Yale Journal on Regulation
Encyclopedia
The Yale Journal on Regulation is a biannual student-edited regulatory and administrative
law review
at the Yale Law School
(New Haven, CT, USA). The journal publishes articles, essays, notes, and commentary that cover a wide range of topics in regulatory, corporate
, administrative, international
, and comparative law
. Among Yale's secondary journals, it is ranked first in Washington and Lee University School of Law
's rankings in the categories of impact and currency factors (based on number and rapidity of citations) and is in the top three of every other category. The 2007 ExpressO Guide to Top Law Reviews ranked the journal first among business law reviews based on the number of manuscripts received.
, federalism
, and telecommunications. In 2009, it was a sponsor of the Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Roundtable on the "Future of Financial Regulation," where legal academics and panelists evaluated the causes of the subprime mortgage crisis and proposed solutions.
In 2008, the journal launched the Walton H. Hamilton
Prize (in honor of the former Yale Law professor, New Deal economic advisor and Antitrust Division official), awarded by its Executive Board to the most outstanding accepted manuscript on the study and understanding of regulatory policy.
, Juan Torruella, and Richard Dickson Cudahy
; former SEC Chairman Harvey Pitt
and SEC commissioner Troy Paredes; former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt
; economists William G. Gale
and Richard Zeckhauser
; law/business school deans Paul G. Mahoney and Michael E. Levine
; and law professors Jules Coleman
, Jonathan Macey, George Priest, Judith Resnik, and Roberta Romano; and the President's Council of Economic Advisors.
Administrative law
Administrative law is the body of law that governs the activities of administrative agencies of government. Government agency action can include rulemaking, adjudication, or the enforcement of a specific regulatory agenda. Administrative law is considered a branch of public law...
law review
Law review
A law review is a scholarly journal focusing on legal issues, normally published by an organization of students at a law school or through a bar association...
at the Yale Law School
Yale Law School
Yale Law School, or YLS, is the law school of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Established in 1824, it offers the J.D., LL.M., J.S.D. and M.S.L. degrees in law. It also hosts visiting scholars, visiting researchers and a number of legal research centers...
(New Haven, CT, USA). The journal publishes articles, essays, notes, and commentary that cover a wide range of topics in regulatory, corporate
Corporate law
Corporate law is the study of how shareholders, directors, employees, creditors, and other stakeholders such as consumers, the community and the environment interact with one another. Corporate law is a part of a broader companies law...
, administrative, international
International law
Public international law concerns the structure and conduct of sovereign states; analogous entities, such as the Holy See; and intergovernmental organizations. To a lesser degree, international law also may affect multinational corporations and individuals, an impact increasingly evolving beyond...
, and comparative law
Comparative law
Comparative law is the study of differences and similarities between the law of different countries. More specifically, it involves study of the different legal systems in existence in the world, including the common law, the civil law, socialist law, Islamic law, Hindu law, and Chinese law...
. Among Yale's secondary journals, it is ranked first in Washington and Lee University School of Law
Washington and Lee University School of Law
The Washington and Lee University School of Law is a private American Bar Association-accredited law school located in Lexington in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia. Facilities are currently on the campus of Washington and Lee University in Sydney Lewis Hall...
's rankings in the categories of impact and currency factors (based on number and rapidity of citations) and is in the top three of every other category. The 2007 ExpressO Guide to Top Law Reviews ranked the journal first among business law reviews based on the number of manuscripts received.
History
The journal was established in 1983 and has featured symposia and special issues on environmental lawEnvironmental law
Environmental law is a complex and interlocking body of treaties, conventions, statutes, regulations, and common law that operates to regulate the interaction of humanity and the natural environment, toward the purpose of reducing the impacts of human activity...
, federalism
Federalism
Federalism is a political concept in which a group of members are bound together by covenant with a governing representative head. The term "federalism" is also used to describe a system of the government in which sovereignty is constitutionally divided between a central governing authority and...
, and telecommunications. In 2009, it was a sponsor of the Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Weil, Gotshal & Manges is a prominent international law firm, one of the largest and most prestigious in the world with 1,200 lawyers and gross annual revenue in excess of $1.1 billion. The firm was founded in New York City in 1931 by Frank Weil, Sylvan Gotshal, and Horace Manges...
