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How did the English parliament become a legislature—an assembly that deliberates, makes law, and represents a nation? In this wide-ranging and carefully argued reinterpretation, Matthew Steilen retrac...

Scholars, lawmakers, and the public alike express an intense interest in knowing what motivates judicial decision-making. Are judges like umpires, merely calling balls and strikes, as then-Judge John ...

The practice of interpreting state constitutions identically to their federal counterpart is often criticized in blanket terms. But the ways state courts lockstep vary widely.

It was an honor to be selected as one of UT's Outstanding Teachers this year along with five other faculty members from around the University. Being in the classroom with our students never stops bei...

On the cusp of the new year and its new beginnings, I pause to celebrate the astonishing continuity of the Legal Theory Blog, published since 2002 (at least) by Lawrence (Larry) Solum, now at the…

Experts at the Great Lakes Water Conference explore how smarter policy, wetlands and collaboration can secure clean water and curb pollution in the region.

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Welcome to the blog of the Legal Institute of the Great Lakes!  This inaugural post will explain who we are, what we do, and how we hope this blog will serve the legal and policy community of the Grea...

Great Lakes Water Conference : College of Law : The University of Toledo

In a joint court filing released Monday, Campbell Soup Supply Company admitted to over 5,400 Clean Water Act violations at its Napoleon plant.

I know, I know. That “no vehicles in the park” hypo is so tired. Clearly no such thing is possible in the modern age. Here’s a sign I came upon on my bicycle ride around Lake Hefner in Oklahoma City,....

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This blog post draws an unlikely—but potentially quite important—connection between Congress’s power to “appropriate” and the three “vesting” clauses of the Constitution. It is an axiom of separation ...

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The Trump administration’s slashing of budgets and staff have Great Lakes scientists concerned that they have lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and...

Donald Trump’s new blizzard of tariffs is a nightmare for many companies. But one profession can expect an increase in business: lawyers.

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