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Ideas from NYU Law

Our professors' innovative research contributes both to the advancement of their fields and to the intellectual community of the Law School. Ideas from NYU Law is a resource for concise descriptions of recent works and interviews with faculty about their scholarship.


Redefining Ownership: As technology infiltrates practically everything we buy, Jason Schultz assesses personal property rights in the digital age
11/06/2016
Can Cheerleader Uniforms Be Copyrighted?: Three NYU Law IP professors file briefs in a Supreme Court case closely watched by the fashion industry
10/27/2016
The Law and Democracy Slate: Politics and elections are always top of mind for a group of NYU Law scholars
10/04/2016
Keeping Corporate Crime—and Corporate Cops—in Check: The rule of law should run in both directions, says Jennifer Arlen
09/26/2016
Questioning the Numbers: Sally Merry challenges the shorthand truth of global indicators
08/29/2016
Is There an International Rule of Law? José Alvarez examines the question in a new book
08/26/2016
Global Engagement: Mapping Summer 2016
08/26/2016
The End of Alchemy: Mervyn King considers the future of banking and the global economy
06/01/2016
Immigration Impossible: Motivated by the experiences of clinic clients, Nancy Morawetz exposes misconceptions about our nation’s immigration system
05/13/2016
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Putting Politics Back Into Political Theory: In his latest book, Jeremy Waldron argues for the importance of focusing on real-world institutions
05/06/2016
How to Tax the Rich: Plenty of people call for increasing taxes on the wealthy. David Kamin looks at how to do it effectively
04/14/2016
Collective Living: In his recent book, David Garland asserts the necessity of the welfare state
03/22/2016
Housing in Order: Roderick Hills proposes comprehensive planning to fight NIMBYism and increase affordable housing
03/01/2016
Driven by Reputation: Katherine Strandburg investigates why physicians don’t patent medical procedures—and what that means for patent law
02/17/2016
The Bug Stops Here: Samuel Rascoff sparks debate with his argument for greater presidential oversight of intelligence gathering
02/03/2016
The Age of Criminality: Kim Taylor-Thompson advocates for a bright-line rule to keep juvenile offenders out of adult courts
01/12/2016
Scholars’ Row: NYU Law faculty books of 2015
12/18/2015
A Law’s Tragic Flaw: In their new book, Richard Revesz and Jack Lienke ’11 explain the dark side of the Clean Air Act
12/08/2015
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Love Across Barriers: In a new book, David Richards explores the connection between our abilities to love and to resist injustice
11/23/2015
Doubly Condemned: Alina Das argues that individuals with criminal convictions are treated unfairly in the immigration system
11/10/2015