Mitu Gulati
Article
Navassa: Property, Sovereignty, and the Law of the Territories
The U.S. acquired its first overseas territory—the island of Navassa, near Haiti—by conceptualizing it as property, rather than a piece of sovereign territory. The story of Navassa shows how the concept of property is central to the law of the territories—and, perhaps, a useful tool going forward.
Jun 30, 2022
Review
The Law and Economics of Critical Race Theory
112 Yale L.J. 1757 (2003) Our story is about the production and consumption of racial prototypes. The regulatory thrust of homogeneity creates both a demand for, and a supply of, specific racial prototypes--outsiders who can fit within predominantly white workplace cultures without "disturb[ing] the equilibrium of familiarity and sameness." This Review began by suggesting that part of the reason this...
Apr 1, 2003