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‘Move the horizon’: USC celebrates Beong-Soo Kim’s investiture as the university’s 13th president
Thousands of members of the Trojan Family come together for a moving formal ceremony followed by a universitywide celebration.
A commitment to living on fair terms: Jonathan Quong
"I am interested in how we ought to organize our shared social, political, and legal institutions so that we can live on fair terms with each other."
A legal system subject to moral critique and reconstruction: Marcela Prieto
"The legal system is entirely contingent — and everything can be subject to moral critique and reconstruction."
In the News
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Kathy Hochul Says New York Needs to Close the "Cornell Seven" Loophole. That’s FalseSlate
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What lies ahead for the children at the center of the California surrogacy scandal? Experts weigh in.CBS News
Recent Faculty Scholarship
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“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
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"The Paradox of Taxing the Rich," Florida Tax Review (Forthcoming, Fall 2023).
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"Death Penalty Abolitionism From the Enlightenment to Modernity," American Journal of Comparative Law (2023).
September 11, 2023
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