Neal Kumar Kaytal
Waging War, Deciding Guilt: Trying the Military Tribunals
111 Yale L.J. 1259 (2002) In this Essay, we argue that President Bush's recent Military Order, which directs his Defense Department to detain any members of an ill-defined class of individuals, potentially indefinitely, and to try them in military tribunals, jeopardizes the separation of powers today and charts a dangerous course for the future. Our Constitution's structure mandates that fundamental...
Architecture as Crime Control
111 Yale L.J. 1039 (2002) Building on work in architectural theory, Professor Katyal demonstrates how attention to cities, neighborhoods, and individual buildings can reduce criminal activity. The field of cyberlaw has been transformed by the insight that architecture can regulate behavior in cyberspace; Professor Katyal applies this insight to the regulation of behavior in real space. The instinct of many...