University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law

The University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law is a scholarly journal focusing on issues of constitutional law published by an organization of second- and third-year J.D. students at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Volume 10 will be published during the 2007-08 academic year. The "Journal" publishes five issues each volume, including an issue or issues devoted to the "Journal's" symposium. The "Journal" is one of five major scholarly journals at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and one of the top fifty law journals in the United States based on citations and impact. [http://lawlib.wlu.edu/LJ/index.aspx]

The "Journal" is published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, site of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and home of the Liberty Bell, which graces the cover of the "Journal". The "Journal" is led by Editor-in-Chief Nabeel Yousef and Managing Editor Doron P. Kenter. In 2008-2009, Jeremy Adler will take the reins as Editor-in-Chief, and Kim Yuhas will assume the position of Managing Editor.

Also in Volume 11, the "Journal" will launch two new websites under the guidance of Megan Hall, who will be the "Journal"'s first Online Content Editor.

=Symposia=Each winter the "Journal of Constitutional Law" hosts a symposium focusing on popular topics in constitutional scholarship and featuring scholars of the law and related fields.
*2008: "Cruel and Unusual Punishment: Litigating Under the Eighth Amendment," February 15-16, 2008
*2007: "Positive Approaches to Constitutional Law and Theory" [http://www.law.upenn.edu/conlaw/symposium.html]
*2006: "The Future of Unenumerated Rights" [http://www.law.upenn.edu/conlaw/2006symposium.html]
*2005: "Law and Religion" [http://law.wlu.edu/library/CLJC/index.asp?issue=yes&mainid=503&issuedate=2006-06-28&abstracts=yes&coins=yes&homepage=yes&jf1=yes&jf1url=http%3A%2F%2Fworldcatlibraries%2Eorg%2Fregistry%2Fgateway&jf2=yes&jf2url=http%3A%2F%2Flawlib%2Ewlu%2Eedu%2Fresolver%2Easpx]
*2004: "Race Jurisprudence and the Supreme Court: Where Do We Go from Here?" [http://law.wlu.edu/library/CLJC/index.asp?issue=yes&mainid=503&issuedate=2005-06-23&abstracts=yes&coins=yes&homepage=yes&jf1=yes&jf1url=http%3A%2F%2Fworldcatlibraries%2Eorg%2Fregistry%2Fgateway&jf2=yes&jf2url=http%3A%2F%2Flawlib%2Ewlu%2Eedu%2Fresolver%2Easpx]

=Notable Articles=
* Sanford Levinson, "Diversity", 2 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 573 (2000)
* David C. Baldus et al., "The Use of Preemptory Challenges in Capital Murder Trials: A Legal and Empirical Analysis", 3 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 3 (2001)
* Sandra Day O'Connor, "The Supreme Court and the Family", 3 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 573 (2001)
* Randy E. Barnett, "The Original Meaning of the Necessary and Proper Clause", 6 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 183 (2003) [http://ssrn.com/abstract=410542]
* Adam Raviv, "Unsafe Harbors: One Person, One Vote and Partisan Redistricting", 7 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 1001 (2005)
* Louis H. Pollak, "Liberty": Enumerated Rights? Unenumerated Rights? Penumbral Rights? Other?", 8 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 905 (2006)
* Brian R. Decker, "The War of Information": The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act," Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, "and the President's Warrantless-Wiretapping Program", 9 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 291 (2006) [http://ssrn.com/abstract=899820]
* Laurence H. Tribe, "Reflections on Unenumerated Rights", 9 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 483 (2007)
* Benjamin P. O'Glasser, "Constitutional, Political, and Philosophical Struggle: Measure 37 and the Oregon Urban Growth Boundary Controversy", 9 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 595 (2007)

=External Link= [http://www.law.upenn.edu/conlaw/index.html University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law]


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