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 1979

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Cost of Goods Sold--An Unwarranted Exception to the Public Policy Doctrine, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Criminal Procedure: Admissibility of Evidence Obtained in Unannoucned Nighttime Search Made Pursuant to Invalid Warrant, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Environmental Law: Challenge to Power Line Routing Decision under the Minnesota Environmental Rights Act, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Federal Tort Claims Act: Liability of United States for Torts Committed in Good Faith by Federal Law Enforcement Officers, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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J. Morris Clark, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Labor Law: Sympathy Strikes Uner the Minnesota Public Employment Relations Act, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Landlord-Tenant Law: Abolition of Self-Help in Minnesota, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Legal Remedies for Employment-Related Sexual Harassment, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Letters of Credit: Injunction as a Remedy for Fraud in U.C.C. Section 5-114, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Medicaid Funding for Transsexual Surgery, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Medical Malpractice: Expert Opinion Unnecessary to Establish Claim Based on Doctrine of Informed Consent, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Minnesota Antitrust Law of 1971: Interpretation and Analysis, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Products Liability: Retailer May Have Duty to Warn Even Though Product Is Not in a Defective Condition Unreasonably Dangerous to Plaintiff, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Standards of Judicial Review for Conditions of Pretrial Detention, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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State Intervention into Local Land Use Regulation--A Proposal for Reform of Minnesota Legislation, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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The Minnesota Supreme Court Prehearing Conference--An Empirical Evaluation, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Torts: Use of Comparative Fault in Apportioning Damage for Aggravated Injuries, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Uniform Commercial Code: Buyers of Nonconforming Goods Who Revoke Acceptance under Section 2-608 May Recover the Purchase Price from a Remote Supplier Despite Lack of Privity of Contract, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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The Right of an Employee under OSHA to Refuse to Work in the Face of Imminent Danger, Wilbur W. Fluegel

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Seeking Local Government Financial Integrity Through Debt Ceilings, Tax Limitations, and Expenditure Limits: The New York City Fiscal Crisis, the Taxpayers' Revolt, and Beyond, M.David Gelfand

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Primary-Line Injury under the Robinson-Patman Act: The Development of Standards and Erosion of Enforcement, Daniel J. Gifford

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Renewed Judicial Controversy over Defective Product Design: Toward the Preservation of an Emerging Consensus, James A. Henderson Jr.

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The Internal Revenue Service Summons to Produce Documents: Powers, Procedures, and Taxpayer Defenses, Nancy I. Kenderdine

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Of Plates and Shapes: An Antitrust Vignette, Victor H. Kramer

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Some Problems of Discovery in an Adversary System, David L. Shapiro

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In Pursuit of Excellence--A History of the University of Minnesota Law School Part IV: The Pirsig Years--A Time of Transition, 1948-1955, Robert A. Stein

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In Pursuit of Excellence--A History of the University of Minnesota Law School--Part VI: The Auerbach Years--A Time of Building, Controversy, and Frustration, 1972-1979, Robert A. Stein

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In Pursuit of Excellence--A History of the University of Minnesota Law School--Part V: The Lockhart Years--A Time of Achievement and Challenge, 1956-1972, Robert A. Stein

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Federal Regulation of Home Mortgage Settlement Costs: RESPA and Its Alternatives, Diana Stoppello

Submissions from 1978

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Issues in Gerrymandering: An Exploratory Measure of Partisan Gerrymandering Applied to Minnesota, Charles Backstrom, Leonard Robins, and Scott Eller

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Environmental Rights in Theory and Practice, David P. Bryden

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Ascription of Criminal States of Mind: Toward a Defense Theory for the Coercively Persuaded (Brainwashed) Defendant, Richard Delgado

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Civil Rights--Civil Procedure: State Appellate Court Judgment on Employment Discrimination is Res Judicata in Subsequent Federal Action under Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Continuing Violations of Title VII: A Suggested Approach, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Criminal Procedure: Expungement of Arrest Records, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Disclosure of Union Authorization Cards Under the Freedom of Information Act--Interpreting the Personal Privacy Exemptions, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Evidence: Statutory Presumption of a Decedent's Due Care Denies Equal Protection to Survivors Sued for Wrongful Death, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Family Law: Property Rights of Unmarried Cohabitants, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Federal Jurisdiction: Federal Court Has Power to Hear Rule 14 Claim by Plaintiff against Nondiverse Third Party Defendant, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Labor Law--Constitutional Law: First Amendment Rights Infringed by Employer Proviso of Section 101(a)(4) of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Protecting First Amendment Rights of Defendants by Limiting Plaintiffs' Access to the Courts: Procedural Approaches to Noerr and Sullivan, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Transcendental Meditation and the Meaning of Religion under the Establishment Clause, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Reference of Juvenile Offenders for Adult Prosecution: The Legislative Alternative to Asking Unanswerable Questions, Barry C. Feld

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Legitimizing Racial Discrimination through Antidiscrimination law: A Critcal Review of Supreme Court Doctrine, Alan David Freeman

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Representation of Multiple Criminal Defendants: Conflicts of Interest and the Professional Responsibilities of the Defense Attorney, John Stewart Geer

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Unconscionability at the Gas Station, Ellen R. Jordan

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Judicial Deradicalization of the Wagner Act and the Origins of Modern Legal Consciousness, 1937-1941, Karl E. Klare

