VOLUME 4-2
headline »
Fri, 2/07/10 – 20:02 | No Comment

Check out the latest print edition of HLPR.

Read the full story »
Book Reviews

Case Comments

General Essays

Student Articles

Law and Economics for a Warming World
Law and Economics for a Warming World

by LISA HEINZERLING & FRANK ACKERMAN
Authors’ Note: As this Article went to press, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Massachusetts v. EPA. By a vote of 5-4, the Court rejected all of the …

Willingness To Pay vs. Welfare
Willingness To Pay vs. Welfare

by CASS R. SUNSTEIN
Consider the following cases:
1. Jones, who is wealthy, is willing to pay $1,000 and no more for a new television set. Jones would enjoy a new television set, but he already has …

The Debate Over Raising Chinese Labor Standards Goes International
The Debate Over Raising Chinese Labor Standards Goes International

by Aaron Halegua*
“U.S.-based corporations are opposing legislation to give Chinese workers new labor rights.”1 Global Labor Strategies, a non-profit center based in Boston, offered this appraisal of U.S. companies in China that suggested amending …

Immigration: Youth Adapt to Change
Immigration: Youth Adapt to Change

by MARCELO SUÁREZ-OROZCO & CAROLA SUÁREZ-OROZCO*
I. Introduction
In the first decade of the new millennium a new cycle of public concern about the benefits and harms of immigration has erupted. In mid-2006, exactly twenty …

Generational Change: Some Controversial Cause for Optimism in Educational Policy
Generational Change: Some Controversial Cause for Optimism in Educational Policy

by STEFANIE SANFORD & STEVEN SELEZNOW*
Here in the midst of the first decade of the 21st century, each passing year sees members of the Greatest Generation of World War II passing away, Baby …

A New Deal For Urban Public Schools
A New Deal For Urban Public Schools

by ANDREW J. ROTHERHAM & SARA MEAD*
While campaigning for president, former Senator John Edwards spoke frequently of there being “two Americas,” one privileged and another struggling to get by. The challenges currently facing …

Pushing the Struggle Farther
Pushing the Struggle Farther

by CHARLES J. OGLETREE, JR. & SUSAN EATON*
On December 4th of last year, the nine Justices of the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a pair of vitally important and largely overlooked cases. …

Changing the Culture of Urban Public Education
Changing the Culture of Urban Public Education

by JOEL I. KLEIN*
For decades, school reformers have been searching for quick fixes and silver bullets. In the quest to fix American education and help our country’s young people acquire the skills and …

Local Bans on Trans Fats: A New (and Legal) Way Forward
Local Bans on Trans Fats: A New (and Legal) Way Forward

by SARAH ROMERO*
We seem to have finally reached and surpassed a critical mass in the trans fat debate. Trans fat has been all over the news lately, spurred on by lawsuits and New York City’s …

Individualists Unite
Individualists Unite

by Max B. Sawicky*
I am sympathetic to Michael Lind’s objective in The Smallholder Society.1 It is nice to have property. Property provides security against economic, social, and political adversity. When widely and evenly …