NEW ENGLAND LAW REVIEW

VOLUME 51 SUMMER 2017 NUMBER 3

CONTENTS

SYMPOSIUM ISSUE

COURTS AND INFORMAL

CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE IN THE STATES

FOREWORD
The Varieties of Constitutional Change
Lawrence Friedman ......................................................................................... 447

ARTICLES
Courts and Informal Constitutional Change in the States
Jonathan L. Marshfield .................................................................................... 453

The Difficulty of Mathematically Measuring the Many Factors Driving

Constitutional Change in Our State Supreme Courts: A Judicial
perspective
Scott L. Kafker ................................................................................................. 517

State Constitutions Are Slippery: A Reply to Professor Marshfield

Justin R. Long ................................................................................................. 531

New Light on State Constitutional Change

Robert F. Williams .......................................................................................... 541

Active Judicial Governance

James A. Gardner ............................................................................................ 545

Unconstitutional Constitutional Change by Courts

Yaniv Roznai ................................................................................................... 555

COMMENT

Orange is the New Participation: How Expansion of the Public Figure

Doctrine in LaChance v. Boston Herald Endangers Internet Users
Amanda Palmeira ........................................................................................... 579

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Down the Rabbit Hole: How the Lack of Protection for Fashion Designs
Creates a Free-for-all both in the Courtroom and in the Fashion
Industry
Somto Ojukwu ................................................................................................ 607

Fugitive Disentitlement Doctrine: A Stricter Standard for the Burden of

Proof to Label Someone a Fugitive
Alexandra M. Collins ...................................................................................... 633

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