Professor Nash on Reversal In Katrina Case, Corps Not Liable for Flooding Damage
In 2009, a federal judge ruled the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was liable for damages because of negligence in maintaining a shipping channel that plaintiffs said increased storm surge and flooding in the wake of Hurricane...[more]
High Litigation Costs Mean Few Attorneys Accept Malpractice Lawsuits, Professor Bailey Finds
A new study by Emory Law Professor Joanna Shepherd Bailey finds that fewer than 3 percent of patients harmed by physicians are compensated for their injuries, largely because they are unable to find attorneys willing to take...[more]
Student Loan System Penalizes Students with Both High interest Rates and Low Forgiveness, Pardo Tells The New York Times
Professor Brown Says All Members of Congress should release their tax returns to get a fair tax system
Top Christian Scholars To Be Featured in New Emory Lecture Series
The Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University has been awarded a $250,000 grant from the McDonald Agape Foundation to create a new lecture series designed to showcase the world’s pre-eminent Christian scholars...[more]
Professor Dudziak Examines the Impact of War on Law and Democracy
Americans tend to view wartime as a definite period, with a beginning and an end, followed by peacetime. But war and peace aren’t so easily defined, Mary L. Dudziak says in her new book, War Time: An Idea, Its History, Its...[more]