Top Ten Spookiest Law Review Articles

Since 2008 we’ve periodically surveyed the law review literature for those ghoulish gems that put us in the Halloween spirit. Here are our picks for the past two years of the scariest law review articles, chosen by title alone.

Research tip: Find these and other chilling law review articles by using “title” section searching (also called segment searching) in the advanced search for Lexis Advance or Westlaw Edge and typing in the spooky word like “ghost” “witch” or “mummy” in the title field.

Happy Halloween!

1. Zombie Cinderella and the Undead Public Domain, 85 Tenn. L. Rev. 961 (2018).
2. Dawn of the Debt: The Increasing Problem of Creditors Infecting the Discharge Injunction with Zombie Debt, 70 Me. L. Rev. 35 (2017).
3. Trick or Treat?: Mississippi County Doesn’t Clown Around with Halloween Costumes, 36 Miss. C. L. Rev. 350 (2018).
4. Spectres of the Sea: The United States Navy’s Autonomous Ghost Fleet, Its Capabilities and Impacts, and the Legal Ethical Issues That Surround, 49 Mar. L. & Com. 31 (2018).
5. The Ghost Ship of Gerrymandering Law, 2018 Cato Sup. Ct. Rev. 59 (2017-2018).
6. Peyote and Ghouls in the Night: Justice Scalia’s Religion Clause Minimalism, 15 First Amend. L. Rev. 239 (2017).
7. Witch Doctors, Zombies, and Oracles: Rethinking Health in America, 28 Health Matrix 79 (2018).
8. Rehabilitating Frankenstein’s Monster: Repairing the Public Policy of the Roth IRA, 80 Alb. L. Rev. 161 (2017).
9. Whistling Past the Graveyard: Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Programs Dodge Bullets Fighting Financial Crime, 50 Loy. U. Chi. L.J. 617 (2019).
10. Contracts of the Dead: When Should They Haunt the Living?, 49 N.M. L. Rev. 1 (2019).