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Established in 1969 and originally published under the title Law and the Social Order, the Arizona State Law Journal is a nationally recognized legal periodical that serves as the primary scholarly publication of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University.
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Published in Volume 58, Issue 2, Summer 2026
An International Framework for Marriage Promotion
By Jessica Tueller. This article presents a framework, distilled from human rights law, for assessing whether States’ efforts to increase their marriage rates are in keeping with their international obligations. The framework underlines States’ obligations to work simultaneously to make it more possible for individuals to choose to marry and to make it more possible […]
Leave the Door Open? Towards a Context-Based Approach to the Revolving Doors
By Asaf Eckstein, Ziv Granov & Ariel Shillo. Policymakers and academics have extensively debated the extent and the nature of the revolving door phenomenon; however, the discussion still remains largely binary, treating the revolving door as a single undifferentiated practice. This Article aims to reconcile these different viewpoints by showing that not all interchange is […]
Gubernatorial Emergency Powers
By Gregory Schwab. After COVID-19, legislatures in numerous states stripped their governors of emergency powers that had evolved over generations. This Article argues that the post-pandemic reforms are predominantly structural disablements—measures that paralyze the executive’s capacity to respond to crisis—rather than principled constraints that would enhance accountability without dismantling response capacity. Drawing on the long […]
Activist Judicial Restraints
By Michael Gentithes. This Article analyzes the Supreme Court’s use of justiciability doctrines as judicial restraints both empirically and theoretically. It demonstrates that such restraints are often used in an activist way to preserve a (typically conservative) status quo. The Article then normatively evaluates the value of such “activist judicial restraint,” explaining that they threaten […]
Election SLAPPs: Applying Anti-SLAPP Law Against Election Lawsuits That Damage Democracy
By Ethan Schafer. Election lawfare is nothing new; but since the 2020 election, the number of election lawsuits challenging valid election results has skyrocketed. This Comment examines this recent phenomenon and proposes that these lawsuits are Election Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation, or Election SLAPPs, lawsuits that interfere with public participation in voting and democracy. […]
Protecting Public Health amid Misinformation and Scientific Illiteracy: Federal Actions and Necessitating State Interventions
By Kyrah Berthiaume. As misinformation becomes increasingly prevalent, public health risks are rising and protections failing. Poor scientific and health literacy among the general U.S. population contribute to poor health outcomes as widespread misinformation and disinformation on social media reinforce false beliefs and erode public trust in science. Prior internal content moderation policies imposed by […]
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