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Mooting Unilateral Mootness moting:单侧的moting

IF 2.7 2区社会学

Michigan Law Review Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.36644/mlr.121.4.mooting

Scott MacGuidwin

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Disabling Lawyering: Buck v. Bell and the Road to a More Inclusive Legal Practice 残疾律师:巴克诉贝尔案和更具包容性的法律实践之路

IF 2.7 2区社会学

Michigan Law Review Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.36644/mlr.121.6.disabling

Jacob Abudaram

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Error Aversions and Due Process 避免错误和正当程序

IF 2.7 2区社会学

Michigan Law Review Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.36644/mlr.121.5.error

Brandon L. Garrett, G. Mitchell

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Justice Without Power: Yemen and The Global Legal System 没有权力的正义:也门与全球法律体系

IF 2.7 2区社会学

Michigan Law Review Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.36644/mlr.121.5.justice

Amulya Vadapalli

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Status Manipulation in Chae Chan Ping v. United States 蔡灿平诉美国的地位操纵案

IF 2.7 2区社会学

Michigan Law Review Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.36644/mlr.121.6.status

Sam Erman

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Revisiting the “Tradition of Local Control” in Public Education 重新审视公共教育中的“地方控制传统”

2区社会学

Michigan Law Review Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.36644/mlr.122.1.revisiting

Carter Brace

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The Oligarchic Courthouse: Jurisdiction, Corporate Power, and Democratic Decline 寡头法院:管辖权、公司权力和民主衰落

2区社会学

Michigan Law Review Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.36644/mlr.122.1.oligarchic

Helen Hershkoff, Luke Norris

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Pocket Police: The Plain Feel Doctrine Thirty Years Later 袖珍警察:三十年后的平原主义

IF 2.7 2区社会学

Michigan Law Review Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.36644/mlr.121.5.pocket

Kelly Recker

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Mothers in Law 丈母娘

IF 2.7 2区社会学

Michigan Law Review Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.36644/mlr.121.6.mothers

Melissa E. Murray

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Heeding the Voices of Migrant Youth: The Need for Action 倾听流动青年的声音:需要采取行动

IF 2.7 2区社会学

Michigan Law Review Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.36644/mlr.121.6.heeding

R. Mandelbaum

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