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, was founded in 1916, and is currently published five times annually. The ''Law Review'' has an international circulation.

History

The ''Law Review'' was started as the ''Southern Law Quarterly'' by Rufus Carrollton Harris, the school's twelfth dean. Charles E. Dunbar, Jr., the

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reformer who became a Tulane law professor, served on the board of advisory editors of the ''Tulane Law Review'' from its inception until his death in 1959. A 1937 ''

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about Rufus Harris describes the ''Tulane Law Review'' as "nationally famed". The ''Law Review'' was most recently cited by the

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on April 27, 2010.

Membership

Membership of the ''Tulane Law Review'' is conferred upon Tulane law students who have "outstanding scholastic records or demonstrated ability in legal research and writing". Specifically, membership is chosen based on a student's law school grades and/or performance in an annual anonymous writing competition.

Alumni

*Michael Barton – former

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clerk * Pablo Carrillo – counsel to John McCain * Martin Leach-Cross Feldman –

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*Marc Firestone –

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of Kraft Foods Inc. *

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– wife of Senator Ted Kennedy * William H. Pryor, Jr. –

on the

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; former

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of the State of

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from 1997 to 2004 *

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– federal judge on the

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* Arthur C. Watson – chairman of the

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from 1968 to 1976 * Whitney Gaskell – novelist

Significant articles

*L.C. Green, "Legal Issues of the Eichmann Trial", ''Tul. L. Rev.'' 641 (1962) *Nicolas DeB Katzenbach, "Protest, Politics, and the First Amendment", ''Tul. L. Rev.'' (1970) * Barry Sullivan, "The Honest Muse: Judge Wisdom and the Uses of History", 60 ''Tul. L. Rev.'' 314 (1985) * Julius Getman, "The Changing Role of Courts and the Potential Role of Unions In Overcoming Employment Discrimination", 64 ''Tul. L. Rev.'' 1477 (1990) *William Page, "Ideological Conflict and the Origins of Antitrust Policy", 66 ''Tul. L. Rev.'' 1 (1991) *Harry Simon, "Towns Without Pity: A Constitutional and Historical Analysis of Official Efforts to Drive Homeless Persons From American Cities", 66 ''Tul. L. Rev.'' 631 (1992) *

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, "Civil Rights and Criminal Wrongs: The Mens Rea of Federal Civil Rights Crimes", 67 ''Tul. L. Rev.'' 2113 (1993) * Miriam Galston, "Activism and Restraint: The Evolution of Harlan Fiske Stone's Judicial Philosophy", 70 ''Tul. L. Rev.'' (1995) *Michael B. Rappaport, "The Selective Nondelegation Doctrine and the Line Item Veto: A New Approach to the Nondelegation Doctrine and Its Implications for ''

Clinton v. City of New York ''Clinton v. City of New York'', 524 U.S. 417 (1998), was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court held, 6–3, that the line-item veto, as implemented in the Line Item Veto Act of 1996, violated the Pr ...

''", 76 ''Tul. L. Rev.'' 265 (2001) * Robert Ashford, "Binary Economics, Fiduciary Duties, and Corporate Social Responsibility: Comprehending Corporate Wealth Maximization and Distribution for Stockholders, Stakeholders, and Society", 76 ''Tul. L. Rev.'' 5 (2002) *William W. Bratton, "Enron and the Dark Side of Shareholder Value", ''Tul. L. Rev.'' (2002) *Joel W. Friedman,
Desegregating the South: John Minor Wisdom's Role in Enforcing Brown's Mandate
, 78 ''Tul. L. Rev.'' 6 (2004) * Royce de Rohan Barondes, "NASD Regulation of IPO Conflicts of Interest – Does Gatekeeping Work?", 79 ''Tul. L. Rev.'' (2005) *James F. Barger Jr. et al., "States, Statutes, and Fraud: An Empirical Study of Emerging State False Claims Acts", ''Tul. L. Rev.'' (2005). *Robert H. Lande and John M. Connor, "How High Do Cartels Raise Prices? Implications for Reform of the Antitrust Sentencing Guidelines", ''Tul. L. Rev.'' (2005) *Rebekah Page, "Forcible Medication and the Fourth Amendment: A New Framework for Protecting Nondangerous Mentally Ill Pretrial Detainees Against Unreasonable Governmental Intrusions Into the Body", 79 ''Tul. L. Rev.'' 1065 (2005) *Stuart P. Green,
Looting, Law, and Lawlessness
, 81 ''Tul. L. Rev.'' 1129 (2007)

References

External links

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