Roundtable on the "Future of Financial Regulation," where legal academics and panelists evaluated the causes of the subprime mortgage crisis and proposed solutions.
In 2008, the journal launched the Walton H. Hamilton
Walton Hale Hamilton
Walton Hale Hamilton was an American law professor who taught at the Yale Law School , although he was an economist, not a lawyer. Considered a leading figure in the Legal Realism movement at Yale, Hamilton was a vigorous critic of legal formalism and sought to apply the insights of economic...
Prize (in honor of the former Yale Law professor, New Deal economic advisor and Antitrust Division official), awarded by its Executive Board to the most outstanding accepted manuscript on the study and understanding of regulatory policy.
Notable authors
Some notable authors are judges Patricia WaldPatricia Wald
Patricia McGowan Wald is an American judge. Wald served as the chief judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and served as a judge on the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.Wald graduated from Connecticut College in 1948 and earned...
, Juan Torruella, and Richard Dickson Cudahy
Richard Dickson Cudahy
Richard Dickson Cudahy is a United States federal judge.Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Cudahy received a B.S. from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1948, and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1955. He was a Lieutenant in the United States Army Air Corps from 1948 to 1951....
; former SEC Chairman Harvey Pitt
Harvey Pitt
Harvey Pitt was the 26th chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission , serving from 2001-2003. He led the SEC in restoring the U.S...
and SEC commissioner Troy Paredes; former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt
Reed Hundt
Reed E. Hundt was chairman of the United States Federal Communications Commission from 1993 to 1997. Appointed by President Bill Clinton, he served for most of Clinton's first term. He was succeeded by William Kennard.- Biography :Hundt attended high school in Washington D.C at the prestigious St....
; economists William G. Gale
William G. Gale
William G. Gale is the Arjay and Frances Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy and the former vice president and director of the Economic Studies Program at the Brookings Institution. He conducts research on a variety of economic issues, focusing particularly on tax policy, fiscal policy,...
and Richard Zeckhauser
Richard Zeckhauser
Richard Jay Zeckhauser is an American economist and the Frank P. Ramsey Professor of Political Economy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University....
; law/business school deans Paul G. Mahoney and Michael E. Levine
Michael E. Levine
Michael E. Levine is a "Distinguished Research Scholar" at the New York University School of Law. He has been involved in the world of air transportation and its regulation as a senior airline executive, an academic and a government official...
; and law professors Jules Coleman
Jules Coleman
Jules Leslie Coleman is a scholar of law and jurisprudence. He is the Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld Professor of Jurisprudence and Professor of Philosophy at Yale Law School.-Biography:...
, Jonathan Macey, George Priest, Judith Resnik, and Roberta Romano; and the President's Council of Economic Advisors.
Notable former editors
- David HuebnerDavid HuebnerDavid Huebner is the United States Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa. He previously was an American lawyer based in Shanghai, where he specialized in international arbitration and mediation for the Los Angeles-based law firm, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton...
- United States AmbassadorUnited States Ambassador to New ZealandThe United States has maintained a consular presence in New Zealand since 1838. The first consul was James Reddy Clendon. Born in England, Clendon was a ship owner and merchant who bought land and settled in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand. In 1838 he was appointed by the federal government of the...
to New ZealandNew ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
and SamoaSamoaSamoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...
. - Kevin K. WashburnKevin K. WashburnKevin K. Washburn was the dean of the University of New Mexico School of Law on March 3, 2009. Previously, he served as the Rosenstiel Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Arizona's James E. Rogers College of Law. He is a former federal prosecutor, a trial attorney at the U.S...
- DeanDean (education)In academic administration, a dean is a person with significant authority over a specific academic unit, or over a specific area of concern, or both...
of the University of New Mexico School of LawUniversity of New Mexico School of LawThe University of New Mexico School of Law is the law school of the University of New Mexico, located in Albuquerque. It is the only law school in the state of New Mexico. Approximately 350 students attend the school, with approximately 115 enrolled in the first-year class...