In January 1917, Professor Henry J. Fletcher launched the Minnesota Law Review with lofty aspirations: “A well-conducted law review . . . ought to do something to develop the spirit of statesmanship as distinguished from a dry professionalism. It ought at the same time contribute a little something to the systematic growth of the whole law.” For the next forty years, in conjunction with the Minnesota State Bar Association, the faculty of the University of Minnesota Law School directed the work of student editors of the Law Review. Despite their initial oversight and vision, however, the faculty gradually handed the editorial mantle over to law students.
During 1954 and 1955, the “faculty” editors left the masthead of the journal, affiliation with the State Bar was severed, and the faculty Editor-in-Chief quietly assumed the role of “advisor.” From April 1955 through June 1989, a student President oversaw the publication. Then, in October of 1989, the student staff revived the role of Editor-in-Chief, a title now worn by a student. Today, the Board of Editors, consisting of up to thirty-nine editors, governs the Law Review and determines its policies and procedures. Along with thirty-eight student staff members, each Board of Editors strives to rise to the challenge of Professor Fletcher to “contribute a little something to the systematic growth of the whole law.”

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Submissions from 1986

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Reverse Engineering, Unfair Competition, and Fair Use, Leo J. Raskind

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Introduction, Leo J. Raskind and Richard H. Stern

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The Principles of Federal Pollution Control Law, Mark Sagoff

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Creating a New Kind of Intellectual Property: Applying the Lessons of the Chip Law to Computer Programs, Pamela Samuelson

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Issue Manipulation by the Burger Court: Saving the Community from Itself, Suzanna Sherry

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Determining Liability for Infringement of Mask Work Rights under the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act, Richard H. Stern

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The Soul of the Fugue: An Essay on Reading Fuller, Peter Read Teachout

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Barnes v. Kline: Picking the President's Pocket, Benson K. Whitney

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The Social Sciences and the Modernization of China, Mei Yi

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Levying on Joint Bank Accounts: A Ticking Bomb for the Nondelinquent Joint Account Holder, Michael J. Young

Submissions from 1985

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Public Sector Bargaining: Fiscal Crisis and Unilateral Change, Stephen F. Befort

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Judge Posner and the NLRB: Implications for Labor Law Reform, Leonard Bierman

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The Legitimacy of Judicial Review in Individual Rights Cases: Michael Perry's Constitutional Theory and Beyond, Daniel O. Conkle

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Steve Block: A Teacher to Us All, Laura Cooper

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Natural Gas Price Escalation Clauses: A Legal and Economic Analysis, David Crump

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Efficient Just Compensation as a Limit on Eminent Domain, James Geoffrey Durham

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Steven Block, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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UCC Section 9-315: A Historical and Modern Perspective, David Frisch

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To Bargain or Not to Bargain: A New Chapter in Work Relocation Decisions, B.Glenn George

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Commercial Rationality and the Duty to Adjust Long-Term Contracts, Clayton P. Gillette

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Busing, Timetables, Goals, and Ratios: Touchstones of Equal Opportunity, Gerald W. Heaney

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Private Cost Recovery Actions under CERCLA, Paul W. Heiring

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The Supreme Court and Tying Arrangments: Antitrust as History, Victor H. Kramer

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Sedima and Bankers Trust: Second Circuit Delivers a Mortal Blow to Private Civil RICO Actions, S.Gregg Kunzi

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Fear and the Media: A First Amendment Horror Show, Donald E. Lively

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Experts, Psychology, Credibility, and Rape: The Rape Trauma Syndrome Issue and Its Implications for Expert Psychological Testimony, Toni M. Massaro

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Tel-Oren v. Libyan Arab Republic: Redefining the Alien Tort Claims Act, Virginia A. Melvin

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Corporate Pension Plans as Property of the Bankruptcy Estate, Nancy Roetman Menzel

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Vertical Refusals to Deal under the Sherman Act: Products Liability and Malley-Duff Divide the Circuits, Christopher D. Mitchell

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Sidetracking the FELA: The Railroads' Property Damage Claims, William P. Murphy

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SEC v. Lowe: The Constitutionality of Prohibiting Publication of Investment Newsletters under the Investment Advisers Act, John D. Norquist

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Smith v. Superior Court: A New Tort of Intentional Spoliation of Evidence, Pati Jo Pofahl

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Public Policy Limitations on Cohabitation Agreements: Unruly Horse or Circus Pony, Harry G. Prince

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Client Prejury: A Proposed Resolution of the Constitutional and Ethical Issues, Carol T. Rieger

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Professor Block: A Student Remembers, Jill Ruzicka

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Sailing the Unchartered Seas of Bad Faith: Seamen's Direct Buying Service, Inc. v. Standard Oil Co., Eileen A. Scallen

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The Unconstitutionality of State Insurance Takeover Statutes: An Unfortunate but Not Necessairly Final Result, John M. Sheffey

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Robert C. McClure: A Tribute on His Retirement, Robert A. Stein

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Tribute to Professor Steven M. Block, Robert A. Stein

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Winner Take Some: Loss Sharing and Commercial Impracticability, Leon E. Trakman

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The UCC Farm Products Exception--A Time to Change, D.L. Uchtmann, Julie A. Bauer, and A.M. Dudek

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When One-Eyed Accountants are Kings: A Primer on Microeconomics, Income Taxes, and the Shibboleth of Efficiency, Richard A. Westin

Submissions from 1984

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Toward a Constitutional Framework for the Control of State Court Jurisdiction, Robert H. Abrams and Paul R. Dimond

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The Appropriate Standard: Disparate Impact under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, James S. Alexander

