I. INTRODUCTION
Do citizens have a right to record the actions of law enforcement officers? This topic has been the subject of considerable discussion, and no small degree of litigation, in recent years.[1] The increase in litigation is driven by dramatic improvements in camera technology, which allow individuals to record and share images in [...]
Music sampling continues to be the linchpin of a variety of musical styles including rap, hip-hop, house, and dance music, and has even become prevalent in rock music. The practice of sampling involves taking pre-existing sound recordings and using portions of those recordings as elements in a new musical composition. The amount of the work [...]
A simple Latin cross, placed on an outcropping of rock in the Mojave Desert, became the center of much controversy in 1999. The cross had stood since 1934 when the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) placed it to memorialize the deaths of soldiers in World War I. The land was part [...]
The propriety of imposing tort liability for negligent speech has been the subject of controversy since before the First Amendment’s incorporation. The debate over whether and to what extent civil liability may be socially desirable for unreasonably dangerous speech has intensified in recent years as entertainment media have become more explicitly violent and widely available. [...]
Building on current interest in the regulation of child pornography, this Article goes back to the 1950s, recovering a lost history of how southern segregationists used the battle against obscenity to counter the Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v. Board of Education. Focused on the psychological development of children, Brown sparked a discursive backlash in [...]
In recent years, corporations have devoted substantial resources to disaster relief worldwide. For instance, Wal-Mart garnered favorable attention for its contributions in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina. According to company press releases, Wal-Mart recently gave hundreds of thousands of dollars for disaster relief in Brazil following a flood, [...]
