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Established in 1933, Law and Contemporary Problems is Duke Law School's oldest journal. During the first 40 years of publication, the quarterly journal was entirely edited and managed by faculty. In the 1970's a student editorial board was added, although the journal continues to enjoy substantial faculty input. Distinctive in format and content, each issue is devoted to papers on a particular topic of contemporary interest. Usually the topics reflect an interdisciplinary perspective with contributions by lawyers, economists, social scientists, scholars in other disciplines, and public officials. The journal occasionally publishes student notes related to past symposia. Subscribers include general university libraries, government agencies, and foreign educational institutions, as well as the more traditional law libraries and law firms. Law and Contemporary Problems is monitored by a general editor and a faculty advisory committee.

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2010s
  1. 2018 (Vol. 81)
    1. No. 4 The Future of Human Rights Scholarship 2018 pp. i-xi, 1-195
    2. No. 3 2018 pp. 1-214
    3. No. 2 The Past, Present, and Future of the Federal Tax Legislative Process 2018 pp. 1-279
    4. No. 1 Secured Transactions Law in the Twenty-First Century 2018 pp. 1-225
  2. 2017 (Vol. 80)
    1. No. 4 Sex in Sport 2017 pp. 1-172
    2. No. 3 Consumer Credit in America: Past, Present, and Future 2017 pp. 1-261
    3. No. 2 The Second Generation of Second Amendment Law & Policy 2017 pp. 1-251
    4. No. 1 Law and Markets 2017 pp. 1-247
  3. 2016 (Vol. 79)
    1. No. 4 Success and Limits of Competition Law and Policy in Developing Countries 2016 pp. i-ii, 1-270
    2. No. 3 Race and Reform in Twenty-First Century America 2016 pp. 1-235
    3. No. 2 Subsidiarity in Global Governance 2016 pp. 1-283
    4. No. 1 The Variable Authority of International Courts 2016 pp. 1-314
  4. 2015 (Vol. 78)
    1. No. 4 New Approaches to International Regulatory Cooperation 2015 pp. 1-333
    2. No. 3 The Administrative Law of Financial Regulation 2015 pp. i-v, 1-204
    3. No. 1/2 Theorizing Contemporary Legal Thought 2015 pp. i-x, 1-270
  5. 2014 (Vol. 77)
    1. No. 4 Law and Neoliberalism 2014 pp. 1-238
    2. No. 3 Organs and Inducements 2014 pp. i-viii, 1-346
    3. No. 2 Law and Economics: The Legacy of Guido Calabresi 2014 pp. i-viii, 1-190
    4. No. 1 Child-Custody Decisionmaking 2014 pp. i-viii, 1-270
  6. 2013 (Vol. 76)
    1. No. 3/4 The Practices of the International Criminal Court 2013 pp. i-x, 1-452
    2. No. 2 The Public Dimension of Contract: Contractual Pluralism Beyond Privity 2013 pp. i-xii, 1-212
    3. No. 1 A Global Perspective on Sentencing Reforms 2013 pp. i-viii, 1-308
  7. 2012 (Vol. 75)
    1. No. 4 Theological Argument in Law: Engaging with Stanley Hauerwas 2012 pp. i-xiv, 1-252
    2. No. 3 The Constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act: Ideas from the Academy 2012 pp. i-vi, 1-236
    3. No. 2 Adjudicating the Guilty Mind 2012 pp. i-vi, 1-232
    4. No. 1 Access to Justice: Investor Suits in the Era of the Roberts Court 2012 pp. i-iv, 1-210
  8. 2011 (Vol. 74)
    1. No. 4 Conservation Easements: New Perspectives in an Evolving World FALL 2011 pp. i-viii, 1-296
    2. No. 3 See You Out of Court? The Role of ADR in Healthcare SUMMER 2011 pp. i-x, 1-278
    3. No. 2 Advances in the Behavioral Analysis of Law: Markets, Institutions, and Contracts SPRING 2011 pp. i-vi, 1-206
    4. No. 1 The Model Business Corporation Act at Sixty WINTER 2011 pp. i-vi, 1-270
  9. 2010 (Vol. 73)
    1. No. 4 A Modern Legal History of Sovereign Debt FALL 2010 pp. i-xii, 1-372
    2. No. 3 The Death of Probable Cause SUMMER 2010 pp. i-xvi, 1-238
    3. No. 2 Corporal Punishment of Children SPRING 2010 pp. i-iv, 1-342
    4. No. 1 Turning Points in the History of the Federal Income Tax WINTER 2010 pp. i-xviii, 1-314
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