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Anatomy of an Unusual Economic Substantive Due Process Case: Workers' Compensation Insurers Rating Association v. State, Carl A. Auerbach

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Agricultural Philosophies and Policies in the New Deal, Harold F. Breimyer

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FOIA Exemption 3 and the CIA: An Approach to End the Confusion and Controversy, Gregory G. Brooker

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The Development of the Social Security Act of 1935: Reflections Some Fifty Years Later, Wilbur J. Cohen

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Apparent Authority in Antitrust Law and Ruminations on a New Antitrust Theory: The Implications of Amercian Scoiety of Mechanical Engineers, Inc. v. Hydrolevel Corp., Philip T. Colton

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Jones v. United States: Automatic Commitment of Individuals Found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity, Louise Dovre

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The Due Process Need for Postponement or Use Immnuity in Probation Revocation Hearings Based on Criminal Charges, Joseph Doyle

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Criminalizing Juvenile Justice: Rules of Procedure for the Juvenile Court, Barry C. Feld

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The New Deal Regulatory Model: A History of Criticisms and Refinements, Daniel J. Gifford

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Doe v. Selective Service System: The Constitutionality of Conditioning Student Financial Assistance on Draft Registration, Robert D. Jacob

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Roosevelt and the Protest of the 1930s, Seymour Martin Lipset

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Presidents and Their Papers, Carl McGowan

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The Adversary System: Dinosaur or Phoneix, Arthur R. Miller

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The Legacy of the New Deal: The Role of Government in American Life, Walter F. Mondale

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Determining Value in Barter Tranactions: A Response to Robert Keller's The Taxation of Barter of Barter Transactions, Joel S. Newman

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Untangling the Web of Gift-Leasebback Jurisprudence, Robert J. Peroni

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New Deal Agricutural Policies after Fifty Years, Wayne D. Rasmussen

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Copyright Infringement of Computer Programs: A Modification of the Substantial Similarity Test, Howard Root

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Sharing Debts: Creditors and Debtors under the Uniform Marital Property Act, Keith D. Ross

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The Impact of Section 547 of the Bankruptcy Code upon Secured and Unsecured Creditors, Thomas Ross

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Rhetoric and Rationality in the Law of Negligence, Steven D. Smith

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Deconstructing the Legislative Veto, Girardeau A. Spann

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Carl A. Auerbach--A Tribute, Robert A. Stein

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Tribute to Robert F. Grabb, Robert A. Stein

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The Role of the Attorney in Estate Administration, Robert A. Stein and Ian G. Fierstein

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Liability Coverage for Damages because of Property Damage under the Comprehensive General Liability Policy, Laurie Vasichek

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Disparate Impact Analysis and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Marla Ziegler

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Integration of Deposit Account Financing into Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code: A Proposal for Legislative Reform, Luize E. Zubrow

Submissions from 1983

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Countertrends in Corporation Law: Model Business Corporation Act Revision, British Company Law Reform, and Principles of Corporate Governance and Structure, Douglas M. Branson

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Congressional Power to Expand Judicial Definitions of the Substantive Terms of the Civil War Amendments, Jesse H. Choper

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Applied Art and Industrial Design: A Suggested Approach to Copyright in Useful Articles, Robert C. Denicola

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Ancillary Relief in Federal Securities Law: A Study in Federal Remedies, George W. Dent Jr.

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A Clarification and Reformulation of Prevailing Approaches to Product Separability in Franchise Tie-In Sales, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Allocating Copyright Liability to Telecommunications Common Carriers Supplying Cable Systems, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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An Economic Analysis of Royalty Terms in Patent Licenses, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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An Economic Analysis of the 1982 Justice Department Guidelines for Horizontal Mergers, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Antitrust Injury and Standing: A Question of Legal Cause, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Case of the Dead Judge: Fed. R. Civ. P. 63: Whalen v. Ford Motor Credit Co., Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Federal Tort Claims Act: Notice of Claim Requirement, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Governmental Liability for Customs Officials' Negligence: Kosak v. United States, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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It Takes More Than Money to Fly Delta--It Takes Nerve: Union Secondary Boycott Publicity and the First Amendment: Delta Air Lines, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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The Constitutionality of Tax Relief for Parents of Children Attending Public and Nonpublic Schools, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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The Economics of Legal History, Herbert Hovenkamp

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The Taxation of Barter Transactions, Robert I. Keller

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Solving the Free Exercise Dilemma: Free Exercise as Expression, William P. Marshall

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Education or Indoctrination--Removal of Books from Public School Libraries: Board of Education, Island Trees Union Free School District No. 26 v. Pico, Martin D. Munic

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Secured Creditors and the Automatic Stay: Variable Bargain Models of Fairness, Raymond T. Nimmer

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Defensive Use of State of the Art Evidence in Strict Products Liability, Garey B. Spradley

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A Fair Process Model for the Union's Fair Representation Duty, Lea S. VanderVelde

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The Coming Encounter: International Arbitration and Bankruptcy, Jay Lawrence Westbrook

Submissions from 1982

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The Power Issue in Public Sector Grievance Arbitration, Roger I. Abrams

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Professionals and Unionization, Marina Angel

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Value Judgments: Accounts Receivable Financing and Voidable Preferences under the New Bankruptcy Code, Neil B. Cohen

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Interstate Child Custody: Jurisdiction, Recognition, and Enforcement, Russell M. Coombs

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On the Nature and Consequences of Private and Public Enterprises, Louis De Alessi

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Means of Executing Searches and Seizures as Fourth Amendment Issues, George E. Dix