Harvard Journal on Legislation

19/06/2023

JOL Volume 60.2 is now available! We are thrilled to be publishing pieces about online public health misinformation, corporate responsibility for climate change, and more. Thank you so much to our authors and print editorial team for making this possible. Read now at harvardjol.com.

24/02/2023

We're excited to share that our Fall 2022 issue (Vol. 60.1) is now online. Thank you to the authors and the editorial teams that made this issue possible!

09/01/2023

JOL is excited about a new article from WA State Senator David Frockt and Kenneth Fockele on the need for better natural disaster policymaking in the US! They offer a proposal for federal policymakers based on the case study of how the Washington state government addressed this increasingly pressing problem. Read here:

* David Frockt and ** Kenneth Fockele America has a systemic governance problem. The country that once came together to solve big challenges—through endeavors such as the New Deal, the Interstate H…

20/10/2022

New article just published! We look forward to discussing this paper with Aliza Shatzman later today in WCC 1019 at 12:30.

*Aliza Shatzman I. INTRODUCTION The judiciary is an unaccountable workplace where some judges abuse their positions of power, mistreat their employees with impunity, and act as if they are answerab…

19/10/2022

TOMORROW 10/19: Join us, Harvard Women's Law Association, and the Legal Accountability Project for a discussion about reforming the clerkship system and judicial accountability. Looking forward to seeing Aliza Shatzman in WCC 1019 at 12:30 PM!

13/10/2022

We are excited to publish Congressman Adriano Espaillat's Spanish-language piece "Reparando los Daños Causados por las Intervenciones Militares Ilícitas del Pasado: El Caso de la República Dominicana." This is the first time in our 60-year history that we have published an article in a language other than English. Last week, the English-language version of this piece was published as well.

Many thanks to the Harvard Journal on Legislation team and Congressman Espaillat's office for helping bring this to fruition!

Congresista Adriano Espaillat* y Francesco Arreaga** I. INTRODUCCIÓN Como el primer domínico-estadounidense en servir en el Congreso de los Estados Unidos y miembro del Subcomité de Estado, Operaci…

04/10/2022

Thank you to everyone who was able to make it out tonight to hear Congressman Adriano Espaillat! We thank the Congressman and his team, as well as La Alianza at Harvard Law and Harvard International Law Journal for helping us to put on this important event. If you haven't had a chance yet, you can find Congressman Espaillat's new article at harvardjol.com. We look forward to seeing you for more exciting events soon!

03/10/2022

Join us tonight to welcome Congressman Adriano Espaillat, who will be discussing the subject of his newly published article in the Journal on Legislation on US intervention in the Dominican Republic. We hope to see you in WCC 2012 at 6:30 PM! All are welcome.

Thank you to La Alianza at Harvard Law and Harvard International Law Journal for co-sponsoring!

Congressman Adriano Espaillat* and Francesco Arreaga** I. INTRODUCTION As the first Dominican American to serve in the United States Congress and a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee o…

26/09/2022

Join us next Monday, October 3 at 6:30pm in WCC 2012 for a fireside chat with Congressman Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), moderated by newly-tenured HLS Professor Ryan Doerfler! The event is co-sponsored by Harvard Journal on Legislation, La Alianza at Harvard Law and Harvard International Law Journal.

Congressman Espaillat is the first formerly undocumented U.S. Congressmember and the first Dominican American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. He proudly represents New York's 13th congressional district, which includes Harlem, Hamilton Heights, Washington Heights, Inwood, Marble Hill, and the northwest Bronx.

We hope to see you there! RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd4EuD8FetvUeVMFzQsdPWE_AGxm9nVXtNb03eVYsWe-u5a-w/viewform. Please submit questions for the Congressman by Thursday, September 29th at 9pm ET.

25/09/2022

Thank you to everyone who came out for our Fall Subcite today! We wouldn't be able to publish our Journal without the tireless support of our editors and staff. To get involved with the Journal on Legislation in future issues, visit us at harvardjol.com!

13/07/2022

In "Prepaid Death," Prof. Victoria Haneman describes the how the "death care" industry profits from loved ones' losses. She argues this issue can be fixed by reforming federal tax law.

By changing the federal tax code, individuals can be incentivized to make these post-death services sooner (when better planning can occur and they are more affordable to families) and avoid facing the exceedingly high costs of the modern "death care" industry.

For this article & more, visit harvardjol.com

28/06/2022

In today's article spotlight, we're featuring Professors Jody Freeman and Matthew C. Stephenson's "The Untapped Potential of the Congressional Review Act" from our latest issue. They argue how the Congressional Review Act can play a more robust role in the policymaking process and allow Congress to pass legislation, even in the face of persistent gridlock.

"The near-universal assumption is that the CRA is relevant only when a new President seeks, with the support of Congress, to cancel regulations promulgated during the previous administration. Yet the CRA has substantially greater unrealized potential....This [proposal] would be a lawful way for the Executive and Legislative Branches to clarify, or even to change, statutory law in a manner that bypasses the filibuster and other legislative roadblocks."

To read this article, visit https://harvardjol.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/06/202_Freeman.pdf.