humanity's Courtroom, Christine Corcos
The Scrying Game: The First Amendment, the Rise of Spiritualism, and State Prohibition and Regulation of the Crafty Sciences, 1848-1944, Christine Corcos
The Interaction of Good Faith with Contract Performance, Dissolution, and Damages in the Louisiana Supreme Court, Jumoke Dara and Olivier Moréteau
Who Are the Punishers, Raff Donelson
Freedom from Detention: The Constitutionality of Mandatory Detention for Criminal Aliens Seeking to Challenge Grounds for Removal, Darlene Goring
Prop Up the Heavenly Chorus? Labor Unions, Tax Policy, and Political Voice Equality, Philip T. Hackney
Why the Late Justice Scalia Was Wrong: The Fallacies of Constitutional Textualism, Ken Levy
Hidden Law: Taking the Comments More Seriously, Melissa T. Lonegrass
Constitutionalizing Class Certification, Margaret S. Thomas
Submissions from 2016
Gay Marriage and the Problem of Property, Andrea B. Carroll and Christopher K. Odinet
Rethinking Premarital Agreements: A Collaborative Approach, Elizabeth Carter
Combining Constitutional Clauses, Michael Coenen
Mike Zimmer, McDonnell Douglas and "A Gift That Keeps Giving", William Corbett