Pepperdine Law Review

My essays found homes! Is Snap Removal Unconstitutional? will be published in @PeppLawReview (papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…), and Article III Standing in Federal Prosecutions of "Victimless Crimes" will be published in the online companion to @FordhamLRev (papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…).

Looking forward to publishing my @SMULawSchool #property article, "eMortgage and Crypto-Mortgage in Home Finance," in @PeppLawReview. 🔗 Read it now: bit.ly/3y3zpf1

The symposium will feature a distinguished set of speakers, including scholars, federal and state judges, and other experts. Panel topics include the Supreme Court's criminal jurisprudence, state jury-selection reform, capital punishment, and more. We hope you can join us!

PLR’s annual symposium, “Crime and Punishment: The Future of the Criminal Legal System,” will take place tomorrow, Friday, March 29! Register (for in-person or virtual admission) here: law.pepperdine.edu/law-review/sym… /1

I'm looking forward to the @PeppLawReview March 29 symposium on the future of the criminal legal system. I'll be serving as moderator for a panel on criminal law at the Supreme Court, with Deputy SG Eric Feigin and @danepps. More info here: law.pepperdine.edu/law-review/sym… @PeppLaw

@LSULawProfs @capricelroberts article, “Judicial Fidelity,” is now published in @PeppLawReview SSRN Download: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Pepperdine Law Review is now accepting submissions for Vol. 52! For shorter articles and essays, our 2024 Annual Volume (PLR’s online companion) is also now open for submissions via its separate Scholastica link: …e-law-review-essays.scholasticahq.com We look forward to reading your work!

AUTHORS: Pepperdine Law Review will begin accepting submissions for Volume 52 on Feb. 1 at 11:59pm PT. Please visit our Scholastica page for more information. We look forward to reading your work! …pperdine-law-review.scholasticahq.com

. . . on mailing any item “designed, adapted or intended” to produce any abortion, regardless of the sender's intent. Allevato also discusses § 1461’s statutory history and argues that § 1461 does not present desuetude concerns. Read the full Article here: digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/plr/vol2023/is…

The application of § 1461 to the mailing of abortion drugs has prompted litigation, including a case to be decided by the Supreme Court this term. Allevato's Article argues that, based on the ordinary meaning of the statute, the law encompasses a broad prohibition /2

Another piece is out now in the PLR Annual Volume! In this Article, Peter Allevato provides a textual analysis of 18 U.S.C. § 1461 (the "Comstock Act"), the federal law that prohibits the interstate mailing of abortion drugs in certain circumstances. /1 digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/plr/vol2023/is…

. . . anti-democratic policies, particularly by limiting the subsidization of those policies. These policy proposals promote conciliation and would encourage Red states to re-engage in collective, bipartisan governance. Read the full Essay here: digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/plr/vol2023/is… /end

Michaels and Noll argue that Blue states should not focus on trying to regain residents and tax dollars and should not look to enact middle-of-the-road policies. Instead, they should stake out bold, progressive policies that prioritize affordability and limiting Red states' /5

This week, the Pepperdine Law Review Annual Volume published "Blue State Exodus?" by Jon D. Michaels and David L. Noll. In their Essay, Michaels and Noll offer new insights into why record numbers of people have left Blue states for Red states. /1 digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/plr/vol2023/is…

Read the Article in its entirety here: digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/plr/

But typical remedies for plea-bargain breaches don't fit in these circumstances. Instead, Cicchini argues, breaches of preliminary-hearing waiver offers should be treated as a failure to prosecute. Cicchini then describes several possible remedies and provides a model motion. /3

In the PLR Annual Volume's latest piece, Preliminary-Hearing Waivers and the Contract to Negotiate, Michael Cicchini explores plea offers under which prosecutors promise to engage in future plea negotiations if a defendant waives a preliminary hearing. /1 digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/plr/