The problem of caste discrimination has come into sharp focus in the United States. In the last few years, there have been several high-profile allegations and cases of caste discrimination in employment and educational settings. As a result, organizations and institutions—including...

In Law’s Empire, Ronald Dworkin raised what he called a new objection to Hart’s positivist theory of law. Dworkin contended that Hartian legal positivism cannot account for the genuine possibility of theoretical disagreement in the law, because, according to the positivists, law reduces to a...

Why are some of the most important legal questions in our society — like the legal status of gay marriage, the right to unionize, the limits of campaign finance, the extent to which firearms can be regulated, abortion, and the outcome of a presidential election — decided by a bare majority...

On November 19, 2021, Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted of homicide charges stemming from his killing of two people—Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum—at a protest of police violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Rittenhouse had armed himself and traveled to the protest, purportedly to defend...