Alexander Hertel-Fernandez on workplace surveillance, Luke Herrine on midcentury meatpacking competition, Eamonn Coburn on abusive labor practices as unfair competition, Alex Gourevitch and Christopher Muller on race, labor exploitation, and incarceration, and the Critical Legal Collective on DEI Statements. Plus, Harvard LPE is looking for a new director, a Yale ISP fellowship opportunity, two upcoming climate events, new books from Sandeep Vaheesan and Lenore Palladino, election takes from Nathan Tankus, Perry Bacon Jr, Quinn Slobodian, Wendy Brown, and our friends at Dissent, and more!
Tara Pincock on meager price-fixing enforcement, Andrea Cann Chandrasekher on consumer redlining, and Alvin Velazquez on bankruptcy proceedings in Puerto Rico. Plus, the History & Political Economy joins the ranks of the blog army, a new paper on the labor consequences of insurer mergers, Lenore Palladino and Harrison Karlewicz on the myth that shareholders are investors, Joanna Schwartz on police accountability under Trump II, and Niko Bowie on faculty organizing.
Amy Kapczynski & Luke Herrine with some light election reading, Keith Orejel on the economic foundations of our modern urban-rural political divide, and Jacob Hamburger on how democrats should respond to the "migrant crisis." Plus, Karen Tani's new HLR Foreword, Jeffrey N. Gordon on the impending crypto financial crisis, a student note on the political economy of arbitration law, an interview with Isabella Weber on Biden and inflation, and more!
With the fall 2024 submission season in the books and our Twitter feeds abuzz with placement announcements, the LPE Blog highlights some of the most exciting forthcoming LPE and LPE-adjacent articles. Covering tech, labor, housing, admin law, family law, consumer protection, legal theory, local government law, and so much more, this scouting report is not to be missed.
Eight experts on Palestinian liberation and international law, Luke Herrine on the little-noticed revolution in Consumer Protection, Alex Gourevitch on the anti-democratic power of the entrepreneurial elite, and Brandon Weiss and Michael Karam on the prospects for major housing regulations in a post-Chevron world. Plus, a call for legal volunteers around the election, a fellowship with the Information Society Project, and a boatload of new pieces from: Gregory Brazeal, Diana Reddy, Sandeep Vaheesan, Raúl Carrillo, Sarah Milov, Adam Tooze, and Jade Craig.
Zohra Ahmed on the role that criminal fines and fees play in financing the state, Miguel Ruiz on the role of law and social movements in the fight against Spain's chronic housing crisis, and Matthew Glover and Joshua Ingram on fascism from an Afrikan perspective. Plus, a call for (your!) recently accepted LPE scholarship, an internship with the Movement Law Lab, a workshop on the LPE of Social Reproduction, new articles by Nicole Summers and Alyssa Battistoni, an analysis of Trump's likely judicial appointments, and a look at the new lobbying industry spawned by economic sanctions.
