Below the Line

Professor William Carter, Jr. discusses his piece, "The Second Founding and Self-Incrimination," published in Volume 118.4 of our journal.

In 2022, the Northwestern University Law Review presents a symposium on Fraud and the Erosion of Trust, which brings together scholars of history, sociology, economics, psychology, business, and corporate and consumer fraud with a diverse array of practitioners to explore the most effective ways to redress the rise in fraud and accompanying decline in public trust.

Key inquiry:

Has widespread fraud so significantly undermined trust in individuals, government, and market institutions that American society is confronting a reckoning?

If so, what are the best policies and approaches to reduce misrepresentation and deceit to less disruptive levels and thus reconstitute versions of trust and trustworthiness that make sense in the interconnected 21st century?

In 2022, the Northwestern University Law Review presents a symposium on Fraud and the Erosion of Trust, which brings together scholars of history, sociology, economics, psychology, business, and corporate and consumer fraud with a diverse array of practitioners to explore the most effective ways to redress the rise in fraud and accompanying decline in public trust.

Key inquiry:

Has widespread fraud so significantly undermined trust in individuals, government, and market institutions that American society is confronting a reckoning?

If so, what are the best policies and approaches to reduce misrepresentation and deceit to less disruptive levels and thus reconstitute versions of trust and trustworthiness that make sense in the interconnected 21st century?

In 2022, the Northwestern University Law Review presents a symposium on Fraud and the Erosion of Trust, which brings together scholars of history, sociology, economics, psychology, business, and corporate and consumer fraud with a diverse array of practitioners to explore the most effective ways to redress the rise in fraud and accompanying decline in public trust.

Key inquiry:

Has widespread fraud so significantly undermined trust in individuals, government, and market institutions that American society is confronting a reckoning?

If so, what are the best policies and approaches to reduce misrepresentation and deceit to less disruptive levels and thus reconstitute versions of trust and trustworthiness that make sense in the interconnected 21st century?

In 2022, the Northwestern University Law Review presents a symposium on Fraud and the Erosion of Trust, which brings together scholars of history, sociology, economics, psychology, business, and corporate and consumer fraud with a diverse array of practitioners to explore the most effective ways to redress the rise in fraud and accompanying decline in public trust.

Key inquiry:

Has widespread fraud so significantly undermined trust in individuals, government, and market institutions that American society is confronting a reckoning?

If so, what are the best policies and approaches to reduce misrepresentation and deceit to less disruptive levels and thus reconstitute versions of trust and trustworthiness that make sense in the interconnected 21st century?

In 2022, the Northwestern University Law Review presents a symposium on Fraud and the Erosion of Trust, which brings together scholars of history, sociology, economics, psychology, business, and corporate and consumer fraud with a diverse array of practitioners to explore the most effective ways to redress the rise in fraud and accompanying decline in public trust.

Key inquiry:

Has widespread fraud so significantly undermined trust in individuals, government, and market institutions that American society is confronting a reckoning?

If so, what are the best policies and approaches to reduce misrepresentation and deceit to less disruptive levels and thus reconstitute versions of trust and trustworthiness that make sense in the interconnected 21st century?

Law Review Live: Redeeming Justice by Northwestern University Law Review

Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine And The Rule Of Law by Northwestern University Law Review

In this episode, activist Kempis “Ghani” Songster and Professor Rachel Lopez discuss their article, written with co-author Terrell Carter: Redeeming Justice. You can read their article here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3728752.

After Jones, mandatory life without parole sentences for juveniles remain unconstitutional; if someone under 18 is sentenced to life without parole under a mandatory sentencing scheme, that person is entitled to a rehearing. Yet the majority’s opinion in Jones suggests that youth need not be considered explicitly when LWOP is part of a discretionary sentencing scheme.

In this episode, professor and attorney David Shapiro discusses the recent Supreme Court decision in Jones v. Mississippi. Professor Shapiro argued for the Petitioner, Brett Jones, before the Supreme Court. You can read the Court’s decision here: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/18-1259_8njq.pdf.