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Accessibility of knowledge and control over information is key to an informed public and democracy. The founding fathers recognized the benefits of an informed citizenry, enshrining this concept in the Intellectual Property Clause of the Constitution. Such a clause created a delicate balance between creator and consumer, incentivizing creation for the benefit of society. The beauty of the Clause …

First Page 1299 Recommended Citation Leslie C. Griffin, Memoir: The Brain, Neuroethics, and Bioethics, 104 N.C. L. Rev. 1299 (2026). Available at: https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/nclr/vol104/iss5/7 1299 Leslie C. Griffin, Memoir: The Brain, Neuroethics, and Bioethics, 104 N.C. L. Rev. 1299 (2026). Available at: https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/nclr/vol104/iss5/7

First Page 1273 Recommended Citation Alexandra L. Foulkes, Erika Versalovic, Amanda R. Merner & Gabriel Lázaro-Muñoz, Legal and Regulatory Considerations for Post-Trial Access to Maintenance of Beneficial Investigational Neural Devices, 104 N.C. L. Rev. 1273 (2026). Available at: https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/nclr/vol104/iss5/6

First Page 1209 Recommended Citation Richard S. Saver & Jeffrey L. Saver, Neural Implants: The Promise, Peril, and Regulatory Challenges, 104 N.C. L. Rev. 1209 (2026). Available at: https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/nclr/vol104/iss5/5

First Page 1141 Recommended Citation Deborah W. Denno, An Empirical Study of Malingering in Insanity Cases Across Twelve Decades, 104 N.C. L. Rev. 1141 (2026). Available at: https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/nclr/vol104/iss5/3

First Page 1121 Recommended Citation John M. Conley & Rami Major, Overview: Neuroscience and the Law, 104 N.C. L. Rev. 1121 (2026). Available at: https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/nclr/vol104/iss5/2 1121 John M. Conley & Rami Major, Overview: Neuroscience and the Law, 104 N.C. L. Rev. 1121 (2026). Available at: https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/nclr/vol104/iss5/2

Recommended Citation North Carolina Law Review, Contents, 104 N.C. L. Rev. (2026). Available at: https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/nclr/vol104/iss5/1

In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, school absences have skyrocketed. While racially minoritized, disabled, and low-income students have historically been, and remain, most likely to experience absence, white and affluent students’ rates of attendance have also declined. To respond to this new universality of student absenteeism, some policymakers have begun to seek alternatives to what we…

This Essay critiques the Supreme Court’s emerging “history and tradition” methodology, as articulated in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization , arguing that its reliance on affirmative textual recognition in historical positive law fundamentally misrepresents the nature of American liberty traditions. By insisting that unenumerated rights are constitutionally cognizable only when earlier …

Commentators have leveled trenchant critiques of collateral consequences of criminal conviction, analogizing them to a form of “civil death.” This Essay develops the related concept of “civil death by a thousand cuts” in two senses. First, penalties such as voting bans or deportation after a conviction are often just the tip of the iceberg. Second, a system of far-flung, intertwined civil and cri…

Over the last several years, Merchant Cash Advances (“MCAs”) have risen in prominence as a form of short-term financing for distressed small businesses. MCA transactions are distinct from most small-business lending because they are not structured as loans at all. Rather, in exchange for a lump sum of cash, the merchant purports to sell to the funder an unidentified percentage of its future recei…

What do the Environmental Protection Agency’s “plantwide” definition of a “stationary” pollution source,” a National Marine Fisheries Service determination of who pays for fishing boat observers, and a Department of Health and Human Services rule governing the marketing of prescription drugs have in common? In short, a government agency’s interpretation of a federal statute. All three cases go to…

Text is a vehicle to convey information that reflects the writer’s linguistic style and communication patterns. By studying these attributes, we can discover latent insights about the author and their underlying message. This article uses such an approach to better understand patent applications and their inventors. While prior research focuses on patent metadata (i.e., filing year or gendered in…

First Page 1101 Recommended Citation Amelia Christian Walker, Algorithmic Armor: Rethinking Section 230's Protection of Platform Design, 104 N.C. L. Rev. 1101 (2026). Available at: https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/nclr/vol104/iss4/7

First Page 1085 Recommended Citation William J. Etringer, Occasional Originalism: How the Supreme Court of North Carolina Discarded Centuries-Old Constitutional Law in State v. Singleton, 104 N.C. L. Rev. 1085 (2026). Available at: https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/nclr/vol104/iss4/6

First Page 1059 Recommended Citation Mary H. Kwon, Reconciling Jarkesy and Silver Moss: Rethinking Civil Tax Fraud Penalties in the Administrative State, 104 N.C. L. Rev. 1059 (2026). Available at: https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/nclr/vol104/iss4/5

First Page 955 Recommended Citation Nina A. Kohn, Ageless Law: The Case for (Some) Age Discrimination, 104 N.C. L. Rev. 955 (2026). Available at: https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/nclr/vol104/iss4/3 955 Nina A. Kohn, Ageless Law: The Case for (Some) Age Discrimination, 104 N.C. L. Rev. 955 (2026). Available at: https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/nclr/vol104/iss4/3

First Page 1007 Recommended Citation David Horton, Reid Kress Weisbord & Christopher J. Ryan Jr., The Trust Transfer Problem, 104 N.C. L. Rev. 1007 (2026). Available at: https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/nclr/vol104/iss4/4

First Page 897 Recommended Citation Maytal Gilboa, Yotam Kaplan & Ohad Somech, The Opioid Crisis as Unjust Enrichment, 104 N.C. L. Rev. 897 (2026). Available at: https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/nclr/vol104/iss4/2

Recommended Citation North Carolina Law Review, Contents, 104 N.C. L. Rev. (2026). Available at: https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/nclr/vol104/iss4/1