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Faculty Spotlight

Housing Law and Policy Clinic and partners win with federal court ruling that preserves key tenant protections

Housing Law and Policy Clinic and partners win with federal court ruling that preserves key tenant protections

Judge’s ruling preserves key housing laws as HLPC, partners continue defending the city’s tenant protections on appeal

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Research Spotlight: When AI takes the wheel, who’s responsible?
Professor Greg Keating stands in front of a self-driving car and looks off into the distance.

Research Spotlight: When AI takes the wheel, who’s responsible?

USC Gould Professor Gregory Keating explores the fundamental mismatch between human-centered liability laws and autonomous vehicles

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Felipe Jiménez receives top article honor from Association of American Law Schools for ‘Legality and Commitment’

Felipe Jiménez receives top article honor from Association of American Law Schools for ‘Legality and Commitment’

The award, presented by the AALS Jurisprudence Section, recognizes excellence in philosophical legal scholarship

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Recent Faculty Scholarship

  • “When It Comes to Electoral Disputes, State Justices are Less Reliable GOP Allies than U.S. Supreme Court Justices — and That's the "Problem" (even a Modified Version of) the Independent State Legislature Claim Hopes to Solve” (with Lee Epstein and Michael Nelson), Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (accepted August 2023, forthcoming 2024).
    October 18, 2023
  • "Death Penalty Abolitionism From the Enlightenment to Modernity," American Journal of Comparative Law (2023).

    September 11, 2023
  • "The Property-Tax Bundle of Rights," Michigan State Law Review (Forthcoming 2024).

    September 11, 2023

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