Melville B. Nimmer Memorial Lecture: What Is a Copyrighted Work? Why Does It Matter?

Abstract This Article argues that sex workers are silenced when they attempt to contribute to lawmaking processes. As a result, they are unable to contribute their knowledge in a meaningful way. The consequence is that laws reflect only one...

Abstract After centuries of colonial subordination, Black and Brown former colonies are still fighting to achieve the fruits of decolonization. The traditional theory is that former colonies will emerge from the colonial period with the legal...

Abstract Copyright law generally prohibits copying. Contemporary art has increasingly come to rely on copying. Thus, the two are on a collision course—or so the traditional argument goes. This purported clash between the law and creative practice...

Abstract Immigration detention is one of the most active sites of struggle for justice in the United States, and the First Amendment may be an underutilized tool in the movement to abolish immigration detention. When people detained by ICE organize...