The ''Tulane Law Review'', a publication of the Tulane University Law School, was founded in 1916, and is currently published five times annually. The Law Review has an international circulation and is one of few American law reviews carried by law libraries in the United Kingdom.

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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about Rufus Harris describes the Tulane Law Review as "nationally famed." The Law Review was most recently cited by the United States Supreme Court on April 27, 2010.

Membership

Membership to 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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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). *

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, ''The Honest Muse: Judge Wisdom and the Uses of History'', 60 Tul. L. Rev. 314 (1985). *

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, ''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). *

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, ''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 granted in the Line Item Veto Act of 1996, violated the Presentme ...

, 76 Tul. L. Rev. 265 (2001). *

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, ''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).

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