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    • RU 486: A LESSON IN RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY 

      Ramirez, Vernadet (1994)
      The current controversy surrounding the introduction of the French abortifacient, RU 486, into the U.S. should not be simplistically characterized as the FDA’s failure to admit a promising new drug for ...

    • A Rule of Law for Cities 

      Frug, Gerald Ellison (Ben Gurion University of the Negev Israel, 2010)
      This essay focuses on one aspect of the relationship between law and space: the idea that cities be governed by the rule of law. The core value of the rule of law, it is suggested, is the need to restrain the exercise of ...

    • The Rule of Reason in Property Law 

      Singer, Joseph William (University of California, Davis, 2013)
      Property rights cannot work if they are not clear, and scholars generally assume that the best way to attain this goal is to define property rights by relatively rigid rules. However, recent evidence suggests that the ...

    • Rules 'With All Deliberate Speed' 

      Lazarus, Richard James (Environmental Law Institute, 2012)

    • Rules and Rulelessness 

      Sunstein, Cass Robert (1994)

    • Rules versus Standards: An Economic Analysis 

      Kaplow, Louis (Duke University School of Law, 1992)
      This Article offers an economic analysis of the extent to which legal commands should be promulgated as rules or standards. Two dimensions of the problem are emphasized. First, the choice between rules and standards affects ...

    • Ruminations on the Work of Frederick Schauer 

      Fallon, Richard Henry (1997)

    • Russia, Ukraine, and the West: Social Media Sentiment in the Euromaidan Protests 

      Etling, Bruce (2014)
      This paper investigates sentiment in the online conversation about the Ukrainian Euromaidan protests across a range of English- and Russian-language social and traditional media sources. Results from this exploratory ...

    • Same Old, Same Old 

      Vermeule, Cornelius Adrian (2012)

    • Same Sex Marriage, Full Faith and Credit, and the Evasion of Obligation 

      Singer, Joseph William (2005)
      Now that same sex marriages have been occurring in Massachusetts for almost a year, the issue of interstate recognition is no longer merely a theoretical issue. Most scholars have either argued that the full faith and ...

    • Saving the Internet 

      Zittrain, Jonathan L. (Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University, 2007)
      The Internet goose has laid countless golden eggs, along with a growing number of rotten ones. But it's the rotten ones that now tempt commercial, governmental, and consumer interests to threaten the Internet's uniquely ...

    • Scholars' Briefs and the Vocation of the Law Professor 

      Fallon, Richard Henry (2011)

    • The Science, Fiction, and Science Fiction of Unsex Mothering 

      Cohen, I. Glenn (2012)
      Response to Darren Rosenblum’s UnsexMothering: Toward a Culture of New Parenting

    • Scientology and the FDA: A Look Back, A Modern Analysis, And A New Approach 

      Cavanaugh, Jeanne (2004)
      Clashes between the government’s power to regulate activity and religious adherents’ free exercise right to practice their religion are frequent. However, for some federal agencies, ...

    • The Scope of Medicare Reimbursement for New Medical Devices: Impact on Device Availability and the Standard of Care 

      Yeon, Susan B. (1995)
      Evolving standards of care motivated by advances in medical technology alter the characteristics and costs of delivered health care. Faced with shifting reimbursement demands, the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) ...

    • Score Another One for the Internet? The Role of the Networked Public Sphere in the U.S. Net Neutrality Policy Debate 

      Benkler, Yochai; Faris, Robert M; Roberts, Hal M.; Etling, Bruce; Othman, Dalia (Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, 2015)
      In this paper we study the public debate over net neutrality in the United States from January through November 2014. We compiled, mapped, and analyzed over 16,000 stories published on net neutrality, augmented by data ...

    • Scottsboro 

      Klarman, Michael J. (Marquette University School of Law, 2009)
      This essay tells the story of Scottsboro, one of the most important legal events of the twentieth century, in which nine black teenagers were falsely accused of rape, sentenced to death, and twice successfully appealed ...

    • Scurvy and Vitamin C 

      Mayberry, Jason A. (2004)
      This paper outlines the history of scurvy and vitamin C. The first section of the paper outlines the science of vitamin C. The second discusses outlines the medical progression of vitamin C deficiency and scurvy. The third ...

    • Searches and Seizures in a Networked World 

      Zittrain, Jonathan L. (Harvard University, Harvard Law School, 2006)
      This essay responds to Orin S. Kerr, Searches and Seizures in a Digital World, 119 Harv. L. Rev. 531 (2005), http://ssrn.com/abstract=697541. Professor Kerr has published a thorough and careful article on the application ...

    • Searching for a Cure: The FDA's Regulatory Approach to Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine 

      Kim, Anna L. (1997)
      I will begin this discussion by describing traditional Chinese medicine and how it compares to the Western medical tradition. Second, I will then examine why regulation is necessary given the impact of Chinese herbal ...