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Hochfelder's Progeny: Implications for the Auditor, Michael B. Metzger and James A. Heintz

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Norms and Normativity in the Economic Theory of Law, Frank I. Michelman

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Toward a Comprehensive Fair Information Standards Law: A Commentary on the Data Privacy Issue in Minnesota, G.Theodore Mitau

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Jettisoning Fay v. Noia: Procedural Defaults by Reasonably Incompetent Counsel, Yale L. Rosenberg

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In Pursuit of Excellence--A History of the University of Minnesota Law School--Part III: The Frasedr Years--A Time of Excellence and Innovation, Robert A. Stein

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In Pursuit of Excellence--A History of the University of Minnesota Law School--Part I: The Pattee Years--A Time of Accomodation, Robert A. Stein

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In Pursuit of Excellence--A History of the University of Minnesota Law Scool--Part II: The Vance Years--A Time of Ascendancy, Robert A. Stein

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Due Process Methodology and Prisoner Exchange Treaties: Confronting an Uncertain Calculus, Irwin P. Stotzky and Alan C. Swan

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United States Ratification of the Human Rights Covenants, David Weissbrodt

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Barriers to Effective Public Participation in Regulation of the Legal Profession, Charles W. Wolfram

Submissions from 1977

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Gertz and Firestone: A Study in Constitutional Policy-Making, Gerald G. Ashdown

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The Impact of Variances: A Study of Statewide Zoning, David P. Bryden

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The Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments: Constitutional Authority for Federal Legislation against Private Sex Discrimination, Emily Calhoun

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Client Fraud and the Lawyer--An Ethical Analysis, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Criminal Law: Chronic Alcoholism as a Defense to Crime, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Criminal Procedure: Due Process Requires Dismissal of Charges Where Government Pre-Indictment Delay Prejudices Defense, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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DR 7-104 of the Code of Professional Responsibility Applied to the Government Party, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Environmental Law: Public Participation in the Environmental Impact Statement Process, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Federal Jurisdiction: State Parens Patriae Standing in Suits against Federal Agencies, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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In Pari Delicto and the Deterrence of Antitrust Violations, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Landlord-Tenant: Proving Motive in Retaliatory Eviction--Minnesota's Solution, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Mental Health: A Model Statute to Regulate the Administration of Therapy within Mental Health Facilities, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Taxation: Liberal Standard Proposed for Deducting Charitable Contributions to Religious Schools, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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The Deterrent Effect of Capital Punishment: A Cross-State Analysis of the 1960's, Brian E. Forst

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The Moral Environment of the Law, Charles Frankel

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The Federal Fetal Experimentation Regulations: An Establishment Clause Analysis, Jane M. Friedman

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Intention and Structure in Contractual Conditions: Outline of a Method for Critical Legal Theory, Peter Gabel

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Deductibility of Expenses for Conventions and Educational Seminars, Philip F. Postlewaite

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Consumer Protection and the First Amendment: A Dilemma for the FTC, Robert B. Reich

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Compulsion That Violates the Fifth Amendment: The Burger Court's Definition, Larry J. Ritchie

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Truancy, School Phobia and Minimal Brain Dysfunction, Irene Merker Rosenberg and Yale L. Rosenberg

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Hudgens v. NLRB and the Problem of State Action in First Amendment Adjudication, Frederick F. Schauer

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Testimonial Privleges: An Analysis of Horizontal Choice of Law Problems, Stewart E. Sterk

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Punitive Damages in the Law of Contract: The Reality and the Illusion of Legal Change, Timothy J. Sullivan

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Subjectivity, Expression, and Privacy: Problems of Aesthetic Regulation, Stephen F. Williams

Submissions from 1976

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Pretrial Discovery in Minnesota, Richard B. Allyn

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Judicial Review in Local Government Law: A Reappraisal, Harold H. Bruff

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The Failure of Section 1237 in Dealing with Sales of Subdivided Realty, Fred C. Chandler Jr.

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Civil and Criminal Penalties and Forfeitures: A Framework for Constitutional Analysis, J.Morris Clark

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Of the Parens Patriae Commitment Power and Drug Treatment of Schizophrenia: Do the Benefits to the Patient Justify Involuntary Treatment, Eugene Z. DuBose Jr.

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Alien Labor Certification, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Application of the Pretrial Discovery Rules in Minnesota--Some Constitutional Considerations, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Constitutional Law: Warrantless Parole Officer Seraches--A New Rationale, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Courts: Jurors Dissenting on Special Verdict Issue Excluded from Subsequent Deliberations, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Federal Regulation of Municipal Securities, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Governmental Investigations of the Exercise of First Amendment Rights: Citizens' Rights and Remedies, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Jury Trial in Minnesota--Right or Obligation, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Minnesota Rules of Criminal Procedure--Introduction, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Procedural Due Process in Parole Release Proceedings--Existing Rules, Recent Court Decisions, and Experience in the Prison, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Products Liability in Commercial Trasnactions, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Protecting Intangible Expectations under Collective Bargaining Agreements--Overcoming the Proscription of Arbitral Penalties, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Standards of Mental Illness in the Insanity Defense and Police Power Commitments: A Proposal for A Uniform Standard, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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The Constitutionality of the No-Notice Provisions of the Uniform Probate Code